On the king's orders, Haman was hanged from the 50-cubit-high gallows that had originally been built by Haman himself, on the advice of his wife Zeresh, in order to hang Mordecai.[9] The bodies of Haman's ten sons were also hanged, after they died in battle against the Jews.[10] The Jews also killed about 75,000 of their enemies in self-defense.[11]