# province

A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in Esther 1:1.

# wherever the king's word and his decree reached

"wherever the king's men took word of his decree" or "wherever the king's decree was read" 

# holiday

day on which people celebrate special events

# the fear of the Jews had fallen on them

"they had become very afraid of the Jews"