Esther 9:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces(A) the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them.[a] Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them(B) fell on every nationality.(C)
3 All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators[b](D) aided the Jews because they were afraid of Mordecai.(E) 4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace,(F) and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.(G)
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- Esther 9:2 Lit cities to send out a hand against the seekers of their evil
- Esther 9:3 Lit and those who do the king’s work; Est 3:9
Esther 9:2-4
New International Version
2 The Jews assembled in their cities(A) in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those determined to destroy them. No one could stand against them,(B) because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them. 3 And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king’s administrators helped the Jews,(C) because fear of Mordecai had seized them.(D) 4 Mordecai(E) was prominent(F) in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.(G)
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