¹⁰ So they impaled^(A) Haman^(B) on the pole^(C) he had set up for Mordecai.^(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.^(E)

⁷ Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.”

⁸ Then he called to me, “Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit^[a] rest^(A) in the land of the north.”^(B)

²⁴ At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into the lions’ den,^(A) along with their wives and children.^(B) And before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.^(C)

¹³ “Then my anger will cease and my wrath^(A) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.^(B) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.^(C)

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2 Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided,^(A) he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed about her.