Est 5:14 | TNotes | STEP | 5:14 A sharpened pole was a common device of execution (see also 2:23 ; Gen 40:19 , 22 ; Josh 8:29 ). • Seventy-five feet is unusually high, but Haman wanted to make an example out of Mordecai, with everyone viewing his dead body. The number might be a hyperbole for effect— fifty cubits is an obviously round number—or it might reflect a stake placed high atop the city wall for public viewing.

cGen 40:19►

eJosh 8:29►

‏ Esther 5:14

5:14 ^a A sharpened pole was a common device of execution (see also 2:23 ^b; Gen 40:19 ^c, 22 ^d; Josh 8:29 ^e).

• Seventy-five feet is unusually high, but Haman wanted to make an example out of Mordecai, with everyone viewing his dead body. The number might be a hyperbole for effect—fifty cubits is an obviously round number—or it might reflect a stake placed high atop the city wall for public viewing.