Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Esther 9:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
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Quick Meaning
This verse brings the Shushan death count into the king's knowledge on the same day
Read It With
- Esther 9:11–15
Read Esther 9:11–15 together. This verse brings the Shushan death count into the king's knowledge on the same day Read Esther 9:11–15 as one complete Esther scene: After five hundred men and Haman's sons are killed in Shushan, the king asks Esther what further request she has. She asks for the decree to continue one more day in the capital and for Haman's sons' bodies to be hanged. Three hundred more are killed, again without taking spoil.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The scene explains Shushan's fifteenth-day celebration while refusing readers an uncomplicated heroic portrait of Esther's authority. Within that movement, this verse brings the Shushan death count into the king's knowledge on the same day
Read Esther 9:11–15 together
Why these verses belong together: The reported capital count, the king's open question, Esther's request for another day and public hanging of Haman's sons, royal approval, three hundred further deaths, and repeated refusal of spoil form one difficult extension; verse 16 turns to the provinces' one-day conflict and rest.
Verse 11. 11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
Verse 12. 12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
Verse 13. 13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
Verse 14. 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
Verse 15. 15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
What Remains True
Within Esther's story, this verse brings the Shushan death count into the king's knowledge on the same day
How It Can Shape Life
- Require prompt reporting and review of emergency force rather than letting violence remain uncounted.
Continue in Context
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Read Esther 9:11–15 — Esther requests a second day in ShushanSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Esther 9:11–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Esther
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated roots, Persian terms, clause relationships, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Esth.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 9:11–15
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Esther with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Material lexical, grammatical, textual, Persian-setting, literary, and translation notes within the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible Esther PDF, printed pp. 792–793, translation and translator notes on 9:11–15
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