“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,”
And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of those that hated them seventy-five thousand, but on the spoil they laid not their hand, demonstrating the extent of the conflict throughout the provinces and the final casualty count of those killed by the Jews in their defense. The figure of seventy-five thousand represents the total number of those who sought to implement Haman's decree and who were killed by the Jews in their defensive operations. The reiteration of the fact that the Jews took no spoil emphasizes the moral character of their resistance and the fact that their primary motivation was preservation and justice rather than enrichment. The verse shows the scope of the conflict that resulted from the reversal of Haman's decree.
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