Esther 9:14
Good News Translation
The king ordered this to be done, and the proclamation was issued in Susa. The bodies of Haman's ten sons were publicly displayed.

New Revised Standard Version
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

Contemporary English Version
King Xerxes did what Esther had requested, and the bodies of Haman's sons were hung in Susa.

New American Bible
The king then gave an order that this be done, and the decree was published in Susa. So the ten sons of Haman were impaled,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.

Context
Haman's Sons Hanged
13And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets. 14And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.…
Cross References
Esther 9:13
And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.

Esther 9:15
And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.

Esther 9:13
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