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5 So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering, and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.
5
The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
6 In Susa the capital itself the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men,
6
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 and also slew Par-shan-da'tha and Dalphon and Aspa'tha
7
They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 and Pora'tha and Ada'lia and Arida'tha
8
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 and Parmash'ta and Ar'isai and Ar'idai and Vaiza'tha,
9
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha,
10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammeda'tha, the enemy of the Jews; but they laid no hand on the plunder.
10
the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
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