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14 And the king said to do so. And a decree was issued in Susa and Haman’s ten sons were hanged. 15 And the Jews were gathered who were in Susa, and on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed in Susa three hundred men, but they did not touch[a] the plunder.

16 The rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered and defended their lives[b] and found repose[c] from their enemies. And they killed seventy-five thousand of those that hated them, but they did not touch[d] the plunder.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:15 Literally “send their hand to”
  2. Esther 9:16 Literally “to stand for their lives
  3. Esther 9:16 Literally “rested”
  4. Esther 9:16 Literally “send their hand to”