But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordekhai alone, for they had made known to him Mordekhai's people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Achashverosh, even the Mordekhai's people.
Nov, the city of the Kohanim, struck he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
Will the men of Ke`ilah deliver me up into his hand? will Sha'ul come down, as your servant has heard? LORD, the God of Yisra'el, I beg you, tell your servant. The LORD said, He will come down.