3. All the important men of the states, the governors, captains of the soldiers, and the king’s officers helped the Jewish people, because they were afraid of Mordecai.
4. Mordecai was very important in the king’s palace. He was famous in all the empire, because he was becoming a leader of more and more people.
5. And, with their swords, the Jewish people defeated all their enemies, killing and destroying them. And they did what they wanted with those people who hated them.
6. In the palace at Susa, they killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7. They also killed: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8. Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,