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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.
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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.
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6 In Susa the capital itself the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men,
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6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
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7 and also slew Par-shan-da'tha and Dalphon and Aspa'tha
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7 They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
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8 and Pora'tha and Ada'lia and Arida'tha
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8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
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9 and Parmash'ta and Ar'isai and Ar'idai and Vaiza'tha,
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9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha,
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10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammeda'tha, the enemy of the Jews; but they laid no hand on the plunder.
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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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