Esther 9:13-14

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.” ¹⁴ So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

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If it please the king.Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction, who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that the second day might be added to the former permission; and that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.
according unto.
Esther 8:11
let Haman's ten sons be hanged. Heb. let men hang Haman'sten sons.
Deuteronomy 21:23; 2 Samuel 21:6; 2 Samuel 21:9; Galatians 3:13