Institution of memorial celebrations

12. what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! It is best to take this, not, with A.V., as an actual question, but as meaning, It is superfluous to enquire how extensive the slaughter must be throughout the Empire as a whole, when Shushan alone has yielded so many victims.

Now what is thy petition? The question implies that the king perceives that Esther is not yet satisfied.

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