Est 9:1 | CPDV | STEP | Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said before is called Adar, when all the Jews were prepared to be executed and their enemies were greedy for their blood, the situation turned around, and the Jews began to have the upper hand and to vindicate themselves of their adversaries.

Esther 9:1

The Jews kill their enemies that would have killed them. The days of Phurim are appointed to be kept holy.

1 Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said before is called Adar, when all the Jews were prepared to be executed and their enemies were greedy for their blood, the situation turned around, and the Jews began to have the upper hand and to vindicate themselves of their adversaries. ^{▼▼14:1“Versa vice” means, literally, “around turn.”(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼9:1 To revenge, etc: The Jews on this occasion, by authority from the king, were made executioners of the public justice, for punishing by death a crime worthy of death, viz., a malicious conspiracy for extirpating their whole nation.(Challoner)}