“For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.”
And the Jews that were in Susa gathered together also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Susa, but on the spoil they laid not their hand, demonstrating that on the second day of conflict in Susa, the Jews engaged in further killing of those who had sought to harm them while continuing to refrain from taking spoil. The continued restraint from taking possessions demonstrates that the motivation remained defensive and justice-oriented rather than acquisitive.
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