Mordecai(A) was prominent(B) in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.(C)

The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them,(D) and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

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For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

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.

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

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