2 So people came and told Je·hoshʹa·phat, saying: “There has come against you a large crowd from the region of the sea,* from Eʹdom;*+ and there they are in Hazʹa·zon-taʹmar, that is to say, En-geʹdi.”+
6 But it was despicable in his eyes to lay hand upon Morʹde·cai alone, for they had told him about Morʹde·cai’s people; and Haʹman began seeking to annihilate+ all the Jews who were in all the realm of A·has·u·eʹrus, Morʹde·cai’s people.+
34 “Neb·u·chad·rezʹzar the king of Babylon has eaten me up;+ he has thrown me into confusion. He has set me as an empty vessel. He has swallowed me down like a big snake;*+ he has filled his abdomen with my pleasant things. He has rinsed me* away.