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The chief provincial governors, the princes, and the royal secretaries were paying honour to the Jews, because fear of Mordecai weighed upon them. The king’s decree required that Mordecai’s name be held in honour throughout the kingdom.[a]

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  1. Greek Esther 9:4 Meaning of Gk uncertain. Some ancient authorities add verse 5, So the Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

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