Esther 2:23

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²³When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.^[a] And it was recorded in ^(A)the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

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Footnotes

Esther 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11)

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Esther 6:1

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The King Honors Mordecai

6 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring ^(A)the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

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