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Est 9:15 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

gathered themselves		Est 9:2,13; Est 8:11; Psa 118:7-12
but on the prey		Est 9:10,16; 1Th 5:22; Hbr 13:5

Correlating Passages

gathered themselves

	Est 9:2	The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
	Est 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.
	Est 8:11	Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey,
	Psa 118:7	The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see [my desire] upon them that hate me.
	Psa 118:8	[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
	Psa 118:9	[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
	Psa 118:10	All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
	Psa 118:11	They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
	Psa 118:12	They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

but on the prey

	Est 9:10	The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
	Est 9:16	But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
	1Th 5:22	Abstain from all appearance of evil.
	Hbr 13:5	[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 9:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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