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On the thirteenth day of Adar, the day on which the royal proclamation was to take effect,
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it was the enemies of the Jews who were wiped out. People everywhere were afraid of the Jews, and no one could stand against them.
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In fact, the provincial governors, the administrators, and the royal scribes showed respect for the Jews, because they were all afraid of Mordecai.
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The royal decree had made his name known throughout the empire.
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In Susa, the capital city itself, the Jews killed five hundred people
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and looted their property. Among them were the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean, the enemy of the Jews: Pharsannestain, Delphon, Phasga, Pharadatha, Barea, Sarbacha, Marmasima, Arouphaeus, Arsaeus, and Zabouthaeus.
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That same day the number of people killed in Susa was reported to the king.