17 In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was joy and jubilation for the Jews, a feast and a [a](A)holiday. And (B)many among the peoples of the land [b]became Jews, because the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:17 Lit good day
  2. Esther 8:17 Or posed as Jews

17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy(A) and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear(B) of the Jews had seized them.(C)

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