In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Esther 9:6 in context
Esther 9:3–9
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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.
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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.
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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.
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They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
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Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
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Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
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