Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
WEB
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
YLT
and in Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men;
DBT
And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.
- Author
- Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
- Date
- Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC