The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them.(A) They did what they pleased to those who hated them. In the fortress of Susa(B) the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha. 10 They killed these ten sons(C) of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.(D) However, they did not seize[a] any plunder.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:10 Lit not put their hands on, also in vv. 15,16

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