And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

and in Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men;

And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.

And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

By "Shushan the palace (or the fort)," is probably meant the whole of the upper town, which occupied an area of more than 100 acres, and contained many residences besides the actual palace. The Jews would not have ventured to shed blood within the palace-precincts.

And in Shushan - It is strange that in this city, where the king's mind must have been so well known, there should be found five hundred persons to rise up in hostility against those whom they knew the king befriended!

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed (d) five hundred men.
(d) Besides the three hundred that they slew the second day, (Esther 9:15).

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. Not in the royal palace, where it cannot be thought the Jews had so many enemies, or such a bloody slaughter of them should be made there; but in the city, where the palace was: and this may seem somewhat wonderful, that there should so many rise there against the Jews, so near the court, now altogether in the interest of the Jews; but these were men no doubt of Haman's faction, and enraged at his disgrace and death, and headed by his ten sons, who took the advantage of the decree to avenge his death; the Targum says, these were princes of the house of Amalek.

In the citadel of Susa they destroyed (in round numbers) 500 men.

Shushan - In the city so called. Slew - Whom they knew to be such as would watch all opportunities to destroy them; which also they might possibly now attempt to do.