The Lord Will

Esther 9:13

“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.”

KJV

Read in Esther 9

Meaning

This is one of the chapter's hardest verses; the request belongs to the narrative's ancient judicial and political setting and should not be normalized as a modern ethical template.