4 Mordecai was very important in the king’s palace. He was famous in all the empire. This was because he was becoming a leader of more and more people.
5 And, with their swords, the Jews defeated all their enemies, killing and destroying them. And the Jews did what they wanted with those people who hated them.
6 In the palace at Susa, they killed and destroyed 500 men.
7 They also killed these men: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha.
10 They were the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But the Jews did not take their belongings.