The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.