Esther 9:11-17

New King James Version

¹¹ On that day the number of those who were killed in ^[a]Shushan the ^[b]citadel ^[c]was brought to the king. ¹² And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the citadel, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now ^(A)what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your further request? It shall be done.”

¹³ Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow ^(B)according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons ^(C)be hanged on the gallows.”

¹⁴ So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

¹⁵ And the Jews who were in ^[d]Shushan ^(D)gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; ^(E)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

¹⁶ The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces ^(F)gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; ^(G)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. ¹⁷ This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of ^[e]the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.