OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 6

Esther 9:6

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

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Esther 9:6 in context

Esther 9:3–9

3

All the princes of the provinces, the local governors, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.

4

For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

5

The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

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

7

They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

8

Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

9

Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,

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