And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, and
Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, and Parmashta, and
Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, the ten sons of Ha-
man the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews,
slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
On that day the number of those that were slain in
Shushan the palace was brought before the king. And
the king said unto Esther the queen. The Jews have
slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the
palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they
done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is
thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is
thy request further? and it shaU be done. Then said
Esther, K it please the king, let it be granted to the
Jews which are in Shushan to do to-morrow also accord-
ing unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be
hanged upon the gallows. And the king commanded it so
to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and
they hanged Haman s ten sons. For the Jews that were
in Shushan gathered themselves together on the four-



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teenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hun-
dred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not
their hand. But the other Jews that were in the ting's
provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for
their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of
their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not
their hands on the prey, on the thirteenth day of the
month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same
rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
