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In them the king granted the Jews, in whatever city they lived, the right to assemble in self-defence, with permission to destroy, slaughter and annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, together with their women and children, and to plunder their possessions, (Esther 8, 11)
Copies of this edict, to be promulgated as law in each province, were published to the various peoples, so that the Jews could be ready on the day stated to avenge themselves on their enemies. (Esther 8, 13)
For the Jews there was light and gladness, joy and honour. (Esther 8, 16)
In every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and decree arrived, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and holiday-making. Of the country's population many became Jews, since now the Jews were feared. (Esther 8, 17)
The king's command and decree came into force on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, and the day on which the enemies of the Jews had hoped to crush them produced the very opposite effect: the Jews it was who crushed their enemies. (Esther 9, 1)
In their towns throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the Jews assembled to strike at those who had planned to injure them. No one resisted them, since the various peoples were now all afraid of them. (Esther 9, 2)
Provincial officers-of-state, satraps, governors and royal officials, all supported the Jews for fear of Mordecai. (Esther 9, 3)
So the Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, with resulting slaughter and destruction, and worked their will on their opponents. (Esther 9, 5)
In the citadel of Susa alone, the Jews put to death and slaughtered five hundred men, (Esther 9, 6)
the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the persecutor of the Jews. But they took no plunder. (Esther 9, 10)
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)
'If such is the king's pleasure,' Esther replied, 'let the Jews of Susa be allowed to enforce today's decree tomorrow as well. And as for the ten sons of Haman, let their bodies be hanged on the gallows.' (Esther 9, 13)