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Esther 9:5

“The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.”

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³And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

⁴For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

⁵The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

⁶In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

⁷Including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

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