Esther 9:4-6

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁴ For Mordecai was great in the king’s palace; and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai became more and more powerful.

⁵ So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they chose with those who hated them.

⁶ In Shushan, the capital itself, the Jews slew and destroyed 500 men.