Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

was himself exposed and hung with his ten sons on the very gallows he had prepared for the Jews. Years ago, a Jewish scholar working at the Qumran caves in Israel pointed out to me the amazing double reference found in the Hebrew text of Esther. Two important verses read: The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews—they killed; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. —Esther 9:10 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.” —Esther 9:13 Esther 9:10 said the Jews slew Haman’s ten sons. Three verses later it says his ten sons were “hanged upon the gallows.” Were they initially slain (v. 10), and their bodies then placed on the gallows (v. 13)? Why is the death of the ten sons mentioned twice? Or is this a double reference: to a literal and a future event? In the Esther story, Haman is a prophetic picture of the future Antichrist of prophecy, and Haman’s ten sons are a prophetic preview of the ten kings of the Apocalypse who will arise and give their kingdom to the Antichrist (Rev. 17:12–17). This is a prophetic layer hidden in the story. If, however, we dig deeper into the actual Hebrew text, there is another message within the text. Below is a list of Haman’s ten sons: