Esther 9:15
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
The verse records that the Jews in Shushan gathered together on the fourteenth day also of Adar, slew three hundred men at Shushan, and laid not their hand on the prey. It belongs to the account of Haman's attempt under Ahasuerus in Medo-Persia to destroy all God's people. That attempt was part of the Medo-Persian power being turned toward Satan's purpose.
God frustrated that purpose by providential overruling, so that the Jews in Shushan were able to defend themselves. Heaven intervened through a counter decree by which God's people were saved from destruction and their enemies were overthrown, preserving the godly line. The verse belongs to the triumphant vindication of God's people and the utter and absolute defeat of wicked Haman as the devil's agent. The danger was turned aside through the efforts and prayers of Mordecai, Esther, and their people, so that joy followed trouble.
The victory is part of the Jews' deliverance from the decree of destruction, not evidence that the Persian empire had conquered them or acted according to its will. With chapters 3 and 8, the chapter teaches that God delivers those who refuse to obey human demands in matters of worship. The account in which the verse stands explains the origin of the feast of Purim. The book in which the verse stands does not contain the name of God in English, though the name occurs five times in the original in the form of an acrostic. The deliverance and vindication belong to the third day when God's people are revived and live in His sight, beginning in 1843 after two thousand-year days under Rome.