^11 [a]In the letters the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right ^(A)to assemble and to defend their lives, ^(B)to destroy, kill, and eliminate the entire army of any people or province which was going to attack them, including children and women, and ^(C)to plunder their spoils,

^10 (A)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but ^(B)they did not lay their hands on the plunder.