Esther 9:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ All the ·important men [nobles] of the ·states [provinces], the governors, ·captains of the soldiers [high officials], and the king’s officers helped the Jews, because they were afraid of Mordecai. ⁴ Mordecai was ·very important [^Lgreat] in the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse]. He was famous in all the ·empire [^Lprovinces], because he was becoming ·a leader of more and more people [more and more powerful/influential].

⁵ And, with their swords, the Jews ·defeated [^Lstruck] all their enemies, ·killing [slaughtering] and destroying them. And they did ·what they wanted [as they pleased] with those people who hated them.