^11 [a]In the letters the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right ^(A)to assemble and to defend their lives, ^(B)to destroy, kill, and eliminate the entire army of any people or province which was going to attack them, including children and women, and ^(C)to plunder their spoils,

^2 (A)The Jews assembled in their cities throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus to ^[a]attack those who sought ^[b]to harm them; and no one could stand against them, ^(B)because the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.