46
But the king fled into the palace. Then the men of the city seized the main streets of the city and began to fight.
47
So the king called the Jews to his aid, and they all rallied about him and then spread out through the city; and they killed on that day as many as a hundred thousand men.
48
They set fire to the city and seized much spoil on that day, and they saved the king.
49
When the men of the city saw that the Jews had gained control of the city as they pleased, their courage failed and they cried out to the king with this entreaty,
50
"Grant us peace, and make the Jews stop fighting against us and our city."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.