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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. 17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day of feasting and joy.

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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”