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Esther 7 The 13th day of Adar arrives (Esther chapter 9&10)
And so the day came.
We waited anxiously to hear what would happen.
Eventually news filtered through,
first from Susa itself,
then gradually from the provinces.
Yes, there were a lot of deaths,
I suppose it was inevitable.
But the leaders of the people, the royal officials and the leaders of the army
all gave their support to the Jews.
They realised how much power Mordecai had as next in rank to the king.
I suppose our people got over-enthusiastic in killing.
But I must say in their favour,
that they did not plunder anyone’s possessions.
I had one further favour to ask the king.
Haman had ten sons,
and I feared they might try to take revenge for their father’s fate.
I wanted them killed,
but other Jews had beaten me to it.
They were already dead,
but even so I had their bodies hung on the gallows,
to show the people who was in charge now.
Was that wrong of me?
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