The Jews Destroy Their Enemies

9 In the twelfth month, that is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, on which the edict of the king arrived and his law was enacted, on the day in which the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them but was overturned, and the Jews gained power against their enemies, ² the Jews gathered in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike against^[a] those who sought their destruction, and no one could withstand them,^[b] as the fear of them fell on all the people.