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Mordecai left the royal presence in a princely gown of violet and white, with a great golden crown and a cloak of fine linen and purple. The city of Susa shouted for joy. (Esther 8, 15)
For the Jews there was light and gladness, joy and honour. (Esther 8, 16)
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)
Provincial officers-of-state, satraps, governors and royal officials, all supported the Jews for fear of Mordecai. (Esther 9, 3)
And indeed Mordecai was a power in the palace and his fame was spreading through all the provinces; Mordecai was steadily growing more powerful. (Esther 9, 4)
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)
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, (Esther 9, 8)
the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the persecutor of the Jews. But they took no plunder. (Esther 9, 10)
The number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king that same day. (Esther 9, 11)
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)
Whereupon, the king having given the order, the edict was promulgated in Susa and the ten sons of Haman were hanged. (Esther 9, 14)