⁶ let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed^(A) before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul—the Lord’s chosen^(B) one.”

So the king said, “I will give them to you.”

²⁴ Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?^(A) There is no one like^(B) him among all the people.”

Then the people shouted, “Long live^(C) the king!”

⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah^(A) of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept^(B) aloud.

²⁶ Saul also went to his home in Gibeah,^(A) accompanied by valiant men^(B) whose hearts God had touched.

⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “Take all the leaders^(A) of these people, kill them and expose^(B) them in broad daylight before the Lord,^(C) so that the Lord’s fierce anger^(D) may turn away from Israel.”

⁵ So Moses said to Israel’s judges, “Each of you must put to death^(E) those of your people who have yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor.”^(F)

²¹ Then the people asked for a king,^(A) and he gave them Saul^(B) son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin,^(C) who ruled forty years.

⁵ So Judas threw the money into the temple^(A) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.^(B)

¹³ “If it pleases the king,” Esther answered, “give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day’s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman’s ten sons^(A) be impaled^(B) on poles.”

¹⁴ So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled^(C) the ten sons of Haman.

¹⁰ the ten sons^(A) of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.^(B) But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.^(C)