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Barnes' Notes on Esther 9:16

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Seventy and five thousand - The Septuagint gives the number as 15,000; and this amount seems more in proportion to the 800 slain in Susa. return to 'Top of Page'
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