Labels:text | screenshot | black | black and white | font OCR: March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the So o ad hoped to destroy them, but quite the opposite happened. "The Jews gathered in their Jews hroughout all the king's provinces to defend themselves against anyone who might try to cities hem. But no one could make a stand against them, for everyone was afraid of them. "And harm commanders of the provinces, the princes, the governors, and the royal officials helped the all th or fear of Mordecai. "For Mordecai had been promoted in the king's palace, and his fame Jews throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful. sprea the Je ws went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their ene mies with the sword. illed and annihilated their ene mies and did as they pleased with those w ...