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5 So the Jews finished off all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering them right and left, 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 the palace complex of Susa the Jews massacred five hundred men.
6
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 They also killed the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the archenemy of the Jews: Parshandatha Dalphon
7
They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 oratha Adalia Aridatha
8
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmashta Arisai Aridai Vaizatha
9
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha,
10 But they took no plunder.
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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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