1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s order and decree were to be carried out. That day the enemies of the Jews had thought they would crush them, but the exact opposite happened—the Jews crushed their enemies. 2 The Jews gathered in their cities throughout the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those who wanted to destroy them. Nobody could oppose them, because all the other people were afraid of them.
13 "If it please Your Majesty," Esther replied, "allow the Jews in Susa to do the same tomorrow as they did today, following the decree. Also, let the ten sons of Haman be impaled on poles."
17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and celebration.
26 (That’s why these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.9:26. "Purim" is the plural of "pur.")
As a result of all the instructions in Mordecai’s letter, and what they’d seen, and what had happened to them,