3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mor´decai fell upon them.
4 For Mor´decai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mor´decai waxed greater and greater.
5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 And Parshanda´tha, and Dalphon, and Aspa´tha,
8 and Pora´tha, and Adali´a, and Arida´tha,
9 and Parmash´ta, and Ar´isai, and Ar´idai, and Vajeza´tha,