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And indeed Mordecai was a power in the palace and his fame was spreading through all the provinces; Mordecai was steadily growing more powerful. (Esther 9, 4)
The king said to Queen Esther, 'In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed five hundred men and also the ten sons of Haman. What must they have done in the other provinces of the realm? Tell me your request; I grant it to you. Tell me what else you would like; it is yours for the asking.' (Esther 9, 12)
The other Jews who lived in the king's provinces also assembled to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies. They slaughtered seventy-five thousand of their opponents. But they took no plunder. (Esther 9, 16)
Mordecai committed these events to writing. Then he sent letters to all the Jews living in the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, (Esther 9, 20)
and sent letters to all the Jews of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the realm of Ahasuerus, in terms of peace and loyalty (Esther 9, 30)
He assembled very powerful forces and subdued provinces, nations and princes, and they became his tributaries. (1 Maccabees 1, 4)
In this grave quandary he resolved to invade Persia, there to levy tribute on the provinces and so accumulate substantial funds. (1 Maccabees 3, 31)
The king took the remaining half of his troops with him and set out from Antioch, the capital of his kingdom, in the year 147; he crossed the River Euphrates and made his way through the Upper Provinces. (1 Maccabees 3, 37)
King Antiochus, meanwhile, was making his way through the Upper Provinces; he had heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, renowned for its riches, its silver and gold, (1 Maccabees 6, 1)
of the Indian territory, with Media, Lydia, and some of their best provinces, which they took from him and gave to King Eumenes. (1 Maccabees 8, 8)
so that, in case of any unforeseen event or disquieting rumour, the people of the provinces might know to whom he had left the conduct of affairs, and thus remain undisturbed; (2 Maccabees 9, 24)
I amassed silver and gold, the treasures of kings and provinces; acquired singers, men and women, and every human luxury, chest upon chest of it. (Ecclesiastes 2, 8)