Esther 9:11-16

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¹¹ Late that evening, when the king was informed of the number of those slain in Shushan, ¹² he called for Queen Esther. “The Jews have killed 500 men in Shushan alone,” he exclaimed, “and also Haman’s ten sons. If they have done that here, I wonder what has happened in the rest of the provinces! But now, what more do you want? It will be granted to you. Tell me and I will do it.”

¹³ And Esther said, “If it please Your Majesty, let the Jews who are here at Shushan do again tomorrow as they have done today, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.”

¹⁴ So the king agreed, and the decree was announced at Shushan, and they hung up the bodies of Haman’s ten sons. ¹⁵ Then the Jews at Shushan gathered together the next day also and killed 300 more men, though again they took no property.

¹⁶ Meanwhile the other Jews throughout the king’s provinces had gathered together and stood for their lives and destroyed all their enemies, killing 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not take their goods.