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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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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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