Font Size
Esther 2:23
English Standard Version
Esther 2:23
English Standard Version
23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows.[a] And it was recorded in (A)the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Esther 2:23 Or wooden beam or stake; Hebrew tree or wood. This Persian execution practice involved affixing or impaling a person on a stake or pole (compare Ezra 6:11)
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Bible Gateway Recommends
ESV Reader's Bible, Six-Volume Set--black cloth over board with verse numbers and permanent slipcase
Retail: $199.99
Our Price: $89.99
Save: $110.00 (55%)
ESV Single Column Journaling Bible, Artist Series (Peter Voth, Sanctus)
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $19.99
Save: $30.00 (60%)
ESV Single Column Journaling Bible, Artist Series (Joshua Noom, The Lion and the Lamb)
Retail: $49.99
Our Price: $33.99
Save: $16.00 (32%)