1. In the twelfth month, that is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, on which the edict of the king arrived and his law was enacted, on the day in which the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them but was overturned, and the Jews gained power against their enemies,
2. the Jews gathered in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike against those who sought their destruction, and no one could withstand them, as the fear of them fell on all the people.
3. All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, governors, and those who did the work of the king were supporting the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
4. For Mordecai was high-ranking in the king’s palace and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as Mordecai grew more and more powerful.
5. The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did as they pleased with those that hated them.
6. And in the citadel of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7. and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8. Portha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9. Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10. the ten sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews; but they did not touch the plunder.
11. On that day the number of those being killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king.