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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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Esther 1

1. Now it came <01961> to pass in the days <03117> of Ahasuerus

<0325>, (this [is] Ahasuerus <0325> which reigned <04427>, from

India <01912> even unto Ethiopia <03568>, [over] an hundred

<03967> and seven <07651> and twenty <06242> provinces <04082>:)

2 [That] in those <01992> days <03117>, when the king <04428>

Ahasuerus <0325> sat <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678> of

his kingdom <04438>, which <0834> [was] in Shushan <07800> the

palace <01002>,

3 In the third <07969> year <08141> of his reign <04427>, he

made <06213> a feast <04960> unto all <03605> his princes

<08269> and his servants <05650>; the power <02428> of Persia

<06539> and Media <04074>, the nobles <06579> and princes

<08269> of the provinces <04082>, [being] before <06440> him:

4 When he shewed <07200> the riches <06239> of his glorious

<03519> kingdom <04438> and the honour <03366> of his excellent

<01420> majesty <01420> many <07227> days <03117>, [even] an

hundred <03967> and fourscore <08084> days <03117>.

5 And when these <0428> days <03117> were expired <04390>, the

king <04428> made <06213> a feast <04960> unto all <03605> the

people <05971> that were present <04672> in Shushan <07800> the

palace <01002>, both unto great <01419> and small <06996>, seven

<07651> days <03117>, in the court <02691> of the garden <01594>

of the king's <04428> palace <01055>;

6 [Where were] white <02353>, green <03768>, and blue <08504>,

[hangings], fastened <0270> with cords <02256> of fine linen

<0948> and purple <0713> to silver <03701> rings <01550> and

pillars <05982> of marble <08338>: the beds <04296> [were of]

gold <02091> and silver <03701>, upon a pavement <07531> of red

<0923>, and blue <08504>, and white <01858>, and black <05508>,

marble <08336>.

7 And they gave [them] drink <08248> in vessels <03627> of gold

<02091>, (the vessels <03627> being diverse <08138> one <03627>

from another,) and royal <04438> wine <03196> in abundance

<07227>, according to the state <03027> of the king <04428>.

8 And the drinking <08360> [was] according to the law <01881>;

none <0369> did compel <0597>: for so <03651> the king <04428>

had appointed <03245> to all <03605> the officers <07227> of his

house <01004>, that they should do <06213> according to every

man's <0376> pleasure <07522>.

9 Also <01571> Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> made <06213> a

feast <04960> for the women <0802> [in] the royal <04438> house

<01004> which [belonged] to king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

10. On the seventh <07637> day <03117>, when the heart <03820>

of the king <04428> was merry <02896> with wine <03196>, he

commanded <0559> Mehuman <04104>, Biztha <0968>, Harbona <02726>,

Bigtha <0903>, and Abagtha <05>, Zethar, and Carcas <03752>,

the seven <07651> chamberlains <05631> that served <08334> in

the presence <06440> of Ahasuerus <0325> the king <04428>,

11 To bring <0935> Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> before

<06440> the king <04428> with the crown <03804> royal <04438>,

to shew <07200> the people <05971> and the princes <08269> her

beauty <03308>: for she [was] fair <02896> to look <04758> on.

12 But the queen <04436> Vashti <02060> refused <03985> to come

<0935> at the king's <04428> commandment <01697> by [his]

chamberlains <05631>: therefore was the king <04428> very

<03966> wroth <07107>, and his anger <02534> burned <01197> in

him.

13 Then the king <04428> said <0559> to the wise <02450> men,

which knew <05234> the times <06256>, (for so <03651> [was] the

king's <04428> manner <01697> toward <06440> all <03605> that

knew <05234> law <01881> and judgment <01779>:

14 And the next <07138> unto him [was] Carshena <03771>,

Shethar <08369>, Admatha <0133>, Tarshish <08659>, Meres <04825>,

Marsena <04826>, [and] Memucan <04462>, the seven <07651>

princes <08269> of Persia <06539> and Media <04074>, which saw

<07200> the king's <04428> face <06440>, [and] which sat <03427>

the first <07223> in the kingdom <04438>;)

15 What <04100> shall we do <06213> unto the queen <04436>

Vashti <02060> according to law <01881>, because she hath not

performed <06213> the commandment <03982> of the king <04428>

Ahasuerus <0325> by the chamberlains <05631>?

16 And Memucan <04462> answered <0559> before <06440> the king

<04428> and the princes <08269>, Vashti <02060> the queen

<04436> hath not done wrong <05753> to the king <04428> only

<0905>, but also to all <03605> the princes <08269>, and to all

<03605> the people <05971> that [are] in all <03605> the

provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

17 For [this] deed <01697> of the queen <04436> shall come

<03318> abroad <03318> unto all <03605> women <0802>, so that

they shall despise <0959> their husbands <01167> in their eyes

<05869>, when it shall be reported <0559>, The king <04428>

Ahasuerus <0325> commanded <0559> Vashti <02060> the queen

<04436> to be brought <0935> in before <06440> him, but she came

<0935> not.

18 [Likewise] shall the ladies <08282> of Persia <06539> and

Media <04074> say <0559> this <02088> day <03117> unto all

<03605> the king's <04428> princes <08269>, which <0834> have

heard <08085> of the deed <01697> of the queen <04436>. Thus

[shall there arise] too <01767> much <01767> contempt <0963> and

wrath <07110>.

19 If <0518> it please <02895> the king <04428>, let there go

<03318> a royal <04438> commandment <01697> from him, and let it

be written <03789> among the laws <01881> of the Persians

<06539> and the Medes <04074>, that it be not altered <05674>,

That Vashti <02060> come <0935> no <03808> more before <06440>

king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>; and let the king <04428> give

<05414> her royal <04438> estate unto another <07468> that is

better <02896> than she.

20 And when the king's <04428> decree <06599> which <0834> he

shall make <06213> shall be published <08085> throughout all

<03605> his empire <04438>, (for it is great <07227>,) all

<03605> the wives <0802> shall give <05414> to their husbands

<01167> honour <03366>, both to great <01419> and small <06996>.

21 And the saying <01697> pleased the king <04428> and the

princes <08269>; and the king <04428> did <06213> according to

the word <01697> of Memucan <04462>:

22 For he sent <07971> letters <05612> into <0413> all <03605>

the king's <04428> provinces <04082>, into every province

<04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and to every

<0376> people <05971> after their language <03956>, that every

man <0376> should bear <08323> rule <08323> in his own house

<01004>, and that [it] should be published <01696> according to

the language <03956> of every people <05971>.

Esther 2

1. After <0310> these <0428> things <01697>, when the wrath

<02534> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was appeased <07918>,

he remembered <02142> Vashti <02060>, and what she had done

<06213>, and what was decreed <01504> against <05921> her.

2 Then said <0559> the king's <04428> servants <05288> that

ministered <08334> unto him, Let there be fair <02896> young

<05291> virgins <01330> sought <01245> for the king <04428>:

3 And let the king <04428> appoint <06485> officers <06496> in

all <03605> the provinces <04082> of his kingdom <04438>, that

they may gather <06908> together all <03605> the fair <04758>

young <05291> virgins <01330> unto Shushan <07800> the palace

<01002>, to the house <01004> of the women <0802>, unto the

custody <03027> of Hege <01896> the king's <04428> chamberlain

<05631>, keeper <08104> of the women <0802>; and let their

things for purification <08562> be given <05414> [them]:

4 And let the maiden <05291> which <0834> pleaseth the king

<04428> be queen <04427> instead <08478> of Vashti <02060>. And

the thing <01697> pleased the king <04428>; and he did <06213>

so <03651>.

5 [Now] in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> there was a

certain <0376> Jew <03064>, whose name <08034> [was] Mordecai

<04782>, the son <01121> of Jair <02971>, the son <01121> of

Shimei <08096>, the son <01121> of Kish <07027>, a Benjamite

<01145>;

6 Who <0834> had been carried <01540> away <01546> from

Jerusalem <03389> with the captivity <01473> which <0834> had

been carried <01540> away <01546> with Jeconiah <03204> king

<04428> of Judah <03063>, whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the

king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had carried <01540> away <01546>.

7 And he brought <0539> up Hadassah <01919>, that [is], Esther

<0635>, his uncle's <01733> daughter <01323>: for she had

neither <0369> father <01> nor mother <0517>, and the maid

<05291> [was] fair <03303> and beautiful; whom Mordecai <04782>,

when her father <01> and mother <0517> were dead <04194>, took

<03947> for his own daughter <01323>.

8 So it came <01961> to pass, when the king's <04428>

commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> was heard <08085>,

and when many <07227> maidens <05291> were gathered <06908>

together unto Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>, to the custody

<03027> of Hegai <01896>, that Esther <0635> was brought <03947>

also unto the king's <04428> house <01004>, to the custody

<03027> of Hegai <01896>, keeper <08104> of the women <0802>.

9 And the maiden <05291> pleased him, and she obtained <05375>

kindness <02617> of him; and he speedily <0926> gave <05414> her

her things for purification <08562>, with such things as

belonged <04490> to her, and seven <07651> maidens <05291>,

[which were] meet <07200> to be given <05414> her, out of the

king's <04428> house <01004>: and he preferred <08138> her and

her maids <05291> unto the best <02896> [place] of the house

<01004> of the women <0802>.

10 Esther <0635> had not shewed <05046> her people <05971> nor

her kindred <04138>: for Mordecai <04782> had charged <06680>

her that she should not shew <05046> [it].

11 And Mordecai <04782> walked <01980> every day <03117> before

<06440> the court <02691> of the women's <0802> house <01004>,

to know <03045> how Esther <0635> did <07965>, and what <04100>

should become <06213> of her.

12 Now when every maid's <05291> turn <08447> was come <05060>

to go <0935> in to king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, after <07093>

that she had been <01961> twelve months <02320>, according to

the manner <01881> of the women <0802>, (for so <03651> were the

days <03117> of their purifications <04795> accomplished <04390>,

[to wit], six <08337> months <02320> with oil <08081> of myrrh

<04753>, and six <08337> months <02320> with sweet <01314>

odours <01314>, and with [other] things for the purifying

<08562> of the women <0802>;)

13 Then thus <02088> came <0935> [every] maiden <05291> unto

the king <04428>; whatsoever she desired <0559> was given

<05414> her to go <0935> with her out of the house <01004> of

the women <0802> unto the king's <04428> house <01004>.

14 In the evening <06153> she went <0935>, and on the morrow

<01242> she returned <07725> into <0413> the second <08145>

house <01004> of the women <0802>, to the custody <03027> of

Shaashgaz <08190>, the king's <04428> chamberlain <05631>, which

kept <08104> the concubines <06370>: she came <0935> in unto the

king <04428> no <03808> more <05750>, except the king <04428>

delighted <02654> in her, and that she were called <07121> by

name <08034>.

15 Now when the turn <08447> of Esther <0635>, the daughter

<01323> of Abihail <032> the uncle <01730> of Mordecai <04782>,

who <0834> had taken <03947> her for his daughter <01323>, was

come <05060> to go <0935> in unto the king <04428>, she required

<01245> nothing but what Hegai <01896> the king's <04428>

chamberlain <05631>, the keeper <08104> of the women <0802>,

appointed <0559>. And Esther <0635> obtained <05375> favour

<02580> in the sight <05869> of all <03605> them that looked

<06437> upon her.

16 So Esther <0635> was taken <03947> unto king <04428>

Ahasuerus <0325> into <0413> his house <01004> royal <04438> in

the tenth <06224> month <02320>, which [is] the month <02320>

Tebeth <02887>, in the seventh <07651> year <08141> of his reign

<04438>.

17 And the king <04428> loved <0157> Esther <0635> above all

<03605> the women <0802>, and she obtained <05375> grace <02580>

and favour <02617> in his sight <06440> more than all <03605>

the virgins <01330>; so that he set <07760> the royal <04438>

crown <03804> upon her head <07218>, and made her queen <04427>

instead <08478> of Vashti <02060>.

18 Then the king <04428> made <06213> a great <01419> feast

<04960> unto all <03605> his princes <08269> and his servants

<05650>, [even <0853>] Esther's <0635> feast <04960>; and he

made <06213> a release <02010> to the provinces <04082>, and

gave <05414> gifts <04864>, according to the state <03027> of

the king <04428>.

19 And when the virgins <01330> were gathered <06908> together

the second <08145> time, then Mordecai <04782> sat <03427> in

the king's <04428> gate <08179>.

20 Esther <0635> had not [yet] shewed <05046> her kindred

<04138> nor her people <05971>; as Mordecai <04782> had charged

<06680> her: for Esther <0635> did <06213> the commandment

<03982> of Mordecai <04782>, like as when she was brought <0539>

up with him.

21. In those <01992> days <03117>, while Mordecai <04782> sat

<03427> in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, two <08147> of the

king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, Bigthan <0904> and Teresh

<08657>, of those which kept <08104> the door <05592>, were

wroth <07107>, and sought <01245> to lay <07971> hand <03027> on

the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

22 And the thing <01697> was known <03045> to Mordecai <04782>,

who told <05046> [it] unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436>; and

Esther <0635> certified <0559> the king <04428> [thereof] in

Mordecai's <04782> name <08034>.

23 And when inquisition <01245> was made of the matter <01697>,

it was found <04672> out; therefore they were both <08147>

hanged <08518> on <05921> a tree <06086>: and it was written

<03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> before

<06440> the king <04428>.

Esther 3

1. After <0310> these <0428> things <01697> did king <04428>

Ahasuerus <0325> promote <01431> Haman <02001> the son <01121>

of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, and advanced <05375>

him, and set <07760> his seat <03678> above <05921> all <03605>

the princes <08269> that [were] with him.

2 And all <03605> the king's <04428> servants <05650>, that

[were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, bowed <03766>, and

reverenced <07812> Haman <02001>: for the king <04428> had so

<03651> commanded <06680> concerning him. But Mordecai <04782>

bowed <03766> not, nor <03808> did [him] reverence <07812>.

3 Then the king's <04428> servants <05650>, which <0834> [were]

in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, said <0559> unto Mordecai

<04782>, Why <04069> transgressest <05674> thou the king's

<04428> commandment <04687>?

4 Now it came <01961> to pass, when they spake <0559> daily

<03117> unto him, and he hearkened <08085> not unto them, that

they told <05046> Haman <02001>, to see <07200> whether

Mordecai's <04782> matters <01697> would stand <05975>: for he

had told <05046> them that he [was] a Jew <03064>.

5 And when Haman <02001> saw <07200> that Mordecai <04782>

bowed <03766> not, nor did him reverence <07812>, then was Haman

<02001> full <04390> of wrath <02534>.

6 And he thought <05869> scorn <0959> to lay <07971> hands

<03027> on Mordecai <04782> alone <0905>; for they had shewed

<05046> him the people <05971> of Mordecai <04782>: wherefore

Haman <02001> sought <01245> to destroy <08045> all <03605> the

Jews <03064> that [were] throughout the whole <03605> kingdom

<04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, [even] the people <05971> of

Mordecai <04782>.

7. In the first <07223> month <02320>, that [is], the month

<02320> Nisan <05212>, in the twelfth year <08141> of king

<04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, they cast <05307> Pur <06332>, that

[is], the lot <01486>, before <06440> Haman <02001> from day

<03117> to day <03117>, and from month to month <02320>, [to]

the twelfth [month <02320>], that [is], the month <02320> Adar

<0143>.

8 And Haman <02001> said <0559> unto king <04428> Ahasuerus

<0325>, There is a certain <0259> people <05971> scattered

<06340> abroad <06340> and dispersed <06504> among <0996> the

people <05971> in all <03605> the provinces <04082> of thy

kingdom <04438>; and their laws <01881> [are] diverse <08138>

from all <03605> people <05971>; neither <0369> keep <06213>

they the king's <04428> laws <01881>: therefore it [is] not for

the king's <04428> profit <07737> to suffer <03240> them.

9 If <0518> it please <02895> the king <04428>, let it be

written <03789> that they may be destroyed <06>: and I will pay

<08254> ten <06235> thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver

<03701> to the hands <03027> of those that have the charge

<06213> of the business <04399>, to bring <0935> [it] into

<0413> the king's <04428> treasuries <01595>.

10 And the king <04428> took <05493> his ring <02885> from his

hand <03027>, and gave <05414> it unto Haman <02001> the son

<01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, the Jews

<03064>' enemy <06887>.

11 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Haman <02001>, The

silver <03701> [is] given <05414> to thee, the people <05971>

also, to do <06213> with them as it seemeth <05869> good <02896>

to thee.

12 Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> called <07121>

on the thirteenth day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>,

and there was written <03789> according to all <03605> that

Haman <02001> had commanded <06680> unto the king's <04428>

lieutenants <0323>, and to the governors <06346> that [were]

over <05921> every province <04082>, and to the rulers <08269>

of every people <05971> of every province <04082> according to

the writing <03791> thereof, and [to] every people <05971> after

their language <03956>; in the name <08034> of king <04428>

Ahasuerus <0325> was it written <03789>, and sealed <02856> with

the king's <04428> ring <02885>.

13 And the letters <05612> were sent <07971> by posts <07323>

into <0413> all <03605> the king's <04428> provinces <04082>, to

destroy <08045>, to kill <02026>, and to cause to perish <06>,

all <03605> Jews <03064>, both young <05288> and old <02205>,

little <02945> children <02945> and women <0802>, in one <0259>

day <03117>, [even] upon the thirteenth [day <03117>] of the

twelfth month <02320>, which <01931> is the month <02320> Adar

<0143>, and [to take <03947>] the spoil <07998> of them for a

prey <0962>.

14 The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment

<01881> to be given <05414> in every <03605> province <04082>

was published <01540> unto all <03605> people <05971>, that they

should be ready <06264> against that day <03117>.

15 The posts <07323> went <03318> out, being hastened <07165>

by the king's <04428> commandment <01697>, and the decree

<01881> was given <05414> in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>.

And the king <04428> and Haman <02001> sat <03427> down to drink

<08354>; but the city <05892> Shushan <07800> was perplexed

<0943>.

Esther 4

1. When Mordecai <04782> perceived <03045> all <03605> that was

done <06213>, Mordecai <04782> rent <07167> his clothes <0899>,

and put <03847> on sackcloth <08242> with ashes <0665>, and went

<03318> out into the midst <08432> of the city <05892>, and

cried <02199> with a loud <01419> and a bitter <04751> cry

<02201>;

2 And came <0935> even <05704> before <06440> the king's

<04428> gate <08179>: for none <0369> [might] enter <0935> into

<0413> the king's <04428> gate <08179> clothed <03830> with

sackcloth <08242>.

3 And in every <03605> province <04082>, whithersoever the

king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came

<05060>, [there was] great <01419> mourning <060> among the Jews

<03064>, and fasting <06685>, and weeping <01065>, and wailing

<04553>; and many <07227> lay <03331> in sackcloth <08242> and

ashes <0665>.

4 So Esther's <0635> maids <05291> and her chamberlains <05631>

came <0935> and told <05046> [it] her. Then was the queen

<04436> exceedingly <03966> grieved <02342>; and she sent

<07971> raiment <0899> to clothe <03847> Mordecai <04782>, and

to take <05493> away <05493> his sackcloth <08242> from him: but

he received <06901> [it] not.

5. Then called <07121> Esther <0635> for Hatach <02047>, [one]

of the king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, whom <0834> he had

appointed <05975> to attend <06440> upon her, and gave him a

commandment <06680> to Mordecai <04782>, to know <03045> what

<04100> it [was], and why <04100> it [was].

6 So Hatach <02047> went <03318> forth <03318> to Mordecai

<04782> unto the street <07339> of the city <05892>, which

<0834> [was] before <06440> the king's <04428> gate <08179>.

7 And Mordecai <04782> told <05046> him of all <03605> that had

happened <07136> unto him, and of the sum <06575> of the money

<03701> that Haman <02001> had promised <0559> to pay <08254> to

the king's <04428> treasuries <01595> for the Jews <03064>, to

destroy <06> them.

8 Also he gave <05414> him the copy <06572> of the writing

<03791> of the decree <01881> that was given <05414> at Shushan

<07800> to destroy <08045> them, to shew <07200> [it] unto

Esther <0635>, and to declare <05046> [it] unto her, and to

charge <06680> her that she should go <0935> in unto the king

<04428>, to make supplication <02603> unto him, and to make

request <01245> before <06440> him for her people <05971>.

9 And Hatach <02047> came <0935> and told <05046> Esther <0635>

the words <01697> of Mordecai <04782>.

10 Again Esther <0635> spake <0559> unto Hatach <02047>, and

gave him commandment <06680> unto Mordecai <04782>;

11 All <03605> the king's <04428> servants <05650>, and the

people <05971> of the king's <04428> provinces <04082>, do know

<03045>, that whosoever <0834>, whether man <0376> or woman

<0802>, shall come <0935> unto the king <04428> into <0413> the

inner <06442> court <02691>, who <0834> is not called <07121>,

[there is] one <0259> law <01881> of his to put [him] to death

<04191>, except <0905> such <0834> to whom <0834> the king

<04428> shall hold <03447> out the golden <02091> sceptre

<08275>, that he may live <02421>: but I have not been called

<07121> to come <0935> in unto the king <04428> these <02088>

thirty <07970> days <03117>.

12 And they told <05046> to Mordecai <04782> Esther's <0635>

words <01697>.

13 Then Mordecai <04782> commanded <0559> to answer <07725>

Esther <0635>, Think <01819> not with thyself <05315> that thou

shalt escape <04422> in the king's <04428> house <01004>, more

than all <03605> the Jews <03064>.

14 For if <0518> thou altogether holdest <02790> thy peace

<02790> at this <02063> time <06256>, [then] shall there

enlargement <07305> and deliverance <02020> arise <05975> to the

Jews <03064> from another <0312> place <04725>; but thou and thy

father's <01> house <01004> shall be destroyed <06>: and who

<04310> knoweth <03045> whether <0518> thou art come <05060> to

the kingdom <04438> for [such] a time <06256> as this <02063>?

15 Then Esther <0635> bade <0559> [them] return <07725>

Mordecai <04782> [this answer],

16 Go <03212>, gather <03664> together all <03605> the Jews

<03064> that are present <04672> in Shushan <07800>, and fast

<06684> ye for me, and neither <0408> eat <0398> nor <0408>

drink <08354> three <07969> days <03117>, night <03915> or day

<03117>: I also <01571> and my maidens <05291> will fast <06684>

likewise <03651>; and so <03651> will I go <0935> in unto the

king <04428>, which <0834> [is] not according to the law <01881>:

and if <0834> I perish <06>, I perish <06>.

17 So Mordecai <04782> went <05674> his way, and did <06213>

according to all <03605> that Esther <0635> had commanded

<06680> him.

Esther 5

1. Now it came <01961> to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>,

that Esther <0635> put <03847> on [her] royal <04438> [apparel],

and stood <05975> in the inner <06442> court <02691> of the

king's <04428> house <01004>, over <05227> against <05227> the

king's <04428> house <01004>: and the king <04428> sat <03427>

upon his royal <04438> throne <03678> in the royal <04438> house

<01004>, over <05227> against <05227> the gate <06607> of the

house <01004>.

2 And it was so, when the king <04428> saw <07200> Esther

<0635> the queen <04436> standing <05975> in the court <02691>,

[that] she obtained <05375> favour <02580> in his sight <05869>:

and the king <04428> held <03447> out to Esther <0635> the

golden <02091> sceptre <08275> that [was] in his hand <03027>.

So Esther <0635> drew near <07126>, and touched <05060> the top

<07218> of the sceptre <08275>.

3 Then said <0559> the king <04428> unto her, What <04100> wilt

thou, queen <04436> Esther <0635>? and what <04100> [is] thy

request <01246>? it shall be even given <05414> thee to the half

<02677> of the kingdom <04438>.

4 And Esther <0635> answered <0559>, If <0518> [it seem] good

<02895> unto the king <04428>, let the king <04428> and Haman

<02001> come <0935> this day <03117> unto the banquet <04960>

that I have prepared <06213> for him.

5 Then the king <04428> said <0559>, Cause Haman <02001> to

make haste <04116>, that he may do <06213> as Esther <0635> hath

said <01697>. So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came <0935>

to the banquet <04960> that Esther <0635> had prepared <06213>.

6 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Esther <0635> at the

banquet <04960> of wine <03196>, What <04100> [is] thy petition

<07596>? and it shall be granted <05414> thee: and what <04100>

[is] thy request <01246>? even to the half <02677> of the

kingdom <04438> it shall be performed <06213>.

7 Then answered <06039> Esther <0635>, and said <0559>, My

petition <07596> and my request <01246> [is];

8 If <0518> I have found <04672> favour <02580> in the sight

<05869> of the king <04428>, and if <0518> it please <02895> the

king <04428> to grant <05414> my petition <07596>, and to

perform <06213> my request <01246>, let the king <04428> and

Haman <02001> come <0935> to the banquet <04960> that I shall

prepare <06213> for them, and I will do <06213> to morrow

<04279> as the king <04428> hath said <01697>.

9. Then went <03318> Haman <02001> forth <03318> that day

<03117> joyful <08056> and with a glad <02896> heart <03820>:

but when Haman <02001> saw <07200> Mordecai <04782> in the

king's <04428> gate <08179>, that he stood <06965> not up, nor

<03808> moved <02111> for him, he was full <04390> of

indignation <02534> against <05921> Mordecai <04782>.

10 Nevertheless Haman <02001> refrained <0662> himself: and

when he came <0935> home <01004>, he sent <07971> and called

<0935> for his friends <0157>, and Zeresh <02238> his wife

<0802>.

11 And Haman <02001> told <05608> them of the glory <03519> of

his riches <06239>, and the multitude <07230> of his children

<01121>, and all <03605> [the things] wherein <0834> the king

<04428> had promoted <01431> him, and how <0834> he had advanced

<05375> him above <05921> the princes <08269> and servants

<05650> of the king <04428>.

12 Haman <02001> said <0559> moreover <0637>, Yea, Esther

<0635> the queen <04436> did let no <03808> man come <0935> in

with the king <04428> unto the banquet <04960> that she had

prepared <06213> but myself; and to morrow <04279> am I invited

<07121> unto her also <01571> with the king <04428>.

13 Yet all <03605> this <02088> availeth <07737> me nothing

<0369>, so <06256> long <06256> as I see <07200> Mordecai

<04782> the Jew <03064> sitting <03427> at the king's <04428>

gate <08179>.

14 Then said <0559> Zeresh <02238> his wife <0802> and all

<03605> his friends <0157> unto him, Let a gallows <06086> be

made <06213> of fifty <02572> cubits <0520> high <01364>, and to

morrow <01242> speak <0559> thou unto the king <04428> that

Mordecai <04782> may be hanged <08518> thereon <05921>: then go

<0935> thou in merrily <08056> with the king <04428> unto the

banquet <04960>. And the thing <01697> pleased <03190> Haman

<02001>; and he caused the gallows <06086> to be made <06213>.

Esther 6

1. On that night <03915> could <05074> not the king <04428>

sleep <08142>, and he commanded <0559> to bring <0935> the book

<05612> of records <02146> of the chronicles <01697>; and they

were read <07121> before <06440> the king <04428>.

2 And it was found <04672> written <03789>, that Mordecai

<04782> had told <05046> of Bigthana <0904> and Teresh <08657>,

two <08147> of the king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, the

keepers <08104> of the door <05592>, who <0834> sought <01245>

to lay <07971> hand <03027> on the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

3 And the king <04428> said <0559>, What <04100> honour <03366>

and dignity <01420> hath been done <06213> to Mordecai <04782>

for this <02088>? Then said <0559> the king's <04428> servants

<05288> that ministered <08334> unto him, There is nothing done

<06213> for him.

4. And the king <04428> said <0559>, Who <04310> [is] in the

court <02691>? Now Haman <02001> was come <0935> into the

outward <02435> court <02691> of the king's <04428> house

<01004>, to speak <0559> unto the king <04428> to hang <08518>

Mordecai <04782> on <05921> the gallows <06086> that he had

prepared <03559> for him.

5 And the king's <04428> servants <05288> said <0559> unto him,

Behold <02009>, Haman <02001> standeth <05975> in the court

<02691>. And the king <04428> said <0559>, Let him come <0935>

in.

6 So Haman <02001> came <0935> in. And the king <04428> said

<0559> unto him, What <04100> shall be done <06213> unto the man

<0376> whom the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to honour

<03366>? Now Haman <02001> thought <0559> in his heart <03820>,

To whom would the king <04428> delight <02654> to do <06213>

honour <03366> more <03148> than to myself?

7 And Haman <02001> answered <0559> the king <04428>, For the

man <0376> whom <04310> the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to

honour <03366>,

8 Let the royal <04438> apparel <03830> be brought <0935> which

<0834> the king <04428> [useth] to wear <03847>, and the horse

<05483> that the king <04428> rideth <07392> upon, and the crown

<03804> royal <04438> which <0834> is set <05414> upon his head

<07218>:

9 And let this apparel <03830> and horse <05483> be delivered

<05414> to the hand <03027> of one <0376> of the king's <04428>

most <06579> noble <06579> princes <08269>, that they may array

<03847> the man <0376> [withal] whom <0834> the king <04428>

delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>, and bring <07392> him on

horseback <07392> through the street <07339> of the city <05892>,

and proclaim <07121> before <06440> him, Thus <03602> shall it

be done <06213> to the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <04428>

delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>.

10 Then the king <04428> said <0559> to Haman <02001>, Make

haste <04116>, [and] take <03947> the apparel <03830> and the

horse <05483>, as thou hast said <01696>, and do <06213> even so

<03651> to Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, that sitteth

<03427> at the king's <04428> gate <08179>: let nothing <01697>

fail <05307> of all <03605> that thou hast spoken <01696>.

11 Then took <03947> Haman <02001> the apparel <03830> and the

horse <05483>, and arrayed <03847> Mordecai <04782>, and brought

<07392> him on horseback <07392> through the street <07339> of

the city <05892>, and proclaimed <07121> before <06440> him,

Thus <03602> shall it be done <06213> unto the man <0376> whom

<0834> the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>.

12. And Mordecai <04782> came <07725> again <07725> to the

king's <04428> gate <08179>. But Haman <02001> hasted <01765> to

his house <01004> mourning <057>, and having his head <07218>

covered <02645>.

13 And Haman <02001> told <05608> Zeresh <02238> his wife

<0802> and all <03605> his friends <0157> every <03605> [thing]

that had befallen <07136> him. Then said <0559> his wise <02450>

men and Zeresh <02238> his wife <0802> unto him, If <0518>

Mordecai <04782> [be] of the seed <02233> of the Jews <03064>,

before <06440> whom <0834> thou hast begun <02490> to fall

<05307>, thou shalt not prevail <03201> against him, but shalt

surely <03588> fall <05307> before <06440> him.

14 And while they [were] yet <05750> talking <01696> with him,

came <0935> the king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, and hasted

<0926> to bring <0935> Haman <02001> unto the banquet <04960>

that Esther <0635> had prepared <06213>.

Esther 7

1. So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came <0935> to banquet

<08354> with Esther <0635> the queen <04436>.

2 And the king <04428> said <0559> again <01571> unto Esther

<0635> on the second <08145> day <03117> at the banquet <04960>

of wine <03196>, What <04100> [is] thy petition <07596>, queen

<04436> Esther <0635>? and it shall be granted <05414> thee: and

what <04100> [is] thy request <01246>? and it shall be performed

<06213>, [even] to the half <02677> of the kingdom <04438>.

3 Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436> answered <06030> and

said <0559>, If <0518> I have found <04672> favour <02580> in

thy sight <05869>, O king <04428>, and if <0518> it please

<02895> the king <04428>, let my life <05315> be given <05414>

me at my petition <07596>, and my people <05971> at my request

<01246>:

4 For we are sold <04376>, I and my people <05971>, to be

destroyed <08045>, to be slain <02026>, and to perish <06>. But

if <0432> we had been sold <04376> for bondmen <05650> and

bondwomen <08198>, I had held <02790> my tongue <02790>,

although <03588> the enemy <06862> could not countervail <07737>

the king's <04428> damage <05143>.

5 Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> answered <0559> and

said <0559> unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436>, Who <04310> is

he, and where <0335> is he, that durst presume <04390> in his

heart <03820> to do <06213> so <03651>?

6 And Esther <0635> said <0559>, The adversary <06862> and

enemy <0341> [is] this <02088> wicked <07451> Haman <02001>.

Then Haman <02001> was afraid <01204> before <06440> the king

<04428> and the queen <04436>.

7. And the king <04428> arising <06965> from the banquet

<04960> of wine <03196> in his wrath <02534> [went] into <0413>

the palace <01055> garden <01594>: and Haman <02001> stood

<05975> up to make request <01245> for his life <05315> to

Esther <0635> the queen <04436>; for he saw <07200> that there

was evil <07451> determined <03615> against <0413> him by the

king <04428>.

8 Then the king <04428> returned <07725> out of the palace

<01055> garden <01594> into <0413> the place <01004> of the

banquet <04960> of wine <03196>; and Haman <02001> was fallen

<05307> upon the bed <04296> whereon Esther <0635> [was]. Then

said <0559> the king <04428>, Will he force <03533> the queen

<04436> also <01571> before <05973> me in the house <01004>? As

the word <01697> went <03318> out of the king's <04428> mouth

<06310>, they covered <02645> Haman's <02001> face <06440>.

9 And Harbonah <02726>, one <0259> of the chamberlains <05631>,

said <0559> before <06440> the king <04428>, Behold <02009> also

<01571>, the gallows <06086> fifty <02572> cubits <0520> high

<01364>, which <0834> Haman <02001> had made <06213> for

Mordecai <04782>, who <0834> had spoken <01696> good <02896> for

the king <04428>, standeth <05975> in the house <01004> of Haman

<02001>. Then the king <04428> said <0559>, Hang <08518> him

thereon <05921>.

10 So they hanged <08518> Haman <02001> on <05921> the gallows

<06086> that he had prepared <03559> for Mordecai <04782>. Then

was the king's <04428> wrath <02534> pacified <07918>.

Esther 8

1. On that day <03117> did the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>

give <05414> the house <01004> of Haman <02001> the Jews

<03064>' enemy <06887> unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436>. And

Mordecai <04782> came <0935> before <06440> the king <04428>;

for Esther <0635> had told <05046> what <04100> he [was] unto

her.

2 And the king <04428> took <05493> off his ring <02885>, which

<0834> he had taken <05674> from Haman <02001>, and gave <05414>

it unto Mordecai <04782>. And Esther <0635> set <07760> Mordecai

<04782> over <05921> the house <01004> of Haman <02001>.

3. And Esther <0635> spake <01696> yet again <03254> before

<06440> the king <04428>, and fell <05307> down at <06440> his

feet <07272>, and besought <02603> him with tears <01058> to put

<05674> away <05674> the mischief <07451> of Haman <02001> the

Agagite <091>, and his device <04284> that he had devised

<02803> against <05921> the Jews <03064>.

4 Then the king <04428> held <03447> out the golden <02091>

sceptre <08275> toward Esther <0635>. So Esther <0635> arose

<06965>, and stood <05975> before <06440> the king <04428>,

5 And said <0559>, If <0518> it please <02896> the king <04428>,

and if <0518> I have found favour <02580> in his sight <05869>,

and the thing <01697> [seem] right <03787> before <06440> the

king <04428>, and I [be] pleasing <02896> in his eyes <05869>,

let it be written <03789> to reverse <07725> the letters <05612>

devised <04284> by Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha

<04099> the Agagite <091>, which <0834> he wrote <03789> to

destroy <06> the Jews <03064> which <0834> [are] in all <03605>

the king's <04428> provinces <04082>:

6 For how <0346> can <03201> I endure <03201> to see <07200>

the evil <07451> that shall come <04672> unto my people <05971>?

or how <0346> can <03201> I endure <03201> to see <07200> the

destruction <013> of my kindred <04138>?

7 Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> said <0559> unto

Esther <0635> the queen <04436> and to Mordecai <04782> the Jew

<03064>, Behold <02009>, I have given <05414> Esther <0635> the

house <01004> of Haman <02001>, and him they have hanged <08518>

upon the gallows <06086>, because he laid <07971> his hand

<03027> upon the Jews <03064>.

8 Write <03789> ye also for the Jews <03064>, as it liketh

<02896> you, in the king's <04428> name <08034>, and seal

<02856> [it] with the king's <04428> ring <02885>: for the

writing <03791> which <0834> is written <03789> in the king's

<04428> name <08034>, and sealed <02856> with the king's <04428>

ring <02885>, may no <0369> man reverse <07725>.

9 Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> called <07121>

at that time <06256> in the third <07992> month <02320>, that

[is], the month <02320> Sivan <05510>, on the three <07969> and

twentieth <06242> [day] thereof; and it was written <03789>

according to all <03605> that Mordecai <04782> commanded <06680>

unto the Jews <03064>, and to the lieutenants <0323>, and the

deputies <06346> and rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082>

which <0834> [are] from India <01912> unto Ethiopia <03568>, an

hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and seven <07651> provinces

<04082>, unto every province <04082> according to the writing

<03791> thereof, and unto every people <05971> after their

language <03956>, and to the Jews <03064> according to their

writing <03791>, and according to their language <03956>.

10 And he wrote <03789> in the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>'

name <08034>, and sealed <02856> [it] with the king's <04428>

ring <02885>, and sent <07971> letters <05612> by posts <07323>

on horseback <05483>, [and] riders <07392> on mules <07409>,

camels <0327>, [and] young <01121> dromedaries <07424>:

11 Wherein <0834> the king <04428> granted <05414> the Jews

<03064> which <0834> [were] in every <03605> city <05892> to

gather <06950> themselves together, and to stand <05975> for

their life <05315>, to destroy <08045>, to slay <02026>, and to

cause to perish <06>, all <03605> the power <02428> of the

people <05971> and province <04082> that would assault <06696>

them, [both] little <02945> ones and women <0802>, and [to take]

the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962>,

12 Upon one <0259> day <03117> in all <03605> the provinces

<04082> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, [namely], upon the

thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month <02320>, which <01931>

[is] the month <02320> Adar <0143>.

13 The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment

<01881> to be given <05414> in every <03605> province <04082>

[was] published <01540> unto all <03605> people <05971>, and

that the Jews <03064> should be ready <06264> against that day

<03117> to avenge <05358> themselves on their enemies <0341>.

14 [So] the posts <07323> that rode <07392> upon mules <07409>

[and] camels <0327> went <03318> out, being hastened <0926> and

pressed <01765> on by the king's <04428> commandment <01697>.

And the decree <01881> was given <05414> at Shushan <07800> the

palace <01002>.

15. And Mordecai <04782> went <03318> out from the presence

<06440> of the king <04428> in royal <04438> apparel <03830> of

blue <08504> and white <02353>, and with a great <01419> crown

<05850> of gold <02091>, and with a garment <08509> of fine

linen <0948> and purple <0713>: and the city <05892> of Shushan

<07800> rejoiced <06670> and was glad <08056>.

16 The Jews <03064> had light <0219>, and gladness <08057>, and

joy <08342>, and honour <03366>.

17 And in every <03605> province <04082>, and in every <03605>

city <05892>, whithersoever the king's <04428> commandment

<01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060>, the Jews <03064>

had joy <08057> and gladness <08342>, a feast <04960> and a good

<02896> day <03117>. And many <07227> of the people <05971> of

the land <0776> became <03054> Jews <03054>; for the fear

<06343> of the Jews <03064> fell <05307> upon them.

Esther 9

1. Now in the twelfth month <02320>, that [is], the month

<02320> Adar <0143>, on the thirteenth day <03117> of the same,

when <0834> the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his

decree <01881> drew near <05060> to be put in execution <06213>,

in the day <03117> that the enemies <0341> of the Jews <03064>

hoped <07663> to have power <07980> over them, (though it was

turned <02015> to the contrary, that the Jews <03064> had rule

<07980> over them that hated <08130> them;)

2 The Jews <03064> gathered <06950> themselves together in

their cities <05892> throughout all <03605> the provinces

<04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, to lay <07971>

hand <03027> on such as sought <01245> their hurt <07451>: and

no <03808> man <0376> could withstand <05975> them; for the fear

<06343> of them fell <05307> upon all <03605> people <05971>.

3 And all <03605> the rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082>,

and the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <06346>, and

officers <06213> of the king <04428>, helped <05375> the Jews

<03064>; because <03588> the fear <06343> of Mordecai <04782>

fell <05307> upon them.

4 For Mordecai <04782> [was] great <01419> in the king's

<04428> house <01004>, and his fame <08089> went <01980> out

throughout all <03605> the provinces <04082>: for this man

<0376> Mordecai <04782> waxed <01980> greater <01419> and

greater <01419>.

5 Thus the Jews <03064> smote <05221> all <03605> their enemies

<0341> with the stroke <04347> of the sword <02719>, and

slaughter <02027>, and destruction <012>, and did <06213> what

<04100> they would unto those that hated <08130> them.

6 And in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> the Jews <03064>

slew <02026> and destroyed <06> five <02568> hundred <03967> men

<0376>.

7 And Parshandatha <06577>, and Dalphon <01813>, and Aspatha

<0630>,

8 And Poratha <06334>, and Adalia <0118>, and Aridatha <0743>,

9 And Parmashta <06534>, and Arisai <0747>, and Aridai <0742>,

and Vajezatha <02055>,

10 The ten <06235> sons <01121> of Haman <02001> the son

<01121> of Hammedatha <04099>, the enemy <06887> of the Jews

<03064>, slew <02026> they; but on the spoil <0961> laid <07971>

they not their hand <03027>.

11 On that day <03117> the number <04557> of those that were

slain <02026> in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> was brought

<0935> before <06440> the king <04428>.

12 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Esther <0635> the

queen <04436>, The Jews <03064> have slain <02026> and destroyed

<06> five <02568> hundred <03967> men <0376> in Shushan <07800>

the palace <01002>, and the ten <06235> sons <01121> of Haman

<02001>; what <04100> have they done <06213> in the rest <07605>

of the king's <04428> provinces <04082>? now what <04100> [is]

thy petition <07596>? and it shall be granted <05414> thee: or

what <04100> [is] thy request <01246> further <05750>? and it

shall be done <06213>.

13 Then said <0559> Esther <0635>, If <0518> it please <02896>

the king <04428>, let it be granted <05414> to the Jews <03064>

which <0834> [are] in Shushan <07800> to do <06213> to morrow

<04279> also <01571> according unto this day's <03117> decree

<01881>, and let Haman's <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121> be

hanged <08518> upon the gallows <06086>.

14 And the king <04428> commanded <0559> it so <03651> to be

done <06213>: and the decree <01881> was given <05414> at

Shushan <07800>; and they hanged <08518> Haman's <02001> ten

<06235> sons <01121>.

15 For the Jews <03064> that [were] in Shushan <07800> gathered

<06950> themselves together on the fourteenth day <03117> also

<01571> of the month <02320> Adar <0143>, and slew <02026> three

<07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> at Shushan <07800>; but on

the prey <0961> they laid <07971> not their hand <03027>.

16 But the other <07605> Jews <03064> that [were] in the king's

<04428> provinces <04082> gathered <06950> themselves together,

and stood <05975> for their lives <05315>, and had rest <05118>

from their enemies <0341>, and slew <02026> of their foes

<08130> seventy <07657> and five <02568> thousand <0505>, but

they laid <07971> not their hands <03027> on the prey <0961>,

17 On the thirteenth day <03117> of the month <02320> Adar

<0143>; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested <05118>

they, and made <06213> it a day <03117> of feasting <04960> and

gladness <08057>.

18 But the Jews <03064> that [were] at Shushan <07800>

assembled <06950> together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and

on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth <06240> [day] of

the same they rested <05118>, and made <06213> it a day <03117>

of feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>.

19 Therefore the Jews <03064> of the villages <06521>, that

dwelt <03427> in the unwalled <06519> towns <05892>, made

<06213> the fourteenth day <03117> of the month <02320> Adar

<0143> [a day of] gladness <08057> and feasting <04960>, and a

good <02896> day <03117>, and of sending <04916> portions

<04490> one <0376> to another <07453>.

20. And Mordecai <04782> wrote <03789> these <0428> things

<01697>, and sent <07971> letters <05612> unto all <03605> the

Jews <03064> that [were] in all <03605> the provinces <04082> of

the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, [both] nigh <07126> and far

<07350>,

21 To stablish <06965> [this] among <05921> them, that they

should keep <06213> the fourteenth day of the month <02320> Adar

<0143>, and the fifteenth <06240> day <03117> of the same,

yearly <08141>,

22 As the days <03117> wherein <0834> the Jews <03064> rested

<05117> from their enemies <0341>, and the month <02320> which

<0834> was turned <02015> unto them from sorrow <03015> to joy

<08057>, and from mourning <060> into a good <02896> day <03117>:

that they should make <06213> them days <03117> of feasting

<04960> and joy <08057>, and of sending <04916> portions <04490>

one <0376> to another <07453>, and gifts <04979> to the poor

<034>.

23 And the Jews <03064> undertook <06901> to do <06213> as they

had begun <02490>, and as Mordecai <04782> had written <03789>

unto them;

24 Because <03588> Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha

<04099>, the Agagite <091>, the enemy <06887> of all <03605> the

Jews <03064>, had devised <02803> against <05921> the Jews

<03064> to destroy <06> them, and had cast <05307> Pur <06332>,

that [is], the lot <01486>, to consume <02000> them, and to

destroy <06> them;

25 But when [Esther] came <0935> before <06440> the king

<04428>, he commanded <0559> by letters <05612> that his wicked

<07451> device <04284>, which <0834> he devised <02803> against

<05921> the Jews <03064>, should return <07725> upon his own

head <07218>, and that he and his sons <01121> should be hanged

<08518> on <05921> the gallows <06086>.

26 Wherefore they called <07121> these <0428> days <03117>

Purim <06332> after <05921> the name <08034> of Pur <06332>.

Therefore for all <03605> the words <01697> of this letter

<0107>, and [of that] which <04100> they had seen <07200>

concerning <05921> this <03602> matter <03602>, and which

<04100> had come <05060> unto them,

27 The Jews <03064> ordained <06965>, and took <06901> upon

them, and upon their seed <02233>, and upon all <03605> such as

joined <03867> themselves unto them, so as it should not fail

<05674>, that they would keep <06213> these <0428> two <08147>

days <03117> according to their writing <03791>, and according

to their [appointed] time <02165> every <03605> year <08141>;

28 And [that] these <0428> days <03117> [should be] remembered

<02142> and kept <06213> throughout every generation <01755>,

every family <04940>, every province <04082>, and every city

<05892>; and [that] these <0428> days <03117> of Purim <06332>

should not fail <05674> from among <08432> the Jews <03064>, nor

<03808> the memorial <02143> of them perish <05486> from their

seed <02233>.

29 Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436>, the daughter <01323>

of Abihail <032>, and Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, wrote

<03789> with all <03605> authority <08633>, to confirm <06965>

this <02063> second <08145> letter <0107> of Purim <06332>.

30 And he sent <07971> the letters <05612> unto all <03605> the

Jews <03064>, to the hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and seven

<07651> provinces <04082> of the kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus

<0325>, [with] words <01697> of peace <07965> and truth <0571>,

31 To confirm <06965> these <0428> days <03117> of Purim

<06332> in their times <02165> [appointed], according as

Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> and Esther <0635> the queen

<04436> had enjoined <06965> them, and as they had decreed

<06965> for themselves <05315> and for their seed <02233>, the

matters <01697> of the fastings <06685> and their cry <02201>.

32 And the decree <03982> of Esther <0635> confirmed <06965>

these <0428> matters <01697> of Purim <06332>; and it was

written <03789> in the book <05612>.

Esther 10

1. And the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> laid <07760> a tribute

<04522> upon the land <0776>, and [upon] the isles <0339> of the

sea <03220>.

2 And all <03605> the acts <04640> of his power <08633> and of

his might <01369>, and the declaration <06575> of the greatness

<01420> of Mordecai <04782>, whereunto <0834> the king <04428>

advanced <01431> him, [are] they not written <03789> in the book

<05612> of the chronicles <01697> of the kings <04428> of Media

<04074> and Persia <06539>?

3 For Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> [was] next <04932> unto

king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, and great <01419> among the Jews

<03064>, and accepted <07521> of the multitude <07230> of his

brethren <0251>, seeking <01875> the wealth <02896> of his

people <05971>, and speaking <01696> peace <07965> to all

<03605> his seed <02233>.