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• For the Jews it was a time of splendor and merriment, honor and triumph. (Esther 8, 16)

• Wherever the king's edict was read in every province and in each city, there was rejoicing and feasting among the Jews. Many people of other nationalities were seized with fear of the Jews, and they embraced Judaism. (Esther 8, 17)

• When the day came for the order of the king to be carried out - the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, Adar, on which the enemies of the Jews had expected to crush them - the reverse happened, for it was the Jews who got the upper hand over those who sought their harm. (Esther 9, 1)

• In their towns throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the Jews gathered to strike at those who planned their destruction. But no one dared resist them, for they were feared by all the other nations. (Esther 9, 2)

• In fact, all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, governors and the king's administrators supported the Jews out of fear of Mordecai, (Esther 9, 3)

• The Jews struck down their enemies, killing them by the sword, doing as they pleased to those who hated them. (Esther 9, 5)

• the ten sons of Haman, who was Hammedatha's son and enemy of the Jews. But they laid no hand on the spoils. (Esther 9, 10)

• who in turn told Esther: "The Jews have killed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in Susa alone. Imagine what more they have done in the rest of my provinces! But you shall again be granted whatever you ask; whatever you request shall be fulfilled." (Esther 9, 12)

• Esther replied, "If it pleases the king, let the Jews in Susa be permitted again tomorrow to carry out today's edict, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows." (Esther 9, 13)

• On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa gathered again and put to death three hundred men. But again they laid no hand on the spoils. (Esther 9, 15)

• The other Jews in the king's provinces also assembled to protect themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their foes, but did not lay hands on the spoils. (Esther 9, 16)

• This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and the Jews rested on the fourteenth, making it a day of feasting and rejoicing. (Esther 9, 17)