3 All the important men of the states, the governors, captains of the soldiers, and the king’s officers helped the Jewish people, because they were afraid of Mordecai.
4 Mordecai was very important in the king’s palace. He was famous in all the empire, because he was becoming a leader of more and more people.
5 And, with their swords, the Jewish people defeated all their enemies, killing and destroying them. And they did what they wanted with those people who hated them.
6 In the palace at Susa, they killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 They also killed: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,