Esther
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Cruelty and Violence in Esther

  1. Esther has two men "hanged on a tree." 2:22-23

  2. Esther has another man (Haman) hung. 7:6, 10

  3. Esther suggests that the ten sons of Haman should also be hanged. So "they hanged Haman's ten sons. 9:13-14

  4. The Jews kill 75,000. 9:16