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Esther 1:2-6 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

2. a Jewish man who lived in the city of Susa, a great gentleman, and among the first ones of the king's court, saw a dream.

3. Now he was one of a number of captives, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jeconiah king of Judah.

4. And this was his dream: voices appeared, and confusion, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth.

5. And behold, there were two great dragons making preparations against one another for battle.

6. And at their cry all peoples rushed forth to fight against the nation of the just.