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The Jews Destroy Their Enemies

Esther 9:6

In 11 translations

BSB
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
KJV
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
WEB
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. In the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,
ASV
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
LSV
and in Shushan the palace the Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men;
YLT
and in Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men;
DBY
And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
DRC
Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:
GNV
And at Shushan the palace slewe the Iewes and destroyed fiue hundreth men,
JPS
And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
LXXE
And in the city Susa the Jews slew five hundred men:

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֗ה הָרְג֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאַבֵּ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐν Σούσοις τῇ πόλει ἀπέκτειναν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἄνδρας πεντακοσίους,

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  • Esther 3:15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

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