01 : 01 . Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in the days
<03117 +yowm > of Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , ( this [
is ] Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > which reigned <04427
+malak > , from India <01912 +Hoduw > even unto Ethiopia <03568
+Kuwsh > , [ over ] an hundred <03967 +me>ah > and seven <07651
+sheba< > and twenty <06242 +<esriym > provinces <04082
+m@diynah > : )
01 : 02 [ That ] in those <01992 +hem > days <03117 +yowm > ,
when the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh >
sat <03427 +yashab > on <05921 +<al > the throne <03678 +kicce>
> of his kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > , which <00834 +>aher > [
was ] in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002 +biyrah > ,
01 : 03 In the third <07969 +shalowsh > year <08141 +shaneh > of
his reign <04427 +malak > , he made <06213 +<asah > a feast
<04960 +mishteh > unto all <03605 +kol > his princes <08269 +sar
> and his servants <05650 +<ebed > ; the power <02428 +chayil >
of Persia <06539 +Parac > and Media <04074 +Maday > , the nobles
<06579 +partam > and princes <08269 +sar > of the provinces
<04082 +m@diynah > , [ being ] before <06440 +paniym > him :
01 : 04 When he shewed <07200 +ra>ah > the riches <06239 +<osher
> of his glorious <03519 +kabowd > kingdom <04438 +malkuwth >
and the honour <03366 +y@qar > of his excellent <01420 +g@duwlah
> majesty <01420 +g@duwlah > many <07227 +rab > days <03117
+yowm > , [ even ] an hundred <03967 +me>ah > and fourscore
<08084 +sh@moniym > days <03117 +yowm > .
01 : 05 And when these <00428 +>el - leh > days <03117 +yowm >
were expired <04390 +male> > , the king <04428 +melek > made
<06213 +<asah > a feast <04960 +mishteh > unto all <03605 +kol >
the people <05971 +<am > that were present <04672 +matsa> > in
Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002 +biyrah > , both
unto great <01419 +gadowl > and small <06996 +qatan > , seven
<07651 +sheba< > days <03117 +yowm > , in the court <02691
+chatser > of the garden <01594 +ginnah > of the king s <04428
+melek > palace <01055 +biythan > ;
01 : 06 [ Where were ] white <02353 +chuwr > , green <03768
+karpac > , and blue <08504 +t@keleth > , [ hangings ] ,
fastened <00270 +>achaz > with cords <02256 +chebel > of fine
linen <00948 +buwts > and purple <00713 +>argaman > to silver
<03701 +keceph > rings <01550 +galiyl > and pillars <05982
+<ammuwd > of marble <08338 +shawshaw > : the beds <04296
+mittah > [ were of ] gold <02091 +zahab > and silver <03701
+keceph > , upon a pavement <07531 +ritspah > of red <00923
+behat > , and blue <08504 +t@keleth > , and white <01858 +dar >
, and black <05508 +cochereth > , marble <08336 +shesh > .
01 : 07 And they gave [ them ] drink <08248 +shaqah > in vessels
<03627 +k@liy > of gold <02091 +zahab > , ( the vessels <03627
+k@liy > being diverse <08138 +shanah > one <03627 +k@liy > from
another , ) and royal <04438 +malkuwth > wine <03196 +yayin > in
abundance <07227 +rab > , according to the state <03027 +yad >
of the king <04428 +melek > .
01 : 08 And the drinking <08360 +sh@thiyah > [ was ] according
to the law <01881 +dath > ; none <00369 +>ayin > did compel
<00597 +>anac > : for so <03651 +ken > the king <04428 +melek >
had appointed <03245 +yacad > to all <03605 +kol > the officers
<07227 +rab > of his house <01004 +bayith > , that they should
do <06213 +<asah > according to every man s <00376 +>iysh >
pleasure <07522 +ratsown > .
01 : 09 Also <01571 +gam > Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy > the queen
<04436 +malkah > made <06213 +<asah > a feast <04960 +mishteh >
for the women <00802 +>ishshah > [ in ] the royal <04438
+malkuwth > house <01004 +bayith > which [ belonged ] to king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > .
01 : 10 . On the seventh <07637 +sh@biy<iy > day <03117 +yowm >
, when the heart <03820 +leb > of the king <04428 +melek > was
merry <02896 +towb > with wine <03196 +yayin > , he commanded
<00559 +>amar > Mehuman <04104 +M@huwman > , Biztha <00968
+Biztha> > , Harbona <02726 +Charbowna> > , Bigtha <00903
+Bigtha> > , and Abagtha <5> , Zethar , and Carcas <03752
+Karkac > , the seven <07651 +sheba< > chamberlains <05631
+cariyc > that served <08334 +sharath > in the presence <06440
+paniym > of Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > the king <04428
+melek > ,
01 : 11 To bring <00935 +bow> > Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy > the
queen <04436 +malkah > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428
+melek > with the crown <03804 +kether > royal <04438 +malkuwth
> , to shew <07200 +ra>ah > the people <05971 +<am > and the
princes <08269 +sar > her beauty <03308 +yophiy > : for she [
was ] fair <02896 +towb > to look <04758 +mar>eh > on .
01 : 12 But the queen <04436 +malkah > Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy >
refused <03985 +ma>en > to come <00935 +bow> > at the king s
<04428 +melek > commandment <01697 +dabar > by [ his ]
chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > : therefore was the king <04428
+melek > very <03966 +m@<od > wroth <07107 +qatsaph > , and his
anger <02534 +chemah > burned <01197 +ba<ar > in him .
01 : 13 Then the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > to
the wise <02450 +chakam > men , which knew <05234 +nakar > the
times <06256 +<eth > , ( for so <03651 +ken > [ was ] the king s
<04428 +melek > manner <01697 +dabar > toward <06440 +paniym >
all <03605 +kol > that knew <05234 +nakar > law <01881 +dath >
and judgment <01779 +diyn > :
01 : 14 And the next <07138 +qarowb > unto him [ was ] Carshena
<03771 +Karsh@na> > , Shethar <08369 +Shethar > , Admatha <00133
+>Admatha> > , Tarshish <08659 +Tarshiysh > , Meres <04825
+Merec > , Marsena <04826 +Marc@na> > , [ and ] Memucan <04462
+M@muwkan > , the seven <07651 +sheba< > princes <08269 +sar >
of Persia <06539 +Parac > and Media <04074 +Maday > , which saw
<07200 +ra>ah > the king s <04428 +melek > face <06440 +paniym >
, [ and ] which sat <03427 +yashab > the first <07223 +ri>shown
> in the kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > ; )
01 : 15 What <04100 +mah > shall we do <06213 +<asah > unto the
queen <04436 +malkah > Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy > according to law
<01881 +dath > , because she hath not performed <06213 +<asah >
the commandment <03982 +ma>amar > of the king <04428 +melek >
Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > by the chamberlains <05631
+cariyc > ?
01 : 16 And Memucan <04462 +M@muwkan > answered <00559 +>amar >
before <06440 +paniym >the king <04428 +melek > and the princes
<08269 +sar > , Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy > the queen <04436
+malkah > hath not done wrong <05753 +<avah > to the king <04428
+melek > only <00905 +bad > , but also to all <03605 +kol > the
princes <08269 +sar > , and to all <03605 +kol > the people
<05971 +<am > that [ are ] in all <03605 +kol > the provinces
<04082 +m@diynah > of the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > .
01 : 17 For [ this ] deed <01697 +dabar > of the queen <04436
+malkah > shall come <03318 +yatsa> > abroad <03318 +yatsa> >
unto all <03605 +kol > women <00802 +>ishshah > , so that they
shall despise <00959 +bazah > their husbands <01167 +ba<al > in
their eyes <05869 +<ayin > , when it shall be reported <00559
+>amar > , The king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > commanded <00559 +>amar > Vashti <02060
+Vashtiy > the queen <04436 +malkah > to be brought <00935 +bow>
> in before <06440 +paniym > him , but she came <00935 +bow> >
not .
01 : 18 [ Likewise ] shall the ladies <08282 +sarah > of Persia
<06539 +Parac > and Media <04074 +Maday > say <00559 +>amar >
this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > unto all <03605 +kol > the
king s <04428 +melek > princes <08269 +sar > , which <00834
+>aher > have heard <08085 +shama< > of the deed <01697 +dabar >
of the queen <04436 +malkah > . Thus [ shall there arise ] too
<01767 +day > much <01767 +day > contempt <00963 +bizzayown >
and wrath <07110 +qetseph > .
01 : 19 If <00518 +>im > it please <02895 +towb > the king
<04428 +melek > , let there go <03318 +yatsa> > a royal <04438
+malkuwth > commandment <01697 +dabar > from him , and let it be
written <03789 +kathab > among the laws <01881 +dath > of the
Persians <06539 +Parac > and the Medes <04074 +Maday > , that it
be not altered <05674 +<abar > , That Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy >
come <00935 +bow> > no <03808 +lo> > more before <06440 +paniym
> king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > ; and
let the king <04428 +melek > give <05414 +nathan > her royal
<04438 +malkuwth > estate unto another <07468 +r@<uwth > that is
better <02896 +towb > than she .
01 : 20 And when the king s <04428 +melek > decree <06599
+pithgam > which <00834 +>aher > he shall make <06213 +<asah >
shall be published <08085 +shama< > throughout all <03605 +kol >
his empire <04438 +malkuwth > , ( for it is great <07227 +rab > ,
) all <03605 +kol > the wives <00802 +>ishshah > shall give
<05414 +nathan > to their husbands <01167 +ba<al > honour <03366
+y@qar > , both to great <01419 +gadowl > and small <06996
+qatan > .
01 : 21 And the saying <01697 +dabar > pleased the king <04428
+melek > and the princes <08269 +sar > ; and the king <04428
+melek > did <06213 +<asah > according to the word <01697 +dabar
> of Memucan <04462 +M@muwkan > :
01 : 22 For he sent <07971 +shalach > letters <05612 +cepher >
into <00413 +>el > all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek >
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > , into every province <04082
+m@diynah > according to the writing <03791 +kathab > thereof ,
and to every <00376 +>iysh > people <05971 +<am > after their
language <03956 +lashown > , that every man <00376 +>iysh >
should bear <08323 +sarar > rule <08323 +sarar > in his own
house <01004 +bayith > , and that [ it ] should be published
<01696 +dabar > according to the language <03956 +lashown > of
every people <05971 +<am > .
02 : 01 . After <00310 +>achar > these <00428 +>el - leh >
things <01697 +dabar > , when the wrath <02534 +chemah > of king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > was appeased
<07918 +shakak > , he remembered <02142 +zakar > Vashti <02060
+Vashtiy > , and what she had done <06213 +<asah > , and what
was decreed <01504 +gazar > against <05921 +<al > her .
02 : 02 Then said <00559 +>amar > the king s <04428 +melek >
servants <05288 +na<ar > that ministered <08334 +sharath > unto
him , Let there be fair <02896 +towb > young <05291 +na<arah >
virgins <01330 +b@thuwlah > sought <01245 +baqash > for the king
<04428 +melek > :
02 : 03 And let the king <04428 +melek > appoint <06485 +paqad >
officers <06496 +paqiyd > in all <03605 +kol > the provinces
<04082 +m@diynah > of his kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > , that they
may gather <06908 +qabats > together all <03605 +kol > the fair
<04758 +mar>eh > young <05291 +na<arah > virgins <01330
+b@thuwlah > unto Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002
+biyrah > , to the house <01004 +bayith > of the women <00802
+>ishshah > , unto the custody <03027 +yad > of Hege <01896
+Hege> > the king s <04428 +melek > chamberlain <05631 +cariyc >
, keeper <08104 +shamar > of the women <00802 +>ishshah > ; and
let their things for purification <08562 +tamruwq > be given
<05414 +nathan > [ them ] :
02 : 04 And let the maiden <05291 +na<arah > which <00834 +>aher
> pleaseth the king <04428 +melek > be queen <04427 +malak >
instead <08478 +tachath > of Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy > . And the
thing <01697 +dabar > pleased the king <04428 +melek > ; and he
did <06213 +<asah > so <03651 +ken > .
02 : 05 [ Now ] in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002
+biyrah > there was a certain <00376 +>iysh > Jew <03064
+Y@huwdiy > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > , the son <01121 +ben > of Jair <02971 +Ya>iyr > ,
the son <01121 +ben > of Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > , the son
<01121 +ben > of Kish <07027 +Qiysh > , a Benjamite <01145 +Ben -
y@miyniy > ;
02 : 06 Who <00834 +>aher > had been carried <01540 +galah >
away <01546 +galuwth > from Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim >
with the captivity <01473 +gowlah > which <00834 +>aher > had
been carried <01540 +galah > away <01546 +galuwth > with
Jeconiah <03204 +Y@konyah > king <04428 +melek > of Judah <03063
+Y@huwdah > , whom <00834 +>aher > Nebuchadnezzar <05019
+N@buwkadne>tstsar > the king <04428 +melek > of Babylon <00894
+Babel > had carried <01540 +galah > away <01546 +galuwth > .
02 : 07 And he brought <00539 +>aman > up Hadassah <01919
+Hadaccah > , that [ is ] , Esther <00635 +>Ecter > , his uncle
s <01733 +dowdah > daughter <01323 +bath > : for she had neither
<00369 +>ayin > father <1> nor mother <00517 +>em > , and the
maid <05291 +na<arah > [ was ] fair <03303 +yapheh > and
beautiful ; whom Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , when her father
<1> and mother <00517 +>em > were dead <04194 +maveth > , took
<03947 +laqach > for his own daughter <01323 +bath > .
02 : 08 So it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when the king s
<04428 +melek > commandment <01697 +dabar > and his decree
<01881 +dath > was heard <08085 +shama< > , and when many <07227
+rab > maidens <05291 +na<arah > were gathered <06908 +qabats >
together unto Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002
+biyrah > , to the custody <03027 +yad > of Hegai <01896 +Hege>
> , that Esther <00635 +>Ecter > was brought <03947 +laqach >
also unto the king s <04428 +melek > house <01004 +bayith > , to
the custody <03027 +yad > of Hegai <01896 +Hege> > , keeper
<08104 +shamar > of the women <00802 +>ishshah > .
02 : 09 And the maiden <05291 +na<arah > pleased him , and she
obtained <05375 +nasa> > kindness <02617 +checed > of him ; and
he speedily <00926 +bahal > gave <05414 +nathan > her her things
for purification <08562 +tamruwq > , with such things as
belonged <04490 +manah > to her , and seven <07651 +sheba< >
maidens <05291 +na<arah > , [ which were ] meet <07200 +ra>ah >
to be given <05414 +nathan > her , out of the king s <04428
+melek > house <01004 +bayith > : and he preferred <08138
+shanah > her and her maids <05291 +na<arah > unto the best
<02896 +towb > [ place ] of the house <01004 +bayith > of the
women <00802 +>ishshah > .
02 : 10 Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had not shewed <05046 +nagad >
her people <05971 +<am > nor her kindred <04138 +mowledeth > :
for Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > had charged <06680 +tsavah > her
that she should not shew <05046 +nagad > [ it ] .
02 : 11 And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > walked <01980 +halak >
every day <03117 +yowm > before <06440 +paniym > the court
<02691 +chatser > of the women s <00802 +>ishshah > house <01004
+bayith > , to know <03045 +yada< > how Esther <00635 +>Ecter >
did <07965 +shalowm > , and what <04100 +mah > should become
<06213 +<asah > of her .
02 : 12 Now when every maid s <05291 +na<arah > turn <08447
+towr > was come <05060 +naga< > to go <00935 +bow> > in to king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , after
<07093 +qets > that she had been <01961 +hayah > twelve months
<02320 +chodesh > , according to the manner <01881 +dath > of
the women <00802 +>ishshah > , ( for so <03651 +ken > were the
days <03117 +yowm > of their purifications <04795 +maruwq >
accomplished <04390 +male> > , [ to wit ] , six <08337 +shesh >
months <02320 +chodesh > with oil <08081 +shemen > of myrrh
<04753 +more > , and six <08337 +shesh > months <02320 +chodesh
> with sweet <01314 +besem > odours <01314 +besem > , and with [
other ] things for the purifying <08562 +tamruwq > of the women
<00802 +>ishshah > ; )
02 : 13 Then thus <02088 +zeh > came <00935 +bow> > [ every ]
maiden <05291 +na<arah > unto the king <04428 +melek > ;
whatsoever she desired <00559 +>amar > was given <05414 +nathan
> her to go <00935 +bow> > with her out of the house <01004
+bayith > of the women <00802 +>ishshah > unto the king s <04428
+melek > house <01004 +bayith > .
02 : 14 In the evening <06153 +<ereb > she went <00935 +bow> > ,
and on the morrow <01242 +boqer > she returned <07725 +shuwb >
into <00413 +>el > the second <08145 +sheniy > house <01004
+bayith > of the women <00802 +>ishshah > , to the custody
<03027 +yad > of Shaashgaz <08190 +Sha<ashgaz > , the king s
<04428 +melek > chamberlain <05631 +cariyc > , which kept <08104
+shamar > the concubines <06370 +piylegesh > : she came <00935
+bow> > in unto the king <04428 +melek > no <03808 +lo> > more
<05750 +<owd > , except the king <04428 +melek > delighted
<02654 +chaphets > in her , and that she were called <07121
+qara> > by name <08034 +shem > .
02 : 15 Now when the turn <08447 +towr > of Esther <00635
+>Ecter > , the daughter <01323 +bath > of Abihail <32> the
uncle <01730 +dowd > of Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , who <00834
+>aher > had taken <03947 +laqach > her for his daughter <01323
+bath > , was come <05060 +naga< > to go <00935 +bow> > in unto
the king <04428 +melek > , she required <01245 +baqash > nothing
but what Hegai <01896 +Hege> > the king s <04428 +melek >
chamberlain <05631 +cariyc > , the keeper <08104 +shamar > of
the women <00802 +>ishshah > , appointed <00559 +>amar > . And
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > obtained <05375 +nasa> > favour <02580
+chen > in the sight <05869 +<ayin > of all <03605 +kol > them
that looked <06437 +panah > upon her .
02 : 16 So Esther <00635 +>Ecter > was taken <03947 +laqach >
unto king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh >
into <00413 +>el > his house <01004 +bayith > royal <04438
+malkuwth > in the tenth <06224 +<asiyriy > month <02320
+chodesh > , which [ is ] the month <02320 +chodesh > Tebeth
<02887 +Tebeth > , in the seventh <07651 +sheba< > year <08141
+shaneh > of his reign <04438 +malkuwth > .
02 : 17 And the king <04428 +melek > loved <00157 +>ahab >
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > above all <03605 +kol > the women <00802
+>ishshah > , and she obtained <05375 +nasa> > grace <02580
+chen > and favour <02617 +checed > in his sight <06440 +paniym
> more than all <03605 +kol > the virgins <01330 +b@thuwlah > ;
so that he set <07760 +suwm > the royal <04438 +malkuwth > crown
<03804 +kether > upon her head <07218 +ro>sh > , and made her
queen <04427 +malak > instead <08478 +tachath > of Vashti <02060
+Vashtiy > .
02 : 18 Then the king <04428 +melek > made <06213 +<asah > a
great <01419 +gadowl > feast <04960 +mishteh > unto all <03605
+kol > his princes <08269 +sar > and his servants <05650 +<ebed
> , [ even <00853 +>eth > ] Esther s <00635 +>Ecter > feast
<04960 +mishteh > ; and he made <06213 +<asah > a release <02010
+hanachah > to the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > , and gave
<05414 +nathan > gifts <04864 +mas>eth > , according to the
state <03027 +yad > of the king <04428 +melek > .
02 : 19 And when the virgins <01330 +b@thuwlah > were gathered
<06908 +qabats > together the second <08145 +sheniy > time ,
then Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > sat <03427 +yashab > in the
king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > .
02 : 20 Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had not [ yet ] shewed <05046
+nagad > her kindred <04138 +mowledeth > nor her people <05971
+<am > ; as Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > had charged <06680
+tsavah > her : for Esther <00635 +>Ecter > did <06213 +<asah >
the commandment <03982 +ma>amar > of Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay >
, like as when she was brought <00539 +>aman > up with him .
02 : 21 . In those <01992 +hem > days <03117 +yowm > , while
Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > sat <03427 +yashab > in the king s
<04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > , two <08147 +sh@nayim >
of the king s <04428 +melek > chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > ,
Bigthan <00904 +Bigthan > and Teresh <08657 +Teresh > , of those
which kept <08104 +shamar > the door <05592 +caph > , were wroth
<07107 +qatsaph > , and sought <01245 +baqash > to lay <07971
+shalach > hand <03027 +yad > on the king <04428 +melek >
Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > .
02 : 22 And the thing <01697 +dabar > was known <03045 +yada< >
to Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , who told <05046 +nagad > [ it ]
unto Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > ; and
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > certified <00559 +>amar > the king
<04428 +melek > [ thereof ] in Mordecai s <04782 +Mord@kay >
name <08034 +shem > .
02 : 23 And when inquisition <01245 +baqash > was made of the
matter <01697 +dabar > , it was found <04672 +matsa> > out ;
therefore they were both <08147 +sh@nayim > hanged <08518 +talah
> on <05921 +<al > a tree <06086 +<ets > : and it was written
<03789 +kathab > in the book <05612 +cepher > of the chronicles
<01697 +dabar > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek >
.
03 : 01 . After <00310 +>achar > these <00428 +>el - leh >
things <01697 +dabar > did king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > promote <01431 +gadal > Haman <02001 +Haman >
the son <01121 +ben > of Hammedatha <04099 +M@datha > the
Agagite <91> , and advanced <05375 +nasa> > him , and set <07760
+suwm > his seat <03678 +kicce> > above <05921 +<al > all <03605
+kol > the princes <08269 +sar > that [ were ] with him .
03 : 02 And all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek >
servants <05650 +<ebed > , that [ were ] in the king s <04428
+melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > , bowed <03766 +kara< > , and
reverenced <07812 +shachah > Haman <02001 +Haman > : for the
king <04428 +melek > had so <03651 +ken > commanded <06680
+tsavah > concerning him . But Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay >
bowed <03766 +kara< > not , nor <03808 +lo> > did [ him ]
reverence <07812 +shachah > .
03 : 03 Then the king s <04428 +melek > servants <05650 +<ebed >
, which <00834 +>aher > [ were ] in the king s <04428 +melek >
gate <08179 +sha<ar > , said <00559 +>amar > unto Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > , Why <04069 +madduwa< > transgressest <05674
+<abar > thou the king s <04428 +melek > commandment <04687
+mitsvah > ?
03 : 04 Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when they spake
<00559 +>amar > daily <03117 +yowm > unto him , and he hearkened
<08085 +shama< > not unto them , that they told <05046 +nagad >
Haman <02001 +Haman > , to see <07200 +ra>ah > whether Mordecai
s <04782 +Mord@kay > matters <01697 +dabar > would stand <05975
+<amad > : for he had told <05046 +nagad > them that he [ was ]
a Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > .
03 : 05 And when Haman <02001 +Haman > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that
Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > bowed <03766 +kara< > not , nor did
him reverence <07812 +shachah > , then was Haman <02001 +Haman >
full <04390 +male> > of wrath <02534 +chemah > .
03 : 06 And he thought <05869 +<ayin > scorn <00959 +bazah > to
lay <07971 +shalach > hands <03027 +yad > on Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > alone <00905 +bad > ; for they had shewed <05046
+nagad > him the people <05971 +<am > of Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > : wherefore Haman <02001 +Haman > sought <01245
+baqash > to destroy <08045 +shamad > all <03605 +kol > the Jews
<03064 +Y@huwdiy > that [ were ] throughout the whole <03605
+kol > kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > of Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > , [ even ] the people <05971 +<am > of
Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay >
.
03 : 07 . In the first <07223 +ri>shown > month <02320 +chodesh
> , that [ is ] , the month<02320 +chodesh > Nisan <05212
+Niycan > , in the twelfth year <08141 +shaneh > of king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , they cast <05307
+naphal > Pur <06332 +Puwr > , that [ is ] , the lot <01486
+gowral > , before <06440 +paniym > Haman <02001 +Haman > from
day <03117 +yowm > to day <03117 +yowm > , and from month to
month <02320 +chodesh > , [ to ] the twelfth [ month <02320
+chodesh > ] , that [ is ] , the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar
<00143 +>Adar > .
03 : 08 And Haman <02001 +Haman > said <00559 +>amar > unto king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , There is a
certain <00259 +>echad > people <05971 +<am > scattered <06340
+pazar > abroad <06340 +pazar > and dispersed <06504 +parad >
among <00996 +beyn > the people <05971 +<am > in all <03605 +kol
> the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of thy kingdom <04438
+malkuwth > ; and their laws <01881 +dath > [ are ] diverse
<08138 +shanah > from all <03605 +kol > people <05971 +<am > ;
neither <00369 +>ayin > keep <06213 +<asah > they the king s
<04428 +melek > laws <01881 +dath > : therefore it [ is ] not
for the king s <04428 +melek > profit <07737 +shavah > to suffer
<03240 +yanach > them .
03 : 09 If <00518 +>im > it please <02895 +towb > the king
<04428 +melek > , let it be written <03789 +kathab > that they
may be destroyed <6> : and I will pay <08254 +shaqal > ten
<06235 +<eser > thousand <00505 +>eleph > talents <03603 +kikkar
> of silver <03701 +keceph > to the hands <03027 +yad > of those
that have the charge <06213 +<asah > of the business <04399
+m@la>kah > , to bring <00935 +bow> > [ it ] into <00413 +>el >
the king s <04428 +melek > treasuries <01595 +genez > .
03 : 10 And the king <04428 +melek > took <05493 +cuwr > his
ring <02885 +tabba<ath > from his hand <03027 +yad > , and gave
<05414 +nathan > it unto Haman <02001 +Haman > the son <01121
+ben > of Hammedatha <04099 +M@datha > the Agagite <91> , the
Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > enemy <06887 +tsarar > .
03 : 11 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto
Haman <02001 +Haman > , The silver <03701 +keceph > [ is ] given
<05414 +nathan > to thee , the people <05971 +<am > also , to do
<06213 +<asah > with them as it seemeth <05869 +<ayin > good
<02896 +towb > to thee .
03 : 12 Then were the king s <04428 +melek > scribes <05608
+caphar > called <07121 +qara> > on the thirteenth day <03117
+yowm > of the first <07223 +ri>shown > month <02320 +chodesh > ,
and there was written <03789 +kathab > according to all <03605
+kol > that Haman <02001 +Haman > had commanded <06680 +tsavah >
unto the king s <04428 +melek > lieutenants <00323
+>achashdarpan > , and to the governors <06346 +pechah > that [
were ] over <05921 +<al > every province <04082 +m@diynah > ,
and to the rulers <08269 +sar > of every people <05971 +<am > of
every province <04082 +m@diynah > according to the writing
<03791 +kathab > thereof , and [ to ] every people <05971 +<am >
after their language <03956 +lashown > ; in the name <08034
+shem > of king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh
> was it written <03789 +kathab > , and sealed <02856 +chatham >
with the king s <04428 +melek > ring <02885 +tabba<ath > .
03 : 13 And the letters <05612 +cepher > were sent <07971
+shalach > by posts <07323 +ruwts > into <00413 +>el > all
<03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek > provinces <04082
+m@diynah > , to destroy <08045 +shamad > , to kill <02026
+harag > , and to cause to perish <6> , all <03605 +kol > Jews
<03064 +Y@huwdiy > , both young <05288 +na<ar > and old <02205
+zaqen > , little <02945 +taph > children <02945 +taph > and
women <00802 +>ishshah > , in one <00259 +>echad > day <03117
+yowm > , [ even ] upon the thirteenth [ day <03117 +yowm > ] of
the twelfth month <02320 +chodesh > , which <01931 +huw> > is
the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar <00143 +>Adar > , and [ to take
<03947 +laqach > ] the spoil <07998 +shalal > of them for a prey
<00962 +bazaz > .
03 : 14 The copy <06572 +parshegen > of the writing <03791
+kathab > for a commandment <01881 +dath > to be given <05414
+nathan > in every <03605 +kol > province <04082 +m@diynah > was
published <01540 +galah > unto all <03605 +kol > people <05971
+<am > , that they should be ready <06264 +<athiyd > against
that day <03117 +yowm > .
03 : 15 The posts <07323 +ruwts > went <03318 +yatsa> > out ,
being hastened <07165 +qerec > by the king s <04428 +melek >
commandment <01697 +dabar > , and the decree <01881 +dath > was
given <05414 +nathan > in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace
<01002 +biyrah > . And the king <04428 +melek > and Haman
<02001 +Haman > sat <03427 +yashab > down to drink <08354
+shathah > ; but the city <05892 +<iyr > Shushan <07800
+Shuwshan > was perplexed <00943 +buwk > .
04 : 01 . When Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > perceived <03045
+yada< > all <03605 +kol > that was done <06213 +<asah > ,
Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > rent <07167 +qara< > his clothes
<00899 +beged > , and put <03847 +labash > on sackcloth <08242
+saq > with ashes <00665 +>epher > , and went <03318 +yatsa> >
out into the midst <08432 +tavek > of the city <05892 +<iyr > ,
and cried <02199 +za<aq > with a loud <01419 +gadowl > and a
bitter <04751 +mar > cry <02201 +za<aq > ;
04 : 02 And came <00935 +bow> > even <05704 +<ad > before <06440
+paniym > the king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > : for
none <00369 +>ayin > [ might ] enter <00935 +bow> > into <00413
+>el > the king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > clothed
<03830 +l@buwsh > with sackcloth <08242 +saq > .
04 : 03 And in every <03605 +kol > province <04082 +m@diynah > ,
whithersoever the king s <04428 +melek > commandment <01697
+dabar > and his decree <01881 +dath > came <05060 +naga< > , [
there was ] great <01419 +gadowl > mourning <60> among the Jews
<03064 +Y@huwdiy > , and fasting <06685 +tsowm > , and weeping
<01065 +B@kiy > , and wailing <04553 +micepd > ; and many <07227
+rab > lay <03331 +yatsa< > in sackcloth <08242 +saq > and ashes
<00665 +>epher > .
04 : 04 So Esther s <00635 +>Ecter > maids <05291 +na<arah > and
her chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > came <00935 +bow> > and told
<05046 +nagad > [ it ] her . Then was the queen <04436 +malkah
> exceedingly <03966 +m@<od > grieved <02342 +chuwl > ; and she
sent <07971 +shalach > raiment <00899 +beged > to clothe <03847
+labash > Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , and to take <05493 +cuwr
> away <05493 +cuwr > his sackcloth <08242 +saq > from him : but
he received <06901 +qabal > [ it ] not .
04 : 05 . Then called <07121 +qara> > Esther <00635 +>Ecter >
for Hatach <02047 +Hathak > , [ one ] of the king s <04428
+melek > chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > , whom <00834 +>aher > he
had appointed <05975 +<amad > to attend <06440 +paniym > upon
her , and gave him a commandment <06680 +tsavah > to Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > , to know <03045 +yada< > what <04100 +mah >
it [ was ] , and why <04100 +mah > it [ was ] .
04 : 06 So Hatach <02047 +Hathak > went <03318 +yatsa> > forth
<03318 +yatsa> > to Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > unto the street
<07339 +r@chob > of the city <05892 +<iyr > , which <00834
+>aher > [ was ] before <06440 +paniym > the king s <04428
+melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > .
04 : 07 And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > told <05046 +nagad > him
of all <03605 +kol > that had happened <07136 +qarah > unto him ,
and of the sum <06575 +parashah > of the money <03701 +keceph >
that Haman <02001 +Haman > had promised <00559 +>amar > to pay
<08254 +shaqal > to the king s <04428 +melek > treasuries <01595
+genez > for the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , to destroy <6> them .
04 : 08 Also he gave <05414 +nathan > him the copy <06572
+parshegen > of the writing <03791 +kathab > of the decree
<01881 +dath > that was given <05414 +nathan > at Shushan <07800
+Shuwshan > to destroy <08045 +shamad > them , to shew <07200
+ra>ah > [ it ] unto Esther <00635 +>Ecter > , and to declare
<05046 +nagad > [ it ] unto her , and to charge <06680 +tsavah >
her that she should go <00935 +bow> > in unto the king <04428
+melek > , to make supplication <02603 +chanan > unto him , and
to make request <01245 +baqash > before <06440 +paniym > him for
her people <05971 +<am > .
04 : 09 And Hatach <02047 +Hathak > came <00935 +bow> > and told
<05046 +nagad > Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the words <01697 +dabar
> of Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > .
04 : 10 Again Esther <00635 +>Ecter > spake <00559 +>amar > unto
Hatach <02047 +Hathak > , and gave him commandment <06680
+tsavah > unto Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > ;
04 : 11 All <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek > servants
<05650 +<ebed > , and the people <05971 +<am > of the king s
<04428 +melek > provinces <04082 +m@diynah > , do know <03045
+yada< > , that whosoever <00834 +>aher > , whether man <00376
+>iysh > or woman <00802 +>ishshah > , shall come <00935 +bow> >
unto the king <04428 +melek > into <00413 +>el > the inner
<06442 +p@niymiy > court <02691 +chatser > , who <00834 +>aher >
is not called <07121 +qara> > , [ there is ] one <00259 +>echad
> law <01881 +dath > of his to put [ him ] to death <04191
+muwth > , except <00905 +bad > such <00834 +>aher > to whom
<00834 +>aher > the king <04428 +melek > shall hold <03447
+yashat > out the golden <02091 +zahab > sceptre <08275
+sharbiyt > , that he may live <02421 +chayah > : but I have not
been called <07121 +qara> > to come <00935 +bow> > in unto the
king <04428 +melek > these <02088 +zeh > thirty <07970
+sh@lowshiym > days <03117 +yowm > .
04 : 12 And they told <05046 +nagad > to Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > Esther s <00635 +>Ecter > words <01697 +dabar > .
04 : 13 Then Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > commanded <00559 +>amar
> to answer <07725 +shuwb > Esther <00635 +>Ecter > , Think
<01819 +damah > not with thyself <05315 +nephesh > that thou
shalt escape <04422 +malat > in the king s <04428 +melek > house
<01004 +bayith > , more than all <03605 +kol > the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > .
04 : 14 For if <00518 +>im > thou altogether holdest <02790
+charash > thy peace <02790 +charash > at this <02063 +zo>th >
time <06256 +<eth > , [ then ] shall there enlargement <07305
+revach > and deliverance <02020 +hatstsalah > arise <05975
+<amad > to the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > from another <00312
+>acher > place <04725 +maqowm > ; but thou and thy father s <1>
house <01004 +bayith > shall be destroyed <6> : and who <04310
+miy > knoweth <03045 +yada< > whether <00518 +>im > thou art
come <05060 +naga< > to the kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > for [
such ] a time <06256 +<eth > as this <02063 +zo>th > ?
04 : 15 Then Esther <00635 +>Ecter > bade <00559 +>amar > [ them
] return <07725 +shuwb > Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > [ this
answer ] ,
04 : 16 Go <03212 +yalak > , gather <03664 +kanac > together all
<03605 +kol > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > that are present
<04672 +matsa> > in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > , and fast <06684
+tsuwm > ye for me , and neither <00408 +>al > eat <00398 +>akal
> nor <00408 +>al > drink <08354 +shathah > three <07969
+shalowsh > days <03117 +yowm > , night <03915 +layil > or day
<03117 +yowm > : I also <01571 +gam > and my maidens <05291
+na<arah > will fast <06684 +tsuwm > likewise <03651 +ken > ;
and so <03651 +ken > will I go <00935 +bow> > in unto the king
<04428 +melek > , which <00834 +>aher > [ is ] not according to
the law <01881 +dath > : and if <00834 +>aher > I perish <6> , I
perish <6> .
04 : 17 So Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > went <05674 +<abar > his
way , and did <06213 +<asah > according to all <03605 +kol >
that Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had commanded <06680 +tsavah > him .
05 : 01 . Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass on the third
<07992 +sh@liyshiy > day <03117 +yowm > , that Esther <00635
+>Ecter > put <03847 +labash > on [ her ] royal <04438 +malkuwth
> [ apparel ] , and stood <05975 +<amad > in the inner <06442
+p@niymiy > court <02691 +chatser > of the king s <04428 +melek
> house <01004 +bayith > , over <05227 +nokach > against <05227
+nokach > the king s <04428 +melek > house <01004 +bayith > :
and the king <04428 +melek > sat <03427 +yashab > upon his royal
<04438 +malkuwth > throne <03678 +kicce> > in the royal <04438
+malkuwth > house <01004 +bayith > , over <05227 +nokach >
against <05227 +nokach > the gate <06607 +pethach > of the house
<01004 +bayith > .
05 : 02 And it was so , when the king <04428 +melek > saw <07200
+ra>ah > Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah >
standing <05975 +<amad > in the court <02691 +chatser > , [ that
] she obtained <05375 +nasa> > favour <02580 +chen > in his
sight <05869 +<ayin > : and the king <04428 +melek > held <03447
+yashat > out to Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the golden <02091
+zahab > sceptre <08275 +sharbiyt > that [ was ] in his hand
<03027 +yad > . So Esther <00635 +>Ecter > drew near <07126
+qarab > , and touched <05060 +naga< > the top <07218 +ro>sh >
of the sceptre <08275 +sharbiyt > .
05 : 03 Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > unto
her , What <04100 +mah > wilt thou , queen <04436 +malkah >
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > ? and what <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy
request <01246 +baqqashah > ? it shall be even given <05414
+nathan > thee to the half <02677 +chetsiy > of the kingdom
<04438 +malkuwth > .
05 : 04 And Esther <00635 +>Ecter > answered <00559 +>amar > ,
If <00518 +>im > [ it seem ] good <02895 +towb > unto the king
<04428 +melek > , let the king <04428 +melek > and Haman <02001
+Haman > come <00935 +bow> > this day <03117 +yowm > unto the
banquet <04960 +mishteh > that I have prepared <06213 +<asah >
for him .
05 : 05 Then the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Cause Haman <02001 +Haman > to make haste <04116 +mahar > , that
he may do <06213 +<asah > as Esther <00635 +>Ecter > hath said
<01697 +dabar > . So the king <04428 +melek > and Haman <02001
+Haman > came <00935 +bow> > to the banquet <04960 +mishteh >
that Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had prepared <06213 +<asah > .
05 : 06 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > at the banquet <04960 +mishteh > of wine
<03196 +yayin > , What <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy petition <07596
+sh@>elah > ? and it shall be granted <05414 +nathan > thee :
and what <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy request <01246 +baqqashah > ?
even to the half <02677 +chetsiy > of the kingdom <04438
+malkuwth > it shall be performed <06213 +<asah > .
05 : 07 Then answered <06039 +<enuwth > Esther <00635 +>Ecter > ,
and said <00559 +>amar > , My petition <07596 +sh@>elah > and
my request <01246 +baqqashah > [ is ] ;
05 : 08 If <00518 +>im > I have found <04672 +matsa> > favour
<02580 +chen > in the sight <05869 +<ayin > of the king <04428
+melek > , and if <00518 +>im > it please <02895 +towb > the
king <04428 +melek > to grant <05414 +nathan > my petition
<07596 +sh@>elah > , and to perform <06213 +<asah > my request
<01246 +baqqashah > , let the king <04428 +melek > and Haman
<02001 +Haman > come <00935 +bow> > to the banquet <04960
+mishteh > that I shall prepare <06213 +<asah > for them , and I
will do <06213 +<asah > to morrow <04279 +machar > as the king
<04428 +melek > hath said <01697 +dabar > .
05 : 09 . Then went <03318 +yatsa> > Haman <02001 +Haman >
forth <03318 +yatsa> > that day <03117 +yowm > joyful <08056
+sameach > and with a glad <02896 +towb > heart <03820 +leb > :
but when Haman <02001 +Haman > saw <07200 +ra>ah > Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > in the king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179
+sha<ar > , that he stood <06965 +quwm > not up , nor <03808
+lo> > moved <02111 +zuwa< > for him , he was full <04390 +male>
> of indignation <02534 +chemah > against <05921 +<al > Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > .
05 : 10 Nevertheless Haman <02001 +Haman > refrained <00662
+>aphaq > himself : and when he came <00935 +bow> > home <01004
+bayith > , he sent <07971 +shalach > and called <00935 +bow> >
for his friends <00157 +>ahab > , and Zeresh <02238 +Zeresh >
his wife <00802 +>ishshah > .
05 : 11 And Haman <02001 +Haman > told <05608 +caphar > them of
the glory <03519 +kabowd > of his riches <06239 +<osher > , and
the multitude <07230 +rob > of his children <01121 +ben > , and
all <03605 +kol > [ the things ] wherein <00834 +>aher > the
king <04428 +melek > had promoted <01431 +gadal > him , and how
<00834 +>aher > he had advanced <05375 +nasa> > him above <05921
+<al > the princes <08269 +sar > and servants <05650 +<ebed > of
the king <04428 +melek > .
05 : 12 Haman <02001 +Haman > said <00559 +>amar > moreover
<00637 +>aph > , Yea , Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436
+malkah > did let no <03808 +lo> > man come <00935 +bow> > in
with the king <04428 +melek > unto the banquet <04960 +mishteh >
that she had prepared <06213 +<asah > but myself ; and to morrow
<04279 +machar > am I invited <07121 +qara> > unto her also
<01571 +gam > with the king <04428 +melek > .
05 : 13 Yet all <03605 +kol > this <02088 +zeh > availeth <07737
+shavah > me nothing<00369 +>ayin > , so <06256 +<eth > long
<06256 +<eth > as I see <07200 +ra>ah > Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > sitting <03427 +yashab >
at the king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > .
05 : 14 Then said <00559 +>amar > Zeresh <02238 +Zeresh > his
wife <00802 +>ishshah > and all <03605 +kol > his friends <00157
+>ahab > unto him , Let a gallows <06086 +<ets > be made <06213
+<asah > of fifty <02572 +chamishshiym > cubits <00520 +>ammah >
high <01364 +gaboahh > , and to morrow <01242 +boqer > speak
<00559 +>amar > thou unto the king <04428 +melek > that Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > may be hanged <08518 +talah > thereon <05921
+<al > : then go <00935 +bow> > thou in merrily <08056 +sameach
> with the king <04428 +melek > unto the banquet <04960 +mishteh
> . And the thing <01697 +dabar > pleased <03190 +yatab > Haman
<02001 +Haman > ; and he caused the gallows <06086 +<ets > to be
made <06213 +<asah > .
06 : 01 . On that night <03915 +layil > could <05074 +nadad >
not the king <04428 +melek > sleep <08142 +shehah > , and he
commanded <00559 +>amar > to bring <00935 +bow> > the book
<05612 +cepher > of records <02146 +zikrown > of the chronicles
<01697 +dabar > ; and they were read <07121 +qara> > before
<06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek > .
06 : 02 And it was found <04672 +matsa> > written <03789 +kathab
> , that Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > had told <05046 +nagad > of
Bigthana <00904 +Bigthan > and Teresh <08657 +Teresh > , two
<08147 +sh@nayim > of the king s <04428 +melek > chamberlains
<05631 +cariyc > , the keepers <08104 +shamar > of the door
<05592 +caph > , who <00834 +>aher > sought <01245 +baqash > to
lay <07971 +shalach > hand <03027 +yad > on the king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > .
06 : 03 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , What
<04100 +mah > honour <03366 +y@qar > and dignity <01420
+g@duwlah > hath been done <06213 +<asah > to Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > for this <02088 +zeh > ? Then said <00559 +>amar >
the king s <04428 +melek > servants <05288 +na<ar > that
ministered <08334 +sharath > unto him , There is nothing done
<06213 +<asah > for him .
06 : 04 . And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Who <04310 +miy > [ is ] in the court <02691 +chatser > ? Now
Haman <02001 +Haman > was come <00935 +bow> > into the outward
<02435 +chiytsown > court <02691 +chatser > of the king s <04428
+melek > house <01004 +bayith > , to speak <00559 +>amar > unto
the king <04428 +melek > to hang <08518 +talah > Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > on <05921 +<al > the gallows <06086 +<ets > that he
had prepared <03559 +kuwn > for him .
06 : 05 And the king s <04428 +melek > servants <05288 +na<ar >
said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , Haman
<02001 +Haman > standeth <05975 +<amad > in the court <02691
+chatser > . And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > ,
Let him come <00935 +bow> > in .
06 : 06 So Haman <02001 +Haman > came <00935 +bow> > in . And
the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , What
<04100 +mah > shall be done <06213 +<asah > unto the man <00376
+>iysh > whom the king <04428 +melek > delighteth <02654
+chaphets > to honour <03366 +y@qar > ? Now Haman <02001 +Haman
> thought <00559 +>amar > in his heart <03820 +leb > , To whom
would the king <04428 +melek > delight <02654 +chaphets > to do
<06213 +<asah > honour <03366 +y@qar > more <03148 +yowther >
than to myself ?
06 : 07 And Haman <02001 +Haman > answered <00559 +>amar > the
king <04428 +melek > , For the man <00376 +>iysh > whom <04310
+miy > the king <04428 +melek > delighteth <02654 +chaphets > to
honour <03366 +y@qar > ,
06 : 08 Let the royal <04438 +malkuwth > apparel <03830 +l@buwsh
> be brought <00935 +bow> > which <00834 +>aher > the king
<04428 +melek > [ useth ] to wear <03847 +labash > , and the
horse <05483 +cuwc > that the king <04428 +melek > rideth <07392
+rakab > upon , and the crown <03804 +kether > royal <04438
+malkuwth > which <00834 +>aher > is set <05414 +nathan > upon
his head <07218 +ro>sh > :
06 : 09 And let this apparel <03830 +l@buwsh > and horse <05483
+cuwc > be delivered <05414 +nathan > to the hand <03027 +yad >
of one <00376 +>iysh > of the king s <04428 +melek > most <06579
+partam > noble <06579 +partam > princes <08269 +sar > , that
they may array <03847 +labash > the man <00376 +>iysh > [ withal
] whom <00834 +>aher > the king <04428 +melek > delighteth
<02654 +chaphets > to honour <03366 +y@qar > , and bring <07392
+rakab > him on horseback <07392 +rakab > through the street
<07339 +r@chob > of the city <05892 +<iyr > , and proclaim
<07121 +qara> > before <06440 +paniym > him , Thus <03602 +kakah
> shall it be done <06213 +<asah > to the man <00376 +>iysh >
whom <00834 +>aher > the king <04428 +melek > delighteth <02654
+chaphets > to honour <03366 +y@qar > .
06 : 10 Then the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > to
Haman <02001 +Haman > , Make haste <04116 +mahar > , [ and ]
take <03947 +laqach > the apparel <03830 +l@buwsh > and the
horse <05483 +cuwc > , as thou hast said <01696 +dabar > , and
do <06213 +<asah > even so <03651 +ken > to Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , that sitteth <03427
+yashab > at the king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > :
let nothing <01697 +dabar > fail <05307 +naphal > of all <03605
+kol > that thou hast spoken <01696 +dabar > .
06 : 11 Then took <03947 +laqach > Haman <02001 +Haman > the
apparel <03830 +l@buwsh > and the horse <05483 +cuwc > , and
arrayed <03847 +labash > Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , and
brought <07392 +rakab > him on horseback <07392 +rakab > through
the street <07339 +r@chob > of the city <05892 +<iyr > , and
proclaimed <07121 +qara> > before <06440 +paniym > him , Thus
<03602 +kakah > shall it be done <06213 +<asah > unto the man
<00376 +>iysh > whom <00834 +>aher > the king <04428 +melek >
delighteth <02654 +chaphets > to honour <03366 +y@qar > .
06 : 12 . And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > came <07725 +shuwb >
again <07725 +shuwb > to the king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179
+sha<ar > . But Haman <02001 +Haman > hasted <01765 +dachaph >
to his house <01004 +bayith > mourning <57> , and having his
head <07218 +ro>sh > covered <02645 +chaphah > .
06 : 13 And Haman <02001 +Haman > told <05608 +caphar > Zeresh
<02238 +Zeresh > his wife <00802 +>ishshah > and all <03605 +kol
> his friends <00157 +>ahab > every <03605 +kol > [ thing ] that
had befallen <07136 +qarah > him . Then said <00559 +>amar >
his wise <02450 +chakam > men and Zeresh <02238 +Zeresh > his
wife <00802 +>ishshah > unto him , If <00518 +>im > Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > [ be ] of the seed <02233 +zera< > of the
Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , before <06440 +paniym > whom <00834
+>aher > thou hast begun <02490 +chalal > to fall <05307 +naphal
> , thou shalt not prevail <03201 +yakol > against him , but
shalt surely <03588 +kiy > fall <05307 +naphal > before <06440
+paniym > him .
06 : 14 And while they [ were ] yet <05750 +<owd > talking
<01696 +dabar > with him , came <00935 +bow> > the king s <04428
+melek > chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > , and hasted <00926
+bahal > to bring <00935 +bow> > Haman <02001 +Haman > unto the
banquet <04960 +mishteh > that Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had
prepared <06213 +<asah > .
07 : 01 . So the king <04428 +melek > and Haman <02001 +Haman >
came <00935 +bow> > to banquet <08354 +shathah > with Esther
<00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > .
07 : 02 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > again
<01571 +gam > untoEsther <00635 +>Ecter > on the second <08145
+sheniy > day <03117 +yowm > at the banquet <04960 +mishteh > of
wine <03196 +yayin > , What <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy petition
<07596 +sh@>elah > , queen <04436 +malkah > Esther <00635
+>Ecter > ? and it shall be granted <05414 +nathan > thee : and
what <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy request <01246 +baqqashah > ? and
it shall be performed <06213 +<asah > , [ even ] to the half
<02677 +chetsiy > of the kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > .
07 : 03 Then Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah >
answered <06030 +<anah > and said <00559 +>amar > , If <00518
+>im > I have found <04672 +matsa> > favour <02580 +chen > in
thy sight <05869 +<ayin > , O king <04428 +melek > , and if
<00518 +>im > it please <02895 +towb > the king <04428 +melek > ,
let my life <05315 +nephesh > be given <05414 +nathan > me at
my petition <07596 +sh@>elah > , and my people <05971 +<am > at
my request <01246 +baqqashah > :
07 : 04 For we are sold <04376 +makar > , I and my people <05971
+<am > , to be destroyed <08045 +shamad > , to be slain <02026
+harag > , and to perish <6> . But if <00432 +>illuw > we had
been sold <04376 +makar > for bondmen <05650 +<ebed > and
bondwomen <08198 +shiphchah > , I had held <02790 +charash > my
tongue <02790 +charash > , although <03588 +kiy > the enemy
<06862 +tsar > could not countervail <07737 +shavah > the king s
<04428 +melek > damage <05143 +nezeq > .
07 : 05 Then the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > answered <00559 +>amar > and said <00559
+>amar > unto Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah >
, Who <04310 +miy > is he , and where <00335 +>ay > is he , that
durst presume <04390 +male> > in his heart <03820 +leb > to do
<06213 +<asah > so <03651 +ken > ?
07 : 06 And Esther <00635 +>Ecter > said <00559 +>amar > , The
adversary <06862 +tsar > and enemy <00341 +>oyeb > [ is ] this
<02088 +zeh > wicked <07451 +ra< > Haman <02001 +Haman > . Then
Haman <02001 +Haman > was afraid <01204 +ba<ath > before <06440
+paniym > the king <04428 +melek > and the queen <04436 +malkah >
.
07 : 07 . And the king <04428 +melek > arising <06965 +quwm >
from the banquet <04960 +mishteh > of wine <03196 +yayin > in
his wrath <02534 +chemah > [ went ] into <00413 +>el > the
palace <01055 +biythan > garden <01594 +ginnah > : and Haman
<02001 +Haman > stood <05975 +<amad > up to make request <01245
+baqash > for his life <05315 +nephesh > to Esther <00635
+>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > ; for he saw <07200 +ra>ah
> that there was evil <07451 +ra< > determined <03615 +kalah >
against <00413 +>el > him by the king <04428 +melek > .
07 : 08 Then the king <04428 +melek > returned <07725 +shuwb >
out of the palace <01055 +biythan > garden <01594 +ginnah > into
<00413 +>el > the place <01004 +bayith > of the banquet <04960
+mishteh > of wine <03196 +yayin > ; and Haman <02001 +Haman >
was fallen <05307 +naphal > upon the bed <04296 +mittah >
whereon Esther <00635 +>Ecter > [ was ] . Then said <00559
+>amar > the king <04428 +melek > , Will he force <03533 +kabash
> the queen <04436 +malkah > also <01571 +gam > before <05973
+<im > me in the house <01004 +bayith > ? As the word <01697
+dabar > went <03318 +yatsa> > out of the king s <04428 +melek >
mouth <06310 +peh > , they covered <02645 +chaphah > Haman s
<02001 +Haman > face <06440 +paniym > .
07 : 09 And Harbonah <02726 +Charbowna> > , one <00259 +>echad >
of the chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > , said <00559 +>amar >
before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009
+hinneh > also <01571 +gam > , the gallows <06086 +<ets > fifty
<02572 +chamishshiym > cubits <00520 +>ammah > high <01364
+gaboahh > , which <00834 +>aher > Haman <02001 +Haman > had
made <06213 +<asah > for Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , who
<00834 +>aher > had spoken <01696 +dabar > good <02896 +towb >
for the king <04428 +melek > , standeth <05975 +<amad > in the
house <01004 +bayith > of Haman <02001 +Haman > . Then the king
<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , Hang <08518 +talah > him
thereon <05921 +<al > .
07 : 10 So they hanged <08518 +talah > Haman <02001 +Haman > on
<05921 +<al > the gallows <06086 +<ets > that he had prepared
<03559 +kuwn > for Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > . Then was the
king s <04428 +melek > wrath <02534 +chemah > pacified <07918
+shakak > .
08 : 01 . On that day <03117 +yowm > did the king <04428 +melek
> Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > give <05414 +nathan > the
house <01004 +bayith > of Haman <02001 +Haman > the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > enemy <06887 +tsarar > unto Esther <00635 +>Ecter >
the queen <04436 +malkah > . And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay >
came <00935 +bow> > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428
+melek > ; for Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had told <05046 +nagad >
what <04100 +mah > he [ was ] unto her .
08 : 02 And the king <04428 +melek > took <05493 +cuwr > off his
ring <02885 +tabba<ath > , which <00834 +>aher > he had taken
<05674 +<abar > from Haman <02001 +Haman > , and gave <05414
+nathan > it unto Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > . And Esther
<00635 +>Ecter > set <07760 +suwm > Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay >
over <05921 +<al > the house <01004 +bayith > of Haman <02001
+Haman >
.
08 : 03 . And Esther <00635 +>Ecter > spake <01696 +dabar > yet
again <03254 +yacaph > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428
+melek > , and fell <05307 +naphal > down at <06440 +paniym >
his feet <07272 +regel > , and besought <02603 +chanan > him
with tears <01058 +bakah > to put <05674 +<abar > away <05674
+<abar > the mischief <07451 +ra< > of Haman <02001 +Haman > the
Agagite <91> , and his device <04284 +machashabah > that he had
devised <02803 +chashab > against <05921 +<al > the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > .
08 : 04 Then the king <04428 +melek > held <03447 +yashat > out
the golden <02091 +zahab > sceptre <08275 +sharbiyt > toward
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > . So Esther <00635 +>Ecter > arose
<06965 +quwm > , and stood <05975 +<amad > before <06440 +paniym
> the king <04428 +melek > ,
08 : 05 And said <00559 +>amar > , If <00518 +>im > it please
<02896 +towb > the king <04428 +melek > , and if <00518 +>im > I
have found favour <02580 +chen > in his sight <05869 +<ayin > ,
and the thing <01697 +dabar > [ seem ] right <03787 +kasher >
before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek > , and I [ be ]
pleasing <02896 +towb > in his eyes <05869 +<ayin > , let it be
written <03789 +kathab > to reverse <07725 +shuwb > the letters
<05612 +cepher > devised <04284 +machashabah > by Haman <02001
+Haman > the son <01121 +ben > of Hammedatha <04099 +M@datha >
the Agagite <91> , which <00834 +>aher > he wrote <03789 +kathab
> to destroy <6> the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > which <00834 +>aher
> [ are ] in all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek >
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > :
08 : 06 For how <00346 +>ayeh > can <03201 +yakol > I endure
<03201 +yakol > to see <07200 +ra>ah > the evil <07451 +ra< >
that shall come <04672 +matsa> > unto my people <05971 +<am > ?
or how <00346 +>ayeh > can <03201 +yakol > I endure <03201
+yakol > to see <07200 +ra>ah > the destruction <13> of my
kindred <04138 +mowledeth > ?
08 : 07 Then the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > said <00559 +>amar > unto Esther <00635
+>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > and to Mordecai <04782
+Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , Behold <02009 +hinneh >
, I have given <05414 +nathan > Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the
house <01004 +bayith > of Haman <02001 +Haman > , and him they
have hanged <08518 +talah > upon the gallows <06086 +<ets > ,
because he laid <07971 +shalach > his hand <03027 +yad > upon
the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > .
08 : 08 Write <03789 +kathab > ye also for the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > , as it liketh <02896 +towb > you , in the king s
<04428 +melek > name <08034 +shem > , and seal <02856 +chatham >
[ it ] with the king s <04428 +melek > ring <02885 +tabba<ath > :
for the writing <03791 +kathab > which <00834 +>aher > is
written <03789 +kathab > in the king s <04428 +melek > name
<08034 +shem > , and sealed <02856 +chatham > with the king s
<04428 +melek > ring <02885 +tabba<ath > , may no <00369 +>ayin
> man reverse <07725 +shuwb > .
08 : 09 Then were the king s <04428 +melek > scribes <05608
+caphar > called <07121 +qara> > at that time <06256 +<eth > in
the third <07992 +sh@liyshiy > month <02320 +chodesh > , that [
is ] , the month <02320 +chodesh > Sivan <05510 +Ciyvan > , on
the three <07969 +shalowsh > and twentieth <06242 +<esriym > [
day ] thereof ; and it was written <03789 +kathab > according to
all <03605 +kol > that Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > commanded
<06680 +tsavah > unto the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , and to the
lieutenants <00323 +>achashdarpan > , and the deputies <06346
+pechah > and rulers <08269 +sar > of the provinces <04082
+m@diynah > which <00834 +>aher > [ are ] from India <01912
+Hoduw > unto Ethiopia <03568 +Kuwsh > , an hundred <03967
+me>ah > twenty <06242 +<esriym > and seven <07651 +sheba< >
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > , unto every province <04082
+m@diynah > according to the writing <03791 +kathab > thereof ,
and unto every people <05971 +<am > after their language <03956
+lashown > , and to the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy >
08 : 09 according to their writing <03791 +kathab > , and
according to their language <03956 +lashown > .
08 : 10 And he wrote <03789 +kathab > in the king <04428 +melek
> Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > name <08034 +shem > , and
sealed <02856 +chatham > [ it ] with the king s <04428 +melek >
ring <02885 +tabba<ath > , and sent <07971 +shalach > letters
<05612 +cepher > by posts <07323 +ruwts > on horseback <05483
+cuwc > , [ and ] riders <07392 +rakab > on mules <07409 +rekesh
> , camels <00327 +>achastaran > , [ and ] young <01121 +ben >
dromedaries <07424 +rammak > :
08 : 11 Wherein <00834 +>aher > the king <04428 +melek > granted
<05414 +nathan > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > which <00834 +>aher
> [ were ] in every <03605 +kol > city <05892 +<iyr > to gather
<06950 +qahal > themselves together , and to stand <05975 +<amad
> for their life <05315 +nephesh > , to destroy <08045 +shamad >
, to slay <02026 +harag > , and to cause to perish <6> , all
<03605 +kol > the power <02428 +chayil > of the people <05971
+<am > and province <04082 +m@diynah > that would assault <06696
+tsuwr > them , [ both ] little <02945 +taph > ones and women
<00802 +>ishshah > , and [ to take ] the spoil <07998 +shalal >
of them for a prey <00962 +bazaz > ,
08 : 12 Upon one <00259 +>echad > day <03117 +yowm > in all
<03605 +kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , [ namely ] , upon
the thirteenth [ day ] of the twelfth month <02320 +chodesh > ,
which <01931 +huw> > [ is ] the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar
<00143 +>Adar > .
08 : 13 The copy <06572 +parshegen > of the writing <03791
+kathab > for a commandment <01881 +dath > to be given <05414
+nathan > in every <03605 +kol > province <04082 +m@diynah > [
was ] published <01540 +galah > unto all <03605 +kol > people
<05971 +<am > , and that the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > should be
ready <06264 +<athiyd > against that day <03117 +yowm > to
avenge <05358 +naqam > themselves on their enemies <00341 +>oyeb
> .
08 : 14 [ So ] the posts <07323 +ruwts > that rode <07392 +rakab
> upon mules <07409 +rekesh > [ and ] camels <00327 +>achastaran
> went <03318 +yatsa> > out , being hastened <00926 +bahal > and
pressed <01765 +dachaph > on by the king s <04428 +melek >
commandment <01697 +dabar > . And the decree <01881 +dath > was
given <05414 +nathan > at Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace
<01002 +biyrah > .
08 : 15 . And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > went <03318 +yatsa> >
out from the presence <06440 +paniym > of the king <04428 +melek
> in royal <04438 +malkuwth > apparel <03830 +l@buwsh > of blue
<08504 +t@keleth > and white <02353 +chuwr > , and with a great
<01419 +gadowl > crown <05850 +<atarah > of gold <02091 +zahab >
, and with a garment <08509 +takriyk > of fine linen <00948
+buwts > and purple <00713 +>argaman > : and the city <05892
+<iyr > of Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > rejoiced <06670 +tsahal >
and was glad <08056 +sameach > .
08 : 16 The Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > had light <00219 +>owrah > ,
and gladness <08057 +simchah > , and joy <08342 +sasown > , and
honour <03366 +y@qar > .
08 : 17 And in every <03605 +kol > province <04082 +m@diynah > ,
and in every <03605 +kol > city <05892 +<iyr > , whithersoever
the king s <04428 +melek > commandment <01697 +dabar > and his
decree <01881 +dath > came <05060 +naga< > , the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > had joy <08057 +simchah > and gladness <08342
+sasown > , a feast <04960 +mishteh > and a good <02896 +towb >
day <03117 +yowm > . And many <07227 +rab > of the people
<05971 +<am > of the land <00776 +>erets > became <03054 +yahad
> Jews <03054 +yahad > ; for the fear <06343 +pachad > of the
Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > fell <05307 +naphal > upon them .
09 : 01 . Now in the twelfth month <02320 +chodesh > , that [
is ] , the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar <00143 +>Adar > , on the
thirteenth day <03117 +yowm > of the same , when <00834 +>aher >
the king s <04428 +melek > commandment <01697 +dabar > and his
decree <01881 +dath > drew near <05060 +naga< > to be put in
execution <06213 +<asah > , in the day <03117 +yowm > that the
enemies <00341 +>oyeb > of the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > hoped
<07663 +sabar > to have power <07980 +shalat > over them , (
though it was turned <02015 +haphak > to the contrary , that the
Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > had rule <07980 +shalat > over them that
hated <08130 +sane> > them ; )
09 : 02 The Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > gathered <06950 +qahal >
themselves together intheir cities <05892 +<iyr > throughout all
<03605 +kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of the king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , to lay
<07971 +shalach > hand <03027 +yad > on such as sought <01245
+baqash > their hurt <07451 +ra< > : and no <03808 +lo> > man
<00376 +>iysh > could withstand <05975 +<amad > them ; for the
fear <06343 +pachad > of them fell <05307 +naphal > upon all
<03605 +kol > people <05971 +<am > .
09 : 03 And all <03605 +kol > the rulers <08269 +sar > of the
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > , and the lieutenants <00323
+>achashdarpan > , and the deputies <06346 +pechah > , and
officers <06213 +<asah > of the king <04428 +melek > , helped
<05375 +nasa> > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > ; because <03588
+kiy > the fear <06343 +pachad > of Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay >
fell <05307 +naphal > upon them .
09 : 04 For Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > [ was ] great <01419
+gadowl > in the king s <04428 +melek > house <01004 +bayith > ,
and his fame <08089 +shoma< > went <01980 +halak > out
throughout all <03605 +kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > :
for this man <00376 +>iysh > Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > waxed
<01980 +halak > greater <01419 +gadowl > and greater <01419
+gadowl > .
09 : 05 Thus the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > smote <05221 +nakah >
all <03605 +kol > their enemies <00341 +>oyeb > with the stroke
<04347 +makkah > of the sword <02719 +chereb > , and slaughter
<02027 +hereg > , and destruction <12> , and did <06213 +<asah >
what <04100 +mah > they would unto those that hated <08130
+sane> > them .
09 : 06 And in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002
+biyrah > the Jews <3064Y@huwdiy > slew <02026 +harag > and
destroyed <6> five <02568 +chamesh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > men
<00376 +>iysh > .
09 : 07 And Parshandatha <06577 +Parshandatha> > , and Dalphon
<01813 +Dalphown > , and Aspatha <00630 +>Acpatha> > ,
09 : 08 And Poratha <06334 +Powratha> > , and Adalia <00118
+>Adalya> > , and Aridatha <00743 +>Ariydatha> > ,
09 : 09 And Parmashta <06534 +Parmashta> > , and Arisai <00747
+>Ariycay > , and Aridai <00742 +>Ariyday > , and Vajezatha
<02055 +Vay@zatha> > ,
09 : 10 The ten <06235 +<eser > sons <01121 +ben > of Haman
<02001 +Haman > the son <01121 +ben > of Hammedatha <04099
+M@datha > , the enemy <06887 +tsarar > of the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > , slew <02026 +harag > they ; but on the spoil
<00961 +bizzah > laid <07971 +shalach > they not their hand
<03027 +yad > .
09 : 11 On that day <03117 +yowm > the number <04557 +micpar >
of those that were slain <02026 +harag > in Shushan <07800
+Shuwshan > the palace <01002 +biyrah > was brought <00935 +bow>
> before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek > .
09 : 12 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto
Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > , The Jews
<03064 +Y@huwdiy > have slain <02026 +harag > and destroyed <6>
five <02568 +chamesh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > men <00376 +>iysh
> in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the palace <01002 +biyrah > ,
and the ten <06235 +<eser > sons <01121 +ben > of Haman <02001
+Haman > ; what <04100 +mah > have they done <06213 +<asah > in
the rest <07605 +sh@>ar > of the king s <04428 +melek >
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > ? now what <04100 +mah > [ is ]
thy petition <07596 +sh@>elah > ? and it shall be granted
<05414 +nathan > thee : or what <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy request
<01246 +baqqashah > further <05750 +<owd > ? and it shall be
done <06213 +<asah > .
09 : 13 Then said <00559 +>amar > Esther <00635 +>Ecter > , If
<00518 +>im > it please <02896 +towb > the king <04428 +melek > ,
let it be granted <05414 +nathan > to the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy
> which <00834 +>aher > [ are ] in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > to
do <06213 +<asah > to morrow <04279 +machar > also <01571 +gam >
according unto this day s <03117 +yowm > decree <01881 +dath > ,
and let Haman s <02001 +Haman > ten <06235 +<eser > sons <01121
+ben > be hanged <08518 +talah > upon the gallows <06086 +<ets >
.
09 : 14 And the king <04428 +melek > commanded <00559 +>amar >
it so <03651 +ken > to be done <06213 +<asah > : and the decree
<01881 +dath > was given <05414 +nathan > at Shushan <07800
+Shuwshan > ; and they hanged <08518 +talah > Haman s <02001
+Haman > ten <06235 +<eser > sons <01121 +ben > .
09 : 15 For the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > that [ were ] in Shushan
<07800 +Shuwshan > gathered <06950 +qahal > themselves together
on the fourteenth day <03117 +yowm > also <01571 +gam > of the
month <02320 +chodesh > Adar <00143 +>Adar > , and slew <02026
+harag > three <07969 +shalowsh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > men
<00376 +>iysh > at Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > ; but on the prey
<00961 +bizzah > they laid <07971 +shalach > not their hand
<03027 +yad >
.
09 : 16 But the other <07605 +sh@>ar > Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy >
that [ were ] in the king s <04428 +melek > provinces <04082
+m@diynah > gathered <06950 +qahal > themselves together , and
stood <05975 +<amad > for their lives <05315 +nephesh > , and
had rest <05118 +nuwach > from their enemies <00341 +>oyeb > ,
and slew <02026 +harag > of their foes <08130 +sane> > seventy
<07657 +shib<iym . > and five <02568 +chamesh > thousand <00505
+>eleph > , but they laid <07971 +shalach > not their hands
<03027 +yad > on the prey <00961 +bizzah > ,
09 : 17 On the thirteenth day <03117 +yowm > of the month <02320
+chodesh > Adar <00143 +>Adar > ; and on the fourteenth day of
the same rested <05118 +nuwach > they , and made <06213 +<asah >
it a day <03117 +yowm > of feasting <04960 +mishteh > and
gladness <08057 +simchah > .
09 : 18 But the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > that [ were ] at Shushan
<07800 +Shuwshan > assembled <06950 +qahal > together on the
thirteenth [ day ] thereof , and on the fourteenth thereof ; and
on the fifteenth <06240 +<asar > [ day ] of the same they rested
<05118 +nuwach > , and made <06213 +<asah > it a day <03117
+yowm > of feasting <04960 +mishteh > and gladness <08057
+simchah > .
09 : 19 Therefore the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > of the villages
<06521 +p@raziy > , that dwelt <03427 +yashab > in the unwalled
<06519 +p@razah > towns <05892 +<iyr > , made <06213 +<asah >
the fourteenth day <03117 +yowm > of the month <02320 +chodesh >
Adar <00143 +>Adar > [ a day of ] gladness <08057 +simchah > and
feasting <04960 +mishteh > , and a good <02896 +towb > day
<03117 +yowm > , and of sending <04916 +mishlowach > portions
<04490 +manah > one <00376 +>iysh > to another <07453 +rea< > .
09 : 20 . And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > wrote <03789 +kathab
> these <00428 +>el - leh > things <01697 +dabar > , and sent
<07971 +shalach > letters <05612 +cepher > unto all <03605 +kol
> the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > that [ were ] in all <03605 +kol >
the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of the king <04428 +melek >
Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , [ both ] nigh <07126 +qarab
> and far <07350 +rachowq > ,
09 : 21 To stablish <06965 +quwm > [ this ] among <05921 +<al >
them , that they should keep <06213 +<asah > the fourteenth day
of the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar <00143 +>Adar > , and the
fifteenth <06240 +<asar > day <03117 +yowm > of the same ,
yearly <08141 +shaneh > ,
09 : 22 As the days <03117 +yowm > wherein <00834 +>aher > the
Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > rested <05117 +nuwach > from their
enemies <00341 +>oyeb > , and the month <02320 +chodesh > which
<00834 +>aher > was turned <02015 +haphak > unto them from
sorrow <03015 +yagown > to joy <08057 +simchah > , and from
mourning <60> into a good <02896 +towb > day <03117 +yowm > :
that they should make <06213 +<asah > them days <03117 +yowm >
of feasting <04960 +mishteh > and joy <08057 +simchah > , and of
sending <04916 +mishlowach > portions <04490 +manah > one <00376
+>iysh > to another <07453 +rea< > , and gifts <04979 +mattanah
> to the poor <34> .
09 : 23 And the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > undertook <06901 +qabal
> to do <06213 +<asah > as they had begun <02490 +chalal > , and
as Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > had written <03789 +kathab > unto
them ;
09 : 24 Because <03588 +kiy > Haman <02001 +Haman > the son
<01121 +ben > of Hammedatha <04099 +M@datha > , the Agagite <91>
, the enemy <06887 +tsarar > of all <03605 +kol > the Jews
<03064 +Y@huwdiy > , had devised <02803 +chashab > against
<05921 +<al > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > to destroy <6> them ,
and had cast <05307 +naphal > Pur <06332 +Puwr > , that [ is ] ,
the lot <01486 +gowral > , to consume <02000 +hamam > them , and
to destroy <6> them ;
09 : 25 But when [ Esther ] came <00935 +bow> > before <06440
+paniym > the king <04428 +melek > , he commanded <00559 +>amar
> by letters <05612 +cepher > that his wicked <07451 +ra< >
device <04284 +machashabah > , which <00834 +>aher > he devised
<02803 +chashab > against <05921 +<al > the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > , should return <07725 +shuwb > upon his own head
<07218 +ro>sh > , and that he and his sons <01121 +ben > should
be hanged <08518 +talah > on <05921 +<al > the gallows <06086
+<ets > .
09 : 26 Wherefore they called <07121 +qara> > these <00428 +>el -
leh > days <03117 +yowm > Purim <06332 +Puwr > after <05921
+<al > the name <08034 +shem > of Pur <06332 +Puwr > .
Therefore for all <03605 +kol > the words <01697 +dabar > of
this letter <00107 +>iggereth > , and [ of that ] which <04100
+mah > they had seen <07200 +ra>ah > concerning <05921 +<al >
this <03602 +kakah > matter <03602 +kakah > , and which <04100
+mah > had come <05060 +naga< > unto them ,
09 : 27 The Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > ordained <06965 +quwm > ,
and took <06901 +qabal > upon them , and upon their seed <02233
+zera< > , and upon all <03605 +kol > such as joined <03867
+lavah > themselves unto them , so as it should not fail <05674
+<abar > , that they would keep <06213 +<asah > these <00428
+>el - leh > two <08147 +sh@nayim > days <03117 +yowm >
according to their writing <03791 +kathab > , and according to
their [ appointed ] time <02165 +z@man > every <03605 +kol >
year <08141 +shaneh > ;
09 : 28 And [ that ] these <00428 +>el - leh > days <03117 +yowm
> [ should be ] remembered <02142 +zakar > and kept <06213
+<asah > throughout every generation <01755 +dowr > , every
family <04940 +mishpachah > , every province <04082 +m@diynah > ,
and every city <05892 +<iyr > ; and [ that ] these <00428 +>el -
leh > days <03117 +yowm > of Purim <06332 +Puwr > should not
fail <05674 +<abar > from among <08432 +tavek > the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > , nor <03808 +lo> > the memorial <02143 +zeker > of
them perish <05486 +cuwph > from their seed <02233 +zera< > .
09 : 29 Then Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > ,
the daughter <01323 +bath > of Abihail <32> , and Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , wrote <03789
+kathab > with all <03605 +kol > authority <08633 +toqeph > , to
confirm <06965 +quwm > this <02063 +zo>th > second <08145
+sheniy > letter <00107 +>iggereth > of Purim <06332 +Puwr > .
09 : 30 And he sent <07971 +shalach > the letters <05612 +cepher
> unto all <03605 +kol > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , to the
hundred <03967 +me>ah > twenty <06242 +<esriym > and seven
<07651 +sheba< > provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of the kingdom
<04438 +malkuwth > of Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , [
with ] words <01697 +dabar > of peace <07965 +shalowm > and
truth <00571 +>emeth > ,
09 : 31 To confirm <06965 +quwm > these <00428 +>el - leh > days
<03117 +yowm > of Purim <06332 +Puwr > in their times <02165
+z@man > [ appointed ] , according as Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay
> the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > and Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the
queen <04436 +malkah > had enjoined <06965 +quwm > them , and as
they had decreed <06965 +quwm > for themselves <05315 +nephesh >
and for their seed <02233 +zera< > , the matters <01697 +dabar >
of the fastings <06685 +tsowm > and their cry <02201 +za<aq > .
09 : 32 And the decree <03982 +ma>amar > of Esther <00635
+>Ecter > confirmed <06965 +quwm > these <00428 +>el - leh >
matters <01697 +dabar > of Purim <06332 +Puwr > ; and it was
written <03789 +kathab > in the book <05612 +cepher > .
10 : 01 . And the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325
+>Achashverowsh > laid <07760 +suwm > a tribute <04522 +mac >
upon the land <00776 +>erets > , and [ upon ] the isles <00339
+>iy > of the sea <03220 +yam > .
10 : 02 And all <03605 +kol > the acts <04640 +Ma<say > of his
power <08633 +toqeph > and of his might <01369 +g@buwrah > , and
the declaration <06575 +parashah > of the greatness <01420
+g@duwlah > of Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > , whereunto <00834
+>aher > the king <04428 +melek > advanced <01431 +gadal > him ,
[ are ] they not written <03789 +kathab > in the book <05612
+cepher > of the chronicles <01697 +dabar > of the kings <04428
+melek > of Media <04074 +Maday > and Persia <06539 +Parac > ?
10 : 03 For Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy
> [ was ] next <04932 +mishneh > unto king <04428 +melek >
Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , and great <01419 +gadowl >
among the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , and accepted <07521 +ratsah
> of the multitude <07230 +rob > of his brethren <00251 +>ach > ,
seeking <01875 +darash > the wealth <02896 +towb > of his
people <05971 +<am > , and speaking <01696 +dabar > peace <07965
+shalowm > to all <03605 +kol > his seed <02233 +zera< > .
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