Upon one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. ] The day appointed and fixed in the former letters for the destruction of the Jews, ( Esther 3:13 ) .
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And these letters which were sent in the king’s name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.
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And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.
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And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
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And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies.
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So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.