And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, “Behold, Haman has also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who spoke concerning the king, and a fifty cubit high gallows has been set up on Haman’s property.” The king said, “Let him be hanged on it!”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 9. Harbona. Cr. “Bougathan.” Bible.—He had been to call Aman to the feast. Jos.—Little dependance is to be had on false friendship, when a man is disgraced. Worthington.—Upon it. His body was perhaps afterwards exposed in the street. Calmet. 16:18. It is not clear that he was nailed to the cross, though this custom prevailed in the country. 1 Ezra 6:11. Alexander crucified many satraps. Curt. ix.—The old Vulg. observes that the wife and ten children of Aman suffered with him. Calmet. 9:6. Calmet.
Or, impaled.