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Esther 9:16

14 So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.

18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

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BSB
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
KJV
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
WEB
The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
ASV
And the other Jews that were in the king`s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
DARBY
And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their life, and had rest from their enemies; and they slew of them that hated them seventy-five thousand (but they laid not their hand on the prey),
BLB
And the rest of the Jews who [were] in the provinces of the king gathered together and stood for their soul, and they had rest from their enemies. And they killed five and seventy thousand of those hating them, and on the plunder they did not stretch out their hand—
ÅB
De andre jøder i kongens landskaper slo seg også sammen og verget sitt liv og fikk ro for sine fiender; de drepte fem og sytti tusen av dem som hatet dem; men på byttet la de ikke hånd.
OTB
I mellomtiden samlet resten av jødene i kongens provinser seg for å forsvare seg selv og kvitte seg med sine fiender, og de drepte syttifem tusen av dem som hatet dem, men de la ikke sine hender på byttet.
B1930
De andre jøder i kongens landskaper slo sig også sammen og verget sitt liv og fikk ro for sine fiender; de drepte fem og sytti tusen av dem som hatet dem; men på byttet la de ikke hånd.

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  • Esther 8:11

    By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

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  • Esther 9:2

    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

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  • Leviticus 26:7–8

    You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.

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