Esther (Greek) 9:23
Source: Septuagint
23And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mordecai wrote to them,
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21to establish these as joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
22for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.
— Esther (Greek) 9:23 —
24showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
25also how he went in to the king, telling him to hang Mordecai: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.