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25 But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king[a] gave written orders that Haman’s[b] evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

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  1. Esther 9:25 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Esther 9:25 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Haman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(A) and that he and his sons should be impaled(B) on poles.(C)

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  1. Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king