11 [a]In the letters the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right (A)to assemble and to defend their lives, (B)to destroy, kill, and eliminate the entire army of any people or province which was going to attack them, including children and women, and (C)to plunder their spoils,

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  1. Esther 8:11 Lit Which the king

11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[a] and to plunder(A) the property of their enemies.

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  1. Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;