Esther 9:4-6

4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the news about him spread throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai 1became greater and greater.

5So 2the Jews struck all their enemies with 3the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

6At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and eliminated five hundred men,