13 Letters were sent by ^acouriers to all the king’s provinces with instruction to ^bdestroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the ^cthirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.

12 on one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the ^wthirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.