Esther 9:2-4

Christian Standard Bible

² In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces^(A) the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them.^[a] Not a single person could withstand them; fear of them^(B) fell on every nationality.^(C)

³ All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators^[b](D) aided the Jews because they feared Mordecai.^{(E) 4} For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace,^(F) and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.^(G)