And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Both sides came armed and ready, for both knew what was coming; this was no ambush but a fair trial. The Jews' enemies were stubborn fools who refused to learn from Haman's fall and Mordecai's rise, and chose instead to rush toward their own destruction. Had they only sat still, not a hair of their heads would have fallen; but they could not resist the urge to meddle, and so they rolled a stone upon themselves that crushed them.
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Commenting on Esther 9:1-19
The ten sons of Haman are named here to show they were slain, yet the people took no plunder though permitted by the king's edict. This restraint proved they sought only their own safety, not gain; their enemies had sought to destroy them utterly, and this alone they opposed.
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Commenting on Esther 9:7-10