palace, and to have great
power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad
through all men's mouths.

9:5. So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed
them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:

9:6. Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides
the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are
these:

9:7. Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha

9:8. And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

9:9. And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.

9:10. And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of
their goods.

9:11. And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was
brought to the king.

9:12. And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in
the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou
think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and
what wilt thou have me to command to be done?

9:13. And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the
Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they have done to day, and that the
ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.

9:14. And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith
the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.

9:15. And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered
themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but
they took not their substance.

9:16. Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the
king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies
and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were killed
amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.

9:17. Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with
them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off.
Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter
they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.

9:18. But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in
the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month:
and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that
day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.

9:19. But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages,
appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and
gladness,