YOU SAID:

they were brought before the king who ignored them and ordered them dead

INTO JAPANESE

その日、首都スサで殺された者の数が王に報告されると、

BACK INTO ENGLISH

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

INTO JAPANESE

その日、首都スサで殺された者の数が王に報告されると、

BACK INTO ENGLISH

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.