Brenton(i)
10 And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
11 And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.
12 So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.
13 And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.
14 And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.
15 And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.