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  • 1:1 Now it came king's palace;



  • to pass in the 1:6 [Where were]



  • days of white, green, and



  • Ahasuerus, (this blue, [hangings],



  • [is] Ahasuerus fastened with



  • which reigned, cords of fine



  • from India even linen and purple



  • unto Ethiopia, to silver rings



  • [over] an hundred and pillars of



  • and seven and marble: the beds



  • twenty [were of] gold



  • provinces:) and silver, upon



  • 1:2 [That] in a pavement of



  • those days, when red, and blue,



  • the king and white, and



  • Ahasuerus sat on black, marble.



  • the throne of his 1:7 And they



  • kingdom, which gave [them] drink



  • [was] in Shushan in vessels of



  • the palace, gold, (the



  • 1:3 In the third vessels being



  • year of his diverse one from



  • reign, he made a another,) and



  • feast unto all royal wine in



  • his princes and abundance,



  • his servants; the according to the



  • power of Persia state of the



  • and Media, the king.



  • nobles and 1:8 And the



  • princes of the drinking [was]



  • provinces, according to the



  • [being] before law; none did



  • him: compel: for so



  • 1:4 When he the king had



  • showed the riches appointed to all



  • of his glorious the officers of



  • kingdom and the his house, that



  • honour of his they should do



  • excellent majesty according to



  • many days, [even] every man's



  • and hundred and pleasure.



  • fourscore days. 1:9 Also Vashti



  • 1:5 And when the queen made a



  • these days were feast for the



  • expired, the king women [in] the



  • made a feast unto royal house which



  • all the people [belonged] to



  • that were present king Ahasuerus.



  • in Shushan the 1:10 On the



  • palace, both unto seventh day, when



  • great and small, the heart of the



  • seven days, in king was merry



  • the court of the with wine, he



  • garden of the commanded























  • Mehuman, Biztha, 1:15 What shall



  • Harbona, Bigtha, we do unto the



  • and Abagtha, queen Vashti



  • Zethar, and according to law,



  • Carcas, the seven because she hath



  • chamberlains that not performed the



  • served in the commandment of



  • presence of the king



  • Ahasuerus the Ahasuerus by the



  • king, chamberlains?



  • 1:11 To bring 1:16 And Memucan



  • Vashti the queen answered before



  • before the king the king and the



  • with the crown princes, Vashti



  • royal, to show the queen hath



  • the people and not done wrong to



  • the princes her the king only,



  • beauty: for she but also to all



  • [was] fair to the princes, and



  • look on. to all the people



  • 1:12 But the that [are] in all



  • queen Vashti the provinces of



  • refused to come the king



  • at the king's Ahasuerus.



  • commandment by 1:17 For [this]



  • [his] deed of the queen



  • chamberlains: shall come abroad



  • therefore was the unto all women,



  • king very wroth, so that they



  • and his anger shall despise



  • burned in him. their husbands in



  • 1:13 Then the their eyes, when



  • king said to the it shall be



  • wise men, which reported, The



  • knew the times, king Ahasuerus



  • (for so [was] the commanded Vashti



  • king's manner the queen to be



  • toward all that brought in before



  • knew law and him, but she came



  • judgment: not.



  • 1:14 And the 1:18 [Likewise]



  • next unto him shall the ladies



  • [was] Carshena, of Persia and



  • Shethar, Admatha, Media say this



  • Tarshish, Meres, day unto all the



  • Marsena, [and] king's princes,



  • Memucan, the which have heard



  • seven princes of of the deed of



  • Persia and Media, the queen. Thus



  • which saw the [shall there



  • king's face, arise] too much



  • [and] which sat contempt and



  • the first in the wrath.



  • kingdom;) 1:19 If it























  • please the king, according to the



  • let there go a language of every



  • royal commandment people.



  • from him, and let 2:1 After these



  • it be written things, when the



  • among the laws of wrath of king



  • the Persians and Ahasuerus was



  • the Medes, that appeased, he



  • it be not remembered



  • altered, That Vashti, and what



  • Vashti come no she had done, and



  • more before king what was decreed



  • Ahasuerus; and against her.



  • let the king give 2:2 Then said



  • her royal estate the king's



  • unto another that servants that



  • is better than ministered unto



  • she. him, Let there be



  • 1:20 And when fair young



  • the king's decree virgins sought



  • which he shall for the king:



  • make shall be 2:3 And let the



  • published king appoint



  • throughout all officers in all



  • his empire, (for the provinces of



  • it is great,) all his kingdom, that



  • the wives shall they may gather



  • give to their together all the



  • husbands honour, fair young



  • both to great and virgins unto



  • small. Shushan the



  • 1:21 And the palace, to the



  • saying pleased house of the



  • the king and the women, unto the



  • princes; and the custody of Hege



  • king did the king's



  • according to the chamberlain,



  • word of Memucan: keeper of the



  • 1:22 For he sent women; and let



  • letters into all their things for



  • the king's purification be



  • provinces, into given [them]:



  • every province 2:4 And let the



  • according to the maiden which



  • writing thereof, pleaseth the king



  • and to every be queen instead



  • people after of Vashti. And



  • their language, the thing pleased



  • that every man the king; and he



  • should bear rule did so.



  • in his own house, 2:5 [Now] in



  • and that [it] Shushan the



  • should be palace there was



  • published a certain Jew,























  • whose name [was] obtained kindness



  • Mordecai, the son of him; and he



  • of Jair, the son speedily gave her



  • of Shimei, the her things for



  • son of Kish, a purification,



  • Benjamite; with such things



  • 2:6 Who had been as belonged to



  • carried away from her, and seven



  • Jerusalem with maidens, [which



  • the captivity were] meet to be



  • which had been given her, out of



  • carried away with the king's house:



  • Jeconiah king of and he preferred



  • Judah, whom her and her maids



  • Nebuchadnezzar unto the best



  • the king of [place] of the



  • Babylon had house of the



  • carried away. women.



  • 2:7 And he 2:10 Esther had



  • brought up not showed her



  • Hadassah, that people nor her



  • [is], Esther, his kindred: for



  • uncle's daughter: Mordecai had



  • for she had charged her that



  • neither father she should not



  • nor mother, and show [it].



  • the maid [was] 2:11 And



  • fair and Mordecai walked



  • beautiful; whom every day before



  • Mordecai, when the court of the



  • her father and women's house, to



  • mother were dead, know how Esther



  • took for his own did, and what



  • daughter. should become of



  • 2:8 So it came her.



  • to pass, when the 2:12 Now when



  • king's every maid's turn



  • commandment and was come to go in



  • his decree was to king



  • heard, and when Ahasuerus, after



  • many maidens were that she had been



  • gathered together twelve months,



  • unto Shushan the according to the



  • palace, to the manner of the



  • custody of Hegai, women, (for so



  • that Esther was were the days of



  • brought also unto their



  • the king's house, purifications



  • to the custody of accomplished, [to



  • Hegai, keeper of wit], six months



  • the women. with oil of



  • 2:9 And the myrrh, and six



  • maiden pleased months with sweet



  • him, and she odours, and with























  • [other] things king Ahasuerus



  • for the purifying into his house



  • of the women;) royal in the



  • 2:13 Then thus tenth month,



  • came [every] which [is] the



  • maiden unto the month Tebeth, in



  • king; whatsoever the seventh year



  • she desired was of his reign.



  • given her to go 2:17 And the



  • with her out of king loved Esther



  • the house of the above all the



  • women unto the women, and she



  • king's house. obtained grace



  • 2:14 In the and favour in his



  • evening she went, sight more than



  • and on the morrow all the virgins;



  • she returned into so that he set



  • the second house the royal crown



  • of the women, to upon her head,



  • the custody of and made her



  • Shaashgaz, the queen instead of



  • king's Vashti.



  • chamberlain, 2:18 Then the



  • which kept the king made a great



  • concubines: she feast unto all



  • came in unto the his princes and



  • king no more, his servants,



  • except the king [even] Esther's



  • delighted in her, feast; and he



  • and that she were made a release to



  • called by name. the provinces,



  • 2:15 Now when and gave gifts,



  • the turn of according to the



  • Esther, the state of the



  • daughter of king.



  • Abihail the uncle 2:19 And when



  • of Mordecai, who the virgins were



  • had taken her for gathered together



  • his daughter, was the second time,



  • come to go in then Mordecai sat



  • unto the king, in the king's



  • she required gate.



  • nothing but what 2:20 Esther had



  • Hegai the king's not [yet] showed



  • chamberlain, the her kindred nor



  • keeper of the her people; as



  • women, appointed. Mordecai had



  • And Esther charged her: for



  • obtained favour Esther did the



  • in the sight of commandment of



  • all them that Mordecai, like as



  • looked upon her. when she was



  • 2:16 So Esther brought up with



  • was taken unto him.























  • 2:21 In those But Mordecai



  • days, while bowed not, nor



  • Mordecai sat in did [him]



  • the king's gate, reverence.



  • two of the king's 3:3 Then the



  • chamberlains, king's servants,



  • Bigthan and which [were] in



  • Teresh, of those the king's gate,



  • which kept the said unto



  • door, were wroth, Mordecai, Why



  • and sought to lay transgressest



  • hand on the king thou the king's



  • Ahasuerus. commandment?



  • 2:22 And the 3:4 Now it came



  • thing was known to pass, when



  • to Mordecai, who they spake daily



  • told [it] unto unto him, and he



  • Esther the queen; hearkened not



  • and Esther unto them, that



  • certified the they told Haman,



  • king [thereof] in to see whether



  • Mordecai's name. Mordecai's



  • 2:23 And when matters would



  • inquisition was stand: for he had



  • made of the told them that he



  • matter, it was [was] a Jew.



  • found out; 3:5 And when



  • therefore they Haman saw that



  • were both hanged Mordecai bowed



  • on a tree: and it not, nor did him



  • was written in reverence, then



  • the book of the was Haman full of



  • chronicles before wrath.



  • the king. 3:6 And he



  • 3:1 After these thought scorn to



  • things did king lay hands on



  • Ahasuerus promote Mordecai alone;



  • Haman the son of for they had



  • Hammedatha the showed him the



  • Agagite, and people of



  • advanced him, and Mordecai:



  • set his seat wherefore Haman



  • above all the sought to destroy



  • princes that all the Jews that



  • [were] with him. [were] throughout



  • 3:2 And all the the whole kingdom



  • king's servants, of Ahasuerus,



  • that [were] in [even] the people



  • the king's gate, of Mordecai.



  • bowed, and 3:7 In the first



  • reverenced Haman: month, that [is],



  • for the king had the month Nisan,



  • so commanded in the twelfth



  • concerning him. year of king























  • Ahasuerus, they Haman, The silver



  • cast Pur, that [is] given to



  • [is], the lot, thee, the people



  • before Haman from also, to do with



  • day to day, and them as it



  • from month to seemeth good to



  • month, [to] the thee.



  • twelfth [month], 3:12 Then were



  • that [is], the the king's



  • month Adar. scribes called on



  • 3:8 And Haman the thirteenth



  • said unto king day of the first



  • Ahasuerus, There month, and there



  • is a certain was written



  • people scattered according to all



  • abroad and that Haman had



  • dispersed among commanded unto



  • the people in all the king's



  • the provinces of lieutenants, and



  • thy kingdom; and to the governors



  • their laws [are] that [were] over



  • diverse from all every province,



  • people; neither and to the rulers



  • keep they the of every people



  • king's laws: of every province



  • therefore it [is] according to the



  • not for the writing thereof,



  • king's profit to and [to] every



  • suffer them. people after



  • 3:9 If it please their language;



  • the king, let it in the name of



  • be written that king Ahasuerus



  • they may be was it written,



  • destroyed: and I and sealed with



  • will pay ten the king's ring.



  • thousand talents 3:13 And the



  • of silver to the letters were sent



  • hands of those by posts into all



  • that have the the king's



  • charge of the provinces, to



  • business, to destroy, to kill,



  • bring [it] into and to cause to



  • the king's perish, all Jews,



  • treasuries. both young and



  • 3:10 And the old, little



  • king took his children and



  • ring from his women, in one



  • hand, and gave it day, [even] upon



  • unto Haman the the thirteenth



  • son of Hammedatha [day] of the



  • the Agagite, the twelfth month,



  • Jews' enemy. which is the



  • 3:11 And the month Adar, and



  • king said unto [to take] the























  • spoil of them for the Jews, and



  • a prey. fasting, and



  • 3:14 The copy of weeping, and



  • the writing for a wailing; and many



  • commandment to be lay in sackcloth



  • given in every and ashes.



  • province was 4:4 So Esther's



  • published unto maids and her



  • all people, that chamberlains came



  • they should be and told [it]



  • ready against her. Then was the



  • that day. queen exceedingly



  • 3:15 The posts grieved; and she



  • went out, being sent raiment to



  • hastened by the clothe Mordecai,



  • king's and to take away



  • commandment, and his sackcloth



  • the decree was from him: but he



  • given in Shushan received [it]



  • the palace. And not.



  • the king and 4:5 Then called



  • Haman sat down to Esther for



  • drink; but the Hatach, [one] of



  • city Shushan was the king's



  • perplexed. chamberlains,



  • 4:1 When whom he had



  • Mordecai appointed to



  • perceived all attend upon her,



  • that was done, and gave him a



  • Mordecai rent his commandment to



  • clothes, and put Mordecai, to know



  • on sackcloth with what it [was],



  • ashes, and went and why it [was].



  • out into the



  • midst of the 4:6 So Hatach



  • city, and cried went forth to



  • with a loud and a Mordecai unto the



  • bitter cry; street of the



  • 4:2 And came city, which [was]



  • even before the before the king's



  • king's gate: for gate.



  • none [might] 4:7 And Mordecai



  • enter into the told him of all



  • king's gate that had happened



  • clothed with unto him, and of



  • sackcloth. the sum of the



  • 4:3 And in every money that Haman



  • province, had promised to



  • whithersoever the pay to the king's



  • king's treasuries for



  • commandment and the Jews, to



  • his decree came, destroy them.



  • [there was] great 4:8 Also he gave



  • mourning among him the copy of























  • the writing of Esther's words.



  • the decree that 4:13 Then



  • was given at Mordecai



  • Shushan to commanded to



  • destroy them, to answer Esther,



  • show [it] unto Think not with



  • Esther, and to thyself that thou



  • declare [it] unto shalt escape in



  • her, and to the king's house,



  • charge her that more than all the



  • she should go in Jews.



  • unto the king, to 4:14 For if thou



  • make supplication altogether



  • unto him, and to holdest thy peace



  • make request at this time,



  • before him for [then] shall



  • her people. there enlargement



  • 4:9 And Hatach and deliverance



  • came and told arise to the Jews



  • Esther the words from another



  • of Mordecai. place; but thou



  • 4:10 Again and thy father's



  • Esther spake unto house shall be



  • Hatach, and gave destroyed: and



  • him commandment who knoweth



  • unto Mordecai; whether thou art



  • 4:11 All the come to the



  • king's servants, kingdom for



  • and the people of [such] a time as



  • the king's this?



  • provinces, do 4:15 Then Esther



  • know, that bade [them]



  • whosoever, return Mordecai



  • whether man or [this answer],



  • woman, shall come 4:16 Go, gather



  • unto the king together all the



  • into the inner Jews that are



  • court, who is not present in



  • called, [there Shushan, and fast



  • is] one law of ye for me, and



  • his to put [him] neither eat nor



  • to death, except drink three days,



  • such to whom the night or day: I



  • king shall hold also and my



  • out the golden maidens will fast



  • sceptre, that he likewise; and so



  • may live: but I will I go in unto



  • have not been the king, which



  • called to come in [is] not



  • unto the king according to the



  • these thirty law: and if I



  • days. perish, I perish.



  • 4:12 And they



  • told to Mordecai 4:17 So Mordecai























  • went his way, and unto the banquet



  • did according to that I have



  • all that Esther prepared for him.



  • had commanded



  • him. 5:5 Then the



  • 5:1 Now it came king said, Cause



  • to pass on the Haman to make



  • third day, that haste, that he



  • Esther put on may do as Esther



  • [her] royal hath said. So the



  • [apparel], and king and Haman



  • stood in the came to the



  • inner court of banquet that



  • the king's house, Esther had



  • over against the prepared.



  • king's house: and 5:6 And the king



  • the king sat upon said unto Esther



  • his royal throne at the banquet of



  • in the royal wine, What [is]



  • house, over thy petition? and



  • against the gate it shall be



  • of the house. granted thee: and



  • 5:2 And it was what [is] thy



  • so, when the king request? even to



  • saw Esther the the half of the



  • queen standing in kingdom it shall



  • the court, [that] be performed.



  • she obtained 5:7 Then



  • favour in his answered Esther,



  • sight: and the and said, My



  • king held out to petition and my



  • Esther the golden request [is];



  • sceptre that 5:8 If I have



  • [was] in his found favour in



  • hand. So Esther the sight of the



  • drew near, and king, and if it



  • touched the top please the king



  • of the sceptre. to grant my



  • 5:3 Then said petition, and to



  • the king unto perform my



  • her, What wilt request, let the



  • thou, queen king and Haman



  • Esther? and what come to the



  • [is] thy request? banquet that I



  • it shall be even shall prepare for



  • given thee to the them, and I will



  • half of the do to morrow as



  • kingdom. the king hath



  • 5:4 And Esther said.



  • answered, If [it 5:9 Then went



  • seem] good unto Haman forth that



  • the king, let the day joyful and



  • king and Haman with a glad



  • come this day heart: but when























  • Haman saw and all his



  • Mordecai in the friends unto him,



  • king's gate, that Let a gallows be



  • he stood not up, made of fifty



  • nor moved for cubits high, and



  • him, he was full to morrow speak



  • of indignation thou unto the



  • against Mordecai. king that



  • Mordecai may be



  • 5:10 hanged thereon:



  • Nevertheless then go thou in



  • Haman refrained merrily with the



  • himself: and when king unto the



  • he came home, he banquet. And the



  • sent and called thing pleased



  • for his friends, Haman; and he



  • and Zeresh his caused the



  • wife. gallows to be



  • 5:11 And Haman made.



  • told them of the 6:1 On that



  • glory of his night could not



  • riches, and the the king sleep,



  • multitude of his and he commanded



  • children, and all to bring the book



  • [the things] of records of the



  • wherein the king chronicles; and



  • had promoted him, they were read



  • and how he had before the king.



  • advanced him 6:2 And it was



  • above the princes found written,



  • and servants of that Mordecai had



  • the king. told of Bigthana



  • 5:12 Haman said and Teresh, two



  • moreover, Yea, of the king's



  • Esther the queen chamberlains, the



  • did let no man keepers of the



  • come in with the door, who sought



  • king unto the to lay hand on



  • banquet that she the king



  • had prepared but Ahasuerus.



  • myself; and to 6:3 And the king



  • morrow am I said, What honour



  • invited unto her and dignity hath



  • also with the been done to



  • king. Mordecai for



  • 5:13 Yet all this? Then said



  • this availeth me the king's



  • nothing, so long servants that



  • as I see Mordecai ministered unto



  • the Jew sitting him, There is



  • at the king's nothing done for



  • gate. him.



  • 5:14 Then said 6:4 And the king



  • Zeresh his wife said, Who [is] in























  • the court? Now of the king's



  • Haman was come most noble



  • into the outward princes, that



  • court of the they may array



  • king's house, to the man [withal]



  • speak unto the whom the king



  • king to hang delighteth to



  • Mordecai on the honour, and bring



  • gallows that he him on horseback



  • had prepared for through the



  • him. street of the



  • 6:5 And the city, and



  • king's servants proclaim before



  • said unto him, him, Thus shall



  • Behold, Haman it be done to the



  • standeth in the man whom the king



  • court. And the delighteth to



  • king said, Let honour.



  • him come in. 6:10 Then the



  • 6:6 So Haman king said to



  • came in. And the Haman, Make



  • king said unto haste, [and] take



  • him, What shall the apparel and



  • be done unto the the horse, as



  • man whom the king thou hast said,



  • delighteth to and do even so to



  • honour? Now Haman Mordecai the Jew,



  • thought in his that sitteth at



  • heart, To whom the king's gate:



  • would the king let nothing fail



  • delight to do of all that thou



  • honour more than hast spoken.



  • to myself? 6:11 Then took



  • 6:7 And Haman Haman the apparel



  • answered the and the horse,



  • king, For the man and arrayed



  • whom the king Mordecai, and



  • delighteth to brought him on



  • honour, horseback through



  • 6:8 Let the the street of the



  • royal apparel be city, and



  • brought which the proclaimed before



  • king [useth] to him, Thus shall



  • wear, and the it be done unto



  • horse that the the man whom the



  • king rideth upon, king delighteth



  • and the crown to honour.



  • royal which is 6:12 And



  • set upon his Mordecai came



  • head: again to the



  • 6:9 And let this king's gate. But



  • apparel and horse Haman hasted to



  • be delivered to his house



  • the hand of one mourning, and























  • having his head said, If I have



  • covered. found favour in



  • 6:13 And Haman thy sight, O



  • told Zeresh his king, and if it



  • wife and all his please the king,



  • friends every let my life be



  • [thing] that had given me at my



  • befallen him. petition, and my



  • Then said his people at my



  • wise men and request:



  • Zeresh his wife 7:4 For we are



  • unto him, If sold, I and my



  • Mordecai [be] of people, to be



  • the seed of the destroyed, to be



  • Jews, before whom slain, and to



  • thou hast begun perish. But if we



  • to fall, thou had been sold for



  • shalt not prevail bondmen and



  • against him, but bondwomen, I had



  • shalt surely fall held my tongue,



  • before him. although the



  • 6:14 And while enemy could not



  • they [were] yet countervail the



  • talking with him, king's damage.



  • came the king's 7:5 Then the



  • chamberlains, and king Ahasuerus



  • hasted to bring answered and said



  • Haman unto the unto Esther the



  • banquet that queen, Who is he,



  • Esther had and where is he,



  • prepared. that durst



  • 7:1 So the king presume in his



  • and Haman came to heart to do so?



  • banquet with 7:6 And Esther



  • Esther the queen. said, The



  • adversary and



  • 7:2 And the king enemy [is] this



  • said again unto wicked Haman.



  • Esther on the Then Haman was



  • second day at the afraid before the



  • banquet of wine, king and the



  • What [is] thy queen.



  • petition, queen 7:7 And the king



  • Esther? and it arising from the



  • shall be granted banquet of wine



  • thee: and what in his wrath



  • [is] thy request? [went] into the



  • and it shall be palace garden:



  • performed, [even] and Haman stood



  • to the half of up to make



  • the kingdom. request for his



  • 7:3 Then Esther life to Esther



  • the queen the queen; for he



  • answered and saw that there























  • was evil the queen. And



  • determined Mordecai came



  • against him by before the king;



  • the king. for Esther had



  • 7:8 Then the told what he



  • king returned out [was] unto her.



  • of the palace 8:2 And the king



  • garden into the took off his



  • place of the ring, which he



  • banquet of wine; had taken from



  • and Haman was Haman, and gave



  • fallen upon the it unto Mordecai.



  • bed whereon And Esther set



  • Esther [was]. Mordecai over the



  • Then said the house of Haman.



  • king, Will he 8:3 And Esther



  • force the queen spake yet again



  • also before me in before the king,



  • the house? As the and fell down at



  • word went out of his feet, and



  • the king's mouth, besought him with



  • they covered tears to put away



  • Haman's face. the mischief of



  • 7:9 And Haman the



  • Harbonah, one of Agagite, and his



  • the chamberlains, device that he



  • said before the had devised



  • king, Behold against the Jews.



  • also, the gallows



  • fifty cubits 8:4 Then the



  • high, which Haman king held out the



  • had made for golden sceptre



  • Mordecai, who had toward Esther. So



  • spoken good for Esther arose, and



  • the king, stood before the



  • standeth in the king,



  • house of Haman. 8:5 And said, If



  • Then the king it please the



  • said, Hang him king, and if I



  • thereon. have found favour



  • 7:10 So they in his sight, and



  • hanged Haman on the thing [seem]



  • the gallows that right before the



  • he had prepared king, and I [be]



  • for Mordecai. pleasing in his



  • Then was the eyes, let it be



  • king's wrath written to



  • pacified. reverse the



  • 8:1 On that day letters devised



  • did the king by Haman the son



  • Ahasuerus give of Hammedatha the



  • the house of Agagite, which he



  • Haman the Jews' wrote to destroy



  • enemy unto Esther the Jews which























  • [are] in all the the lieutenants,



  • king's provinces: and the deputies



  • and rulers of the



  • 8:6 For how can provinces which



  • I endure to see [are] from India



  • the evil that unto Ethiopia, an



  • shall come unto hundred twenty



  • my people? or how and seven



  • can I endure to provinces, unto



  • see the every province



  • destruction of my according to the



  • kindred? writing thereof,



  • 8:7 Then the and unto every



  • king Ahasuerus people after



  • said unto Esther their language,



  • the queen and to and to the Jews



  • Mordecai the Jew, according to



  • Behold, I have their writing,



  • given Esther the and according to



  • house of Haman, their language.



  • and him they have 8:10 And he



  • hanged upon the wrote in the king



  • gallows, because Ahasuerus' name,



  • he laid his hand and sealed [it]



  • upon the Jews. with the king's



  • 8:8 Write ye ring, and sent



  • also for the letters by posts



  • Jews, as it on horseback,



  • liketh you, in [and] riders on



  • the king's name, mules, camels,



  • and seal [it] [and] young



  • with the king's dromedaries:



  • ring: for the 8:11 Wherein the



  • writing which is king granted the



  • written in the Jews which [were]



  • king's name, and in every city to



  • sealed with the gather themselves



  • king's ring, may together, and to



  • no man reverse. stand for their



  • 8:9 Then were life, to destroy,



  • the king's to slay, and to



  • scribes called at cause to perish,



  • that time in the all the power of



  • third month, that the people and



  • [is], the month province that



  • Sivan, on the would assault



  • three and them, [both]



  • twentieth [day] little ones and



  • thereof; and it women, and [to



  • was written take] the spoil



  • according to all of them for a



  • that Mordecai prey,



  • commanded unto 8:12 Upon one



  • the Jews, and to day in all the























  • provinces of king whithersoever the



  • Ahasuerus, king's



  • [namely], upon commandment and



  • the thirteenth his decree came,



  • [day] of the the Jews had joy



  • twelfth month, and gladness, a



  • which [is] the feast and a good



  • month Adar. day. And many of



  • 8:13 The copy of the people of the



  • the writing for a land became Jews;



  • commandment to be for the fear of



  • given in every the Jews fell



  • province [was] upon them.



  • published unto 9:1 Now in the



  • all people, and twelfth month,



  • that the Jews that [is], the



  • should be ready month Adar, on



  • against that day the thirteenth



  • to avenge day of the same,



  • themselves on when the king's



  • their enemies. commandment and



  • 8:14 [So] the his decree drew



  • posts that rode near to be put in



  • upon mules [and] execution, in the



  • camels went out, day that the



  • being hastened enemies of the



  • and pressed on by Jews hoped to



  • the king's have power over



  • commandment. And them, (though it



  • the decree was was turned to the



  • given at Shushan contrary, that



  • the palace. the Jews had rule



  • 8:15 And over them that



  • Mordecai went out hated them;)



  • from the presence 9:2 The Jews



  • of the king in gathered



  • royal apparel of themselves



  • blue and white, together in their



  • and with a great cities throughout



  • crown of gold, all the provinces



  • and with a of the king



  • garment of fine Ahasuerus, to lay



  • linen and purple: hand on such as



  • and the city of sought their



  • Shushan rejoiced hurt: and no man



  • and was glad. could withstand



  • 8:16 The Jews them; for the



  • had light, and fear of them fell



  • gladness, and upon all people.



  • joy, and honour. 9:3 And all the



  • 8:17 And in rulers of the



  • every province, provinces, and



  • and in every the lieutenants,



  • city, and the deputies,























  • and officers of the number of



  • the king, helped those that were



  • the Jews; because slain in Shushan



  • the fear of the palace was



  • Mordecai fell brought before



  • upon them. the king.



  • 9:4 For Mordecai 9:12 And the



  • [was] great in king said unto



  • the king's house, Esther the queen,



  • and his fame went The Jews have



  • out throughout slain and



  • all the destroyed five



  • provinces: for hundred men in



  • this man Mordecai Shushan the



  • waxed greater and palace, and the



  • greater. ten sons of



  • 9:5 Thus the Haman; what have



  • Jews smote all they done in the



  • their enemies rest of the



  • with the stroke king's provinces?



  • of the sword, and now what [is] thy



  • slaughter, and petition? and it



  • destruction, and shall be granted



  • did what they thee: or what



  • would unto those [is] thy request



  • that hated them. further? and it



  • 9:6 And in shall be done.



  • Shushan the 9:13 Then said



  • palace the Jews Esther, If it



  • slew and please the king,



  • destroyed five let it be granted



  • hundred men. to the Jews which



  • 9:7 And [are] in Shushan



  • Parshandatha, and to do to morrow



  • Dalphon, and also according



  • Aspatha, unto this day's



  • 9:8 And Poratha, decree, and let



  • and Adalia, and Haman's ten sons



  • Aridatha, be hanged upon



  • 9:9 And the gallows.



  • Parmashta, and 9:14 And the



  • Arisai, and king commanded it



  • Aridai, and so to be done:



  • Vajezatha, and the decree



  • 9:10 The ten was given at



  • sons of Haman the Shushan; and they



  • son of hanged Haman's



  • Hammedatha, the ten sons.



  • enemy of the 9:15 For the



  • Jews, slew they; Jews that [were]



  • but on the spoil in Shushan



  • laid they not gathered



  • their hand. themselves



  • 9:11 On that day together on the























  • fourteenth day made the



  • also of the month fourteenth day of



  • Adar, and slew the month Adar [a



  • three hundred men day of] gladness



  • at Shushan; but and feasting, and



  • on the prey they a good day, and



  • laid not their of sending



  • hand. portions one to



  • 9:16 But the another.



  • other Jews that 9:20 And



  • [were] in the Mordecai wrote



  • king's provinces these things, and



  • gathered sent letters unto



  • themselves all the Jews that



  • together, and [were] in all the



  • stood for their provinces of the



  • lives, and had king Ahasuerus,



  • rest from their [both] nigh and



  • enemies, and slew far,



  • of their foes 9:21 To stablish



  • seventy and five [this] among



  • thousand, but them, that they



  • they laid not should keep the



  • their hands on fourteenth day of



  • the prey, the month Adar,



  • 9:17 On the and the fifteenth



  • thirteenth day of day of the same,



  • the month Adar; yearly,



  • and on the 9:22 As the days



  • fourteenth day of wherein the Jews



  • the same rested rested from their



  • they, and made it enemies, and the



  • a day of feasting month which was



  • and gladness. turned unto them



  • 9:18 But the from sorrow to



  • Jews that [were] joy, and from



  • at Shushan mourning into a



  • assembled good day: that



  • together on the they should make



  • thirteenth [day] them days of



  • thereof, and on feasting and joy,



  • the fourteenth and of sending



  • thereof; and on portions one to



  • the fifteenth another, and



  • [day] of the same gifts to the



  • they rested, and poor.



  • made it a day of 9:23 And the



  • feasting and Jews undertook to



  • gladness. do as they had



  • 9:19 Therefore begun, and as



  • the Jews of the Mordecai had



  • villages, that written unto



  • dwelt in the them;



  • unwalled towns, 9:24 Because























  • Haman the son of their [appointed]



  • Hammedatha, the time every year;



  • Agagite, the 9:28 And [that]



  • enemy of all the these days



  • Jews, had devised [should be]



  • against the Jews remembered and



  • to destroy them, kept throughout



  • and had cast Pur, every generation,



  • that [is], the every family,



  • lot, to consume every province,



  • them, and to and every city;



  • destroy them; and [that] these



  • 9:25 But when days of Purim



  • [Esther] came should not fail



  • before the king, from among the



  • he commanded by Jews, nor the



  • letters that his memorial of them



  • wicked device, perish from their



  • which he devised seed.



  • against the Jews, 9:29 Then Esther



  • should return the queen, the



  • upon his own daughter of



  • head, and that he Abihail, and



  • and his sons Mordecai the Jew,



  • should be hanged wrote with all



  • on the gallows. authority, to



  • 9:26 Wherefore confirm this



  • they called these second letter of



  • days Purim after Purim.



  • the name of Pur. 9:30 And he sent



  • Therefore for all the letters unto



  • the words of this all the Jews, to



  • letter, and [of the hundred



  • that] which they twenty and seven



  • had seen provinces of the



  • concerning this kingdom of



  • matter, and which Ahasuerus, [with]



  • had come unto words of peace



  • them, and truth,



  • 9:27 The Jews 9:31 To confirm



  • ordained, and these days of



  • took upon them, Purim in their



  • and upon their times



  • seed, and upon [appointed],



  • all such as according as



  • joined themselves Mordecai the Jew



  • unto them, so as and Esther the



  • it should not queen had



  • fail, that they enjoined them,



  • would keep these and as they had



  • two days decreed for



  • according to themselves and



  • their writing, for their seed,



  • and according to the matters of























  • the fastings and



  • their cry.



  • 9:32 And the



  • decree of Esther



  • confirmed these



  • matters of Purim;



  • and it was



  • written in the



  • book.



  • 10:1 And the



  • king Ahasuerus



  • laid a tribute



  • upon the land,



  • and [upon] the



  • isles of the sea.







  • 10:2 And all the



  • acts of his power



  • and of his might,



  • and the



  • declaration of



  • the greatness of



  • Mordecai,



  • whereunto the



  • king advanced



  • him, [are] they



  • not written in



  • the book of the



  • chronicles of the



  • kings of Media



  • and Persia?



  • 10:3 For



  • Mordecai the Jew



  • [was] next unto



  • king Ahasuerus,



  • and great among



  • the Jews, and



  • accepted of the



  • multitude of his



  • brethren, seeking



  • the wealth of his



  • people, and



  • speaking peace to



  • all his seed.



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