16 (A)Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also (B)gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder. 17 This was (C)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. 18 But the Jews who were in Susa gathered (D)on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested (E)on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness.

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