5 Thus (A)the Jews struck all their enemies with (a)the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. 6 At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men, 7 and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, 8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, 10 (B)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but (C)they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

Footnotes:

a. Esther 9:5: ['Lit ', the stroke of]