1. On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), the letters written by the king were to be enforced.
2. On that day, the Jews’ enemies perished. Out of fear for the Jews, no one stood in their way.
3. All the leaders of the provinces, the governors, and those in charge of the king’s business respected the Jews. They were afraid of Mordecai,
4. because the king decreed that Mordecai’s name was to be honored throughout the kingdom.
6. In the city of Susa, the Jews killed five hundred people.