9:14 So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
8:7 King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action 3 against the Jews.
1 tn Heb “they both were hanged.” The referent (the two eunuchs who conspired against the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Or “on a pole”; KJV, ASV “on a tree.”
3 tn Heb “sent forth his hand”; NAB, NIV “attacked”; NLT “tried to destroy.” Cf. 9:2.