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117 to her, and he was taken into the royal household and advanced to high honors in the empire, being made keeper of the King's signet. A second time the King was petitioned to have the destruction decreed against the Jews turned away; but according to the law of the land this could not be done, though the Jews by a new decree were given power to defend themselves, and when the 13th day of Adar drew near, when the decree for their execution was to be enforced, they were prepared to defend themselves in every city where they dwelt throughout all the provinces of the empire. A war was therefore commenced between the Jews and their enemies, and on that day the Jews slew of their enemies seventy-five thousand persons; and in the city of Shushan on that day and the next eight hundred more, and among this number were the ten sons of Haman, who were hanged, probably on the same gallows on which their father Haman died. The Jews made great rejoicing over their deliverance,

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