4. Mordecai had become a very important man in the king’s palace. Everyone in the provinces knew his name and knew how important he was. And Mordecai became more and more powerful.
5. The Jews defeated all their enemies. They used swords to kill and destroy them. They did what they wanted to the people who hated them.
6. They killed and destroyed 500 men in the capital city of Susa.
7. They also killed these men: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8. Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9. Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.