14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a law in every province* and proclaimed to all the peoples, so that they would be prepared for that day. 15 The couriers went out quickly+ by order of the king; the law was issued in Shuʹshan*+ the citadel.* The king and Haʹman then sat down to drink, but the city of Shuʹshan* was in confusion.