If it is pleasing to the king, let it be [a]decreed that they be eliminated, and I will pay [b]ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”

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  1. Esther 3:9 Lit written
  2. Esther 3:9 About 375 tons or 340 metric tons

If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents[a] of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons