Est 01:01 ¶ Now it came to pass in the days <03117> of Ahasuerus 
<0325>, (this is Ahasuerus <0325> which reigned <04427> (8802), 
from India <01912> even unto Ethiopia <03568>, over an hundred 
<03967> and seven <07651> and twenty <06242> provinces <04082>:)

Est 01:02  That in those days <03117>, when the king <04428> 
Ahasuerus <0325> sat <03427> (8800) on the throne <03678> of his 
kingdom <04438>, which was in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>,

Est 01:03  In the third <07969> year <08141> of his reign 
<04427> (8800), he made <06213> (8804) a feast <04960> unto all 
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:

Est 01:04  When he shewed <07200> (8687) the riches <06239> of 
his glorious <03519> kingdom <04438> and the honour <03366> of 
his excellent <08597> majesty <01420> many <07227> days <03117>, 
even an hundred <03967> and fourscore <08084> days <03117>.

Est 01:05  And when these days <03117> were expired <04390> 
(8800), the king <04428> made <06213> (8804) a feast <04960> 
unto all the people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737) 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>;

Est 01:06  Where were white <02353>, green <03768>, and blue 
<08504>, hangings, fastened <0270> (8803) with cords <02256> of 
fine linen <0948> and purple <0713> to silver <03701> rings 
<01550> and pillars <05982> of marble <08336>: 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>.

Est 01:07  And they gave them drink <08248> (8687) in vessels 
<03627> of gold <02091>, (the vessels <03627> being diverse 
<08138> (8802) one from another <03627>,) and royal <04438> wine 
<03196> in abundance <07227>, according to the state <03027> of 
the king <04428>.

Est 01:08  And the drinking <08360> was according to the law 
<01881>; none did compel <0597> (8802): for so the king <04428> 
had appointed <03245> (8765) to all the officers <07227> of his 
house <01004>, that they should do <06213> (8800) according to 
every man’s <0376> pleasure <07522>.

Est 01:09  Also Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> made <06213> 
(8804) a feast <04960> for the women <0802> in the royal <04438> 
house <01004> which belonged to king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

Est 01:10 ¶ On the seventh <07637> day <03117>, when the heart 
<03820> of the king <04428> was merry <02896> with wine <03196>, 
he commanded <0559> (8804) Mehuman <04104>, Biztha <0968>, 
Harbona <02726>, Bigtha <0903>, and Abagtha <05>, Zethar <02242>,
 and Carcas <03752>, the seven <07651> chamberlains <05631> that 
served <08334> (8764) in the presence <06440> of Ahasuerus 
<0325> the king <04428>,

Est 01:11  To bring <0935> (8687) Vashti <02060> the queen 
<04436> before <06440> the king <04428> with the crown <03804> 
royal <04438>, to shew <07200> (8687) the people <05971> and the 
princes <08269> her beauty <03308>: for she was fair <02896> to 
look on <04758>.

Est 01:12  But the queen <04436> Vashti <02060> refused <03985> 
(8762) to come <0935> (8800) at the king’s <04428> commandment 
<01697> by <03027> his chamberlains <05631>: therefore was the 
king <04428> very <03966> wroth <07107> (8799), and his anger 
<02534> burned <01197> (8804) in him.

Est 01:13  Then the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to the wise 
men <02450>, which knew <03045> (8802) the times <06256>, (for 
so was the king’s <04428> manner <01697> toward <06440> all that 
knew <03045> (8802) law <01881> and judgment <01779>:

Est 01:14  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> 
(8802) the king’s <04428> face <06440>, and which sat <03427> 
(8802) the first <07223> in the kingdom <04438>;)

Est 01:15  What shall we do <06213> (8800) unto the queen 
<04436> Vashti <02060> according to law <01881>, because she 
hath not performed <06213> (8804) the commandment <03982> of the 
king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> by <03027> the chamberlains 
<05631>?

Est 01:16  And Memucan <04462> answered <0559> (8799) before 
<06440> the king <04428> and the princes <08269>, Vashti <02060> 
the queen <04436> hath not done wrong <05753> (8804) to the king 
<04428> only, but also to all the princes <08269>, and to all 
the people <05971> that are in all the provinces <04082> of the 
king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

Est 01:17  For this deed <01697> of the queen <04436> shall come 
abroad <03318> (8799) unto all women <0802>, so that they shall 
despise <0959> (8687) their husbands <01167> in their eyes 
<05869>, when it shall be reported <0559> (8800), The king 
<04428> Ahasuerus <0325> commanded <0559> (8804) Vashti <02060> 
the queen <04436> to be brought in <0935> (8687) before <06440> 
him, but she came <0935> (8804) not.

Est 01:18  Likewise shall the ladies <08282> of Persia <06539> 
and Media <04074> say <0559> (8799) this day <03117> unto all 
the king’s <04428> princes <08269>, which have heard <08085> 
(8804) of the deed <01697> of the queen <04436>. Thus shall 
there arise too much <01767> contempt <0963> and wrath <07110>.

Est 01:19  If it please <02895> (8804) the king <04428>, let 
there go <03318> (8799) a royal <04438> commandment <01697> from 
him <06440>, and let it be written <03789> (8735) among the laws 
<01881> of the Persians <06539> and the Medes <04074>, that it 
be not altered <05674> (8799), That Vashti <02060> come <0935> 
(8799) no more before <06440> king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>; and 
let the king <04428> give <05414> (8799) her royal estate 
<04438> unto another <07468> that is better <02896> than she.

Est 01:20  And when the king’s <04428> decree <06599> which he 
shall make <06213> (8799) shall be published <08085> (8738) 
throughout all his empire <04438>, (for it is great <07227>,) 
all the wives <0802> shall give <05414> (8799) to their husbands 
<01167> honour <03366>, both to great <01419> and small <06996>.

Est 01:21  And the saying <01697> pleased <03190> (8799) <05869> 
the king <04428> and the princes <08269>; and the king <04428> 
did <06213> (8799) according to the word <01697> of Memucan 
<04462>:

Est 01:22  For he sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612> into all 
the king’s <04428> provinces <04082>, into every province 
<04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and to every 
people <05971> after their language <03956>, that every man 
<0376> should bear rule <08323> (8802) in his own house <01004>, 
and that it should be published <01696> (8764) according to the 
language <03956> of every people <05971>.

Est 02:01 ¶ After <0310> these things <01697>, when the wrath 
<02534> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was appeased <07918> 
(8800), he remembered <02142> (8804) Vashti <02060>, and what 
she had done <06213> (8804), and what was decreed <01504> (8738) 
against her.

Est 02:02  Then said <0559> (8799) the king’s <04428> servants 
<05288> that ministered <08334> (8764) unto him, Let there be 
fair <02896> <04758> young <05291> virgins <01330> sought 
<01245> (8762) for the king <04428>:

Est 02:03  And let the king <04428> appoint <06485> (8686) 
officers <06496> in all the provinces <04082> of his kingdom 
<04438>, that they may gather together <06908> (8799) all the 
fair <02896> <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> (8802) of the women 
<0802>; and let their things for purification <08562> be given 
<05414> (8800) them:

Est 02:04  And let the maiden <05291> which pleaseth <03190> 
(8799) <05869> the king <04428> be queen <04427> (8799) instead 
of Vashti <02060>. And the thing <01697> pleased <03190> (8799) 
<05869> the king <04428>; and he did so <06213> (8799).

Est 02:05  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>;

Est 02:06  Who had been carried away <01540> (8717) from 
Jerusalem <03389> with the captivity <01473> which had been 
carried away <01540> (8717) with Jeconiah <03204> king <04428> 
of Judah <03063>, whom Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> 
of Babylon <0894> had carried away <01540> (8689).

Est 02:07  And he brought up <0539> (8802) Hadassah <01919>, 
that is, Esther <0635>, his uncle’s <01730> daughter <01323>: 
for she had neither father <01> nor mother <0517>, and the maid 
<05291> was fair <03303> <08389> and beautiful <02896> <04758>; 
whom Mordecai <04782>, when her father <01> and mother <0517> 
were dead <04194>, took <03947> (8804) for his own daughter 
<01323>.

Est 02:08  So it came to pass, when the king’s <04428> 
commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> was heard <08085> 
(8736), and when many <07227> maidens <05291> were gathered 
together <06908> (8736) unto Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>, 
to the custody <03027> of Hegai <01896>, that Esther <0635> was 
brought <03947> (8735) also unto the king’s <04428> house 
<01004>, to the custody <03027> of Hegai <01896>, keeper <08104> 
(8802) of the women <0802>.

Est 02:09  And the maiden <05291> pleased <03190> (8799) <05869> 
him, and she obtained <05375> (8799) kindness <02617> of him 
<06440>; and he speedily <0926> (8762) gave <05414> (8800) her 
her things for purification <08562>, with such things as 
belonged <04490> to her, and seven <07651> maidens <05291>, 
which were meet <07200> (8803) to be given <05414> (8800) her, 
out of the king’s <04428> house <01004>: and he preferred 
<08138> (8762) her and her maids <05291> unto the best <02896> 
place of the house <01004> of the women <0802>.

Est 02:10  Esther <0635> had not shewed <05046> (8689) her 
people <05971> nor her kindred <04138>: for Mordecai <04782> had 
charged <06680> (8765) her that she should not shew <05046> 
(8686) it.

Est 02:11  And Mordecai <04782> walked <01980> (8693) every day 
<03117> before <06440> the court <02691> of the women’s <0802> 
house <01004>, to know <03045> (8800) how Esther <0635> did 
<07965>, and what should become <06213> (8735) of her.

Est 02:12  Now when every maid’s <05291> turn <08447> was come 
<05060> (8687) to go in <0935> (8800) to king <04428> Ahasuerus 
<0325>, after <07093> that she had been twelve <08147> <06240> 
months <02320>, according to the manner <01881> of the women 
<0802>, (for so were the days <03117> of their purifications 
<04795> accomplished <04390> (8799), to wit, six <08337> months 
<02320> with oil <08081> of myrrh <04753>, and six <08337> 
months <02320> with sweet odours <01314>, and with other things 
for the purifying <08562> of the women <0802>;)

Est 02:13  Then thus came <0935> (8802) every maiden <05291> 
unto the king <04428>; whatsoever she desired <0559> (8799) was 
given <05414> (8735) her to go <0935> (8800) with her out of the 
house <01004> of the women <0802> unto the king’s <04428> house 
<01004>.

Est 02:14  In the evening <06153> she went <0935> (8802), and on 
the morrow <01242> she returned <07725> (8802) into 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> (8802) the concubines <06370>: she 
came in <0935> (8799) unto the king <04428> no more, except the 
king <04428> delighted <02654> (8804) in her, and that she were 
called <07121> (8738) by name <08034>.

Est 02:15  Now when the turn <08447> of Esther <0635>, the 
daughter <01323> of Abihail <032> the uncle <01730> of Mordecai 
<04782>, who had taken <03947> (8804) her for his daughter 
<01323>, was come <05060> (8687) to go in <0935> (8800) unto the 
king <04428>, she required <01245> (8765) nothing <01697> but 
what Hegai <01896> the king’s <04428> chamberlain <05631>, the 
keeper <08104> (8802) of the women <0802>, appointed <0559> 
(8799). And Esther <0635> obtained <05375> (8802) favour <02580> 
in the sight <05869> of all them that looked <07200> (8802) upon 
her.

Est 02:16  So Esther <0635> was taken <03947> (8735) unto king 
<04428> Ahasuerus <0325> into 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>.

Est 02:17  And the king <04428> loved <0157> (8799) Esther 
<0635> above all the women <0802>, and she obtained <05375> 
(8799) grace <02580> and favour <02617> in his sight <06440> 
more than all the virgins <01330>; so that he set <07760> (8799) 
the royal <04438> crown <03804> upon her head <07218>, and made 
her queen <04427> (8686) instead of Vashti <02060>.

Est 02:18  Then the king <04428> made <06213> (8799) a great 
<01419> feast <04960> unto all his princes <08269> and his 
servants <05650>, even Esther’s <0635> feast <04960>; and he 
made <06213> (8804) a release <02010> to the provinces <04082>, 
and gave <05414> (8799) gifts <04864>, according to the state 
<03027> of the king <04428>.

Est 02:19  And when the virgins <01330> were gathered together 
<06908> (8736) the second time <08145>, then Mordecai <04782> 
sat <03427> (8802) in the king’s <04428> gate <08179>.

Est 02:20  Esther <0635> had not yet shewed <05046> (8688) her 
kindred <04138> nor her people <05971>; as Mordecai <04782> had 
charged <06680> (8765) her: for Esther <0635> did <06213> (8802) 
the commandment <03982> of Mordecai <04782>, like as when she 
was brought up <0545> with him.

Est 02:21 ¶ In those days <03117>, while Mordecai <04782> sat 
<03427> (8802) 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> (8802) the door 
<05592>, were wroth <07107> (8804), and sought <01245> (8762) to 
lay <07971> (8800) hand <03027> on the king <04428> Ahasuerus 
<0325>.

Est 02:22  And the thing <01697> was known <03045> (8735) to 
Mordecai <04782>, who told <05046> (8686) it unto Esther <0635> 
the queen <04436>; and Esther <0635> certified <0559> (8799) the 
king <04428> thereof in Mordecai’s <04782> name <08034>.

Est 02:23  And when inquisition <01245> (8792) was made of the 
matter <01697>, it was found out <04672> (8735); therefore they 
were both <08147> hanged <08518> (8735) on a tree <06086>: and 
it was written <03789> (8735) in the book <05612> of the 
chronicles <01697> <03117> before <06440> the king <04428>.

Est 03:01 ¶ After <0310> these things <01697> did king <04428> 
Ahasuerus <0325> promote <01431> (8765) Haman <02001> the son 
<01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, and advanced 
<05375> (8762) him, and set <07760> (8799) his seat <03678> 
above all the princes <08269> that were with him.

Est 03:02  And all the king’s <04428> servants <05650>, that 
were in the king’s <04428> gate <08179>, bowed <03766> (8802), 
and reverenced <07812> (8693) Haman <02001>: for the king 
<04428> had so commanded <06680> (8765) concerning him. But 
Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> (8799) not, nor did him reverence 
<07812> (8691).

Est 03:03  Then the king’s <04428> servants <05650>, which were 
in the king’s <04428> gate <08179>, said <0559> (8799) unto 
Mordecai <04782>, Why transgressest <05674> (8802) thou the 
king’s <04428> commandment <04687>?

Est 03:04  Now it came to pass, when they spake <0559> (8800) 
daily <03117> <03117> unto him, and he hearkened <08085> (8804) 
not unto them, that they told <05046> (8686) Haman <02001>, to 
see <07200> (8800) whether Mordecai’s <04782> matters <01697> 
would stand <05975> (8799): for he had told <05046> (8689) them 
that he was a Jew <03064>.

Est 03:05  And when Haman <02001> saw <07200> (8799) that 
Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> (8802) not, nor did him reverence 
<07812> (8693), then was Haman <02001> full <04390> (8735) of 
wrath <02534>.

Est 03:06  And he thought <05869> scorn <0959> (8799) to lay 
<07971> (8800) hands <03027> on Mordecai <04782> alone; for they 
had shewed <05046> (8689) him the people <05971> of Mordecai 
<04782>: wherefore Haman <02001> sought <01245> (8762) to 
destroy <08045> (8687) all the Jews <03064> that were throughout 
the whole kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, even the people 
<05971> of Mordecai <04782>.

Est 03:07 ¶ In the first <07223> month <02320>, that is, the 
month <02320> Nisan <05212>, in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year 
<08141> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, they cast <05307> 
(8689) Pur <06332>, that is, the lot <01486>, before <06440> 
Haman <02001> from day <03117> to day <03117>, and from month 
<02320> to month <02320>, to the twelfth <08147> <06240> month, 
that is, the month <02320> Adar <0143>.

Est 03:08  And Haman <02001> said <0559> (8799) unto king 
<04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, There is <03426> a certain <0259> 
people <05971> scattered abroad <06340> (8794) and dispersed 
<06504> (8794) among the people <05971> in all the provinces 
<04082> of thy kingdom <04438>; and their laws <01881> are 
diverse <08138> (8802) from all people <05971>; neither keep 
<06213> (8802) they the king’s <04428> laws <01881>: therefore 
it is not for the king’s <04428> profit <07737> (8802) to suffer 
<03240> (8687) them.

Est 03:09  If it please <02895> (8804) the king <04428>, let it 
be written <03789> (8735) that they may be destroyed <06> (8763):
 and I will pay <08254> (8799) ten <06235> thousand <0505> 
talents <03603> of silver <03701> to the hands <03027> of those 
that have the charge <06213> (8802) of the business <04399>, to 
bring <0935> (8687) it into the king’s <04428> treasuries 
<01595>.

Est 03:10  And the king <04428> took <05493> (8686) his ring 
<02885> from his hand <03027>, and gave <05414> (8799) it unto 
Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite 
<091>, the Jews <03064>‘ enemy <06887> (8802).

Est 03:11  And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Haman 
<02001>, The silver <03701> is given <05414> (8803) to thee, the 
people <05971> also, to do <06213> (8800) with them as it 
seemeth <05869> good <02896> to thee.

Est 03:12  Then were the king’s <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) 
called <07121> (8735) on the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day 
<03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>, and there was 
written <03789> (8735) according to all that Haman <02001> had 
commanded <06680> (8765) unto the king’s <04428> lieutenants 
<0323>, and to the governors <06346> that were over 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> (8737), and sealed <02856> (8738) 
with the king’s <04428> ring <02885>.

Est 03:13  And the letters <05612> were sent <07971> (8736) by 
<03027> posts <07323> (8801) into all the king’s <04428> 
provinces <04082>, to destroy <08045> (8687), to kill <02026> 
(8800), and to cause to perish <06> (8763), all Jews <03064>, 
both young <05288> and old <02205>, little children <02945> and 
women <0802>, in one <0259> day <03117>, even upon the 
thirteenth <07969> <06240> day of the twelfth <08147> <06240> 
month <02320>, which is the month <02320> Adar <0143>, and to 
take the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962> (8800).

Est 03:14  The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a 
commandment <01881> to be given <05414> (8736) in every province 
<04082> was published <01540> (8803) unto all people <05971>, 
that they should be ready <06264> against that day <03117>.

Est 03:15  The posts <07323> (8801) went out <03318> (8804), 
being hastened <01765> (8803) by the king’s <04428> commandment 
<01697>, and the decree <01881> was given <05414> (8738) in 
Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>. And the king <04428> and 
Haman <02001> sat down <03427> (8804) to drink <08354> (8800); 
but the city <05892> Shushan <07800> was perplexed <0943> (8737).

Est 04:01 ¶ When Mordecai <04782> perceived <03045> (8804) all 
that was done <06213> (8738), Mordecai <04782> rent <07167> 
(8799) his clothes <0899>, and put on <03847> (8799) sackcloth 
<08242> with ashes <0665>, and went out <03318> (8799) into the 
midst <08432> of the city <05892>, and cried <02199> (8799) with 
a loud <01419> and a bitter <04751> cry <02201>;

Est 04:02  And came <0935> (8799) even before <06440> the king’s 
<04428> gate <08179>: for none might enter <0935> (8800) into 
the king’s <04428> gate <08179> clothed <03830> with sackcloth 
<08242>.

Est 04:03  And in every province <04082>, whithersoever <04725> 
the king’s <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> 
came <05060> (8688), there was great <01419> mourning <060> 
among the Jews <03064>, and fasting <06685>, and weeping <01065>,
 and wailing <04553>; and many <07227> lay <03331> (8714) in 
sackcloth <08242> and ashes <0665>.

Est 04:04  So Esther’s <0635> maids <05291> and her chamberlains 
<05631> came <0935> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) it her. Then 
was the queen <04436> exceedingly <03966> grieved <02342> (8698);
 and she sent <07971> (8799) raiment <0899> to clothe <03847> 
(8687) Mordecai <04782>, and to take away <05493> (8687) his 
sackcloth <08242> from him: but he received <06901> (8765) it 
not.

Est 04:05 ¶ Then called <07121> (8799) Esther <0635> for Hatach 
<02047>, one of the king’s <04428> chamberlains <05631>, whom he 
had appointed <05975> (8689) to attend <06440> upon her, and 
gave him a commandment <06680> (8762) to Mordecai <04782>, to 
know <03045> (8800) what it was, and why it was.

Est 04:06  So Hatach <02047> went forth <03318> (8799) to 
Mordecai <04782> unto the street <07339> of the city <05892>, 
which was before <06440> the king’s <04428> gate <08179>.

Est 04:07  And Mordecai <04782> told <05046> (8686) him of all 
that had happened <07136> (8804) unto him, and of the sum 
<06575> of the money <03701> that Haman <02001> had promised 
<0559> (8804) to pay <08254> (8800) to the king’s <04428> 
treasuries <01595> for the Jews <03064>, to destroy <06> (8763) 
them.

Est 04:08  Also he gave <05414> (8804) him the copy <06572> of 
the writing <03791> of the decree <01881> that was given <05414> 
(8738) at Shushan <07800> to destroy <08045> (8687) them, to 
shew <07200> (8687) it unto Esther <0635>, and to declare 
<05046> (8687) it unto her, and to charge <06680> (8763) her 
that she should go in <0935> (8800) unto the king <04428>, to 
make supplication <02603> (8692) unto him, and to make request 
<01245> (8763) before <06440> him for her people <05971>.

Est 04:09  And Hatach <02047> came <0935> (8799) and told 
<05046> (8686) Esther <0635> the words <01697> of Mordecai 
<04782>.

Est 04:10  Again Esther <0635> spake <0559> (8799) unto Hatach 
<02047>, and gave him commandment <06680> (8762) unto Mordecai 
<04782>;

Est 04:11  All the king’s <04428> servants <05650>, and the 
people <05971> of the king’s <04428> provinces <04082>, do know 
<03045> (8802), that whosoever, whether man <0376> or woman 
<0802>, shall come <0935> (8799) unto the king <04428> into the 
inner <06442> court <02691>, who is not called <07121> (8735), 
there is one <0259> law <01881> of his to put him to death 
<04191> (8687), except <0905> such to whom the king <04428> 
shall hold out <03447> (8686) the golden <02091> sceptre <08275>,
 that he may live <02421> (8804): but I have not been called 
<07121> (8738) to come in <0935> (8800) unto the king <04428> 
these thirty <07970> days <03117>.

Est 04:12  And they told <05046> (8686) to Mordecai <04782> 
Esther’s <0635> words <01697>.

Est 04:13  Then Mordecai <04782> commanded <0559> (8799) to 
answer <07725> (8687) Esther <0635>, Think <01819> (8762) not 
with thyself <05315> that thou shalt escape <04422> (8736) in 
the king’s <04428> house <01004>, more than all the Jews <03064>.

Est 04:14  For if thou altogether <02790> (8687) holdest thy 
peace <02790> (8686) at this time <06256>, then shall there 
enlargement <07305> and deliverance <02020> arise <05975> (8799) 
to the Jews <03064> from another <0312> place <04725>; but thou 
and thy father’s <01> house <01004> shall be destroyed <06> 
(8799): and who knoweth <03045> (8802) whether thou art come 
<05060> (8689) to the kingdom <04438> for such a time <06256> as 
this?

Est 04:15  Then Esther <0635> bade <0559> (8799) them return 
<07725> (8687) Mordecai <04782> this answer,

Est 04:16  Go <03212> (8798), gather together <03664> (8798) all 
the Jews <03064> that are present <04672> (8737) in Shushan 
<07800>, and fast <06684> (8798) ye for me, and neither eat 
<0398> (8799) nor drink <08354> (8799) three <07969> days 
<03117>, night <03915> or day <03117>: I also and my maidens 
<05291> will fast <06684> (8799) likewise; and so <03651> will I 
go <0935> (8799) in unto the king <04428>, which is not 
according to the law <01881>: and if I perish <06> (8804), I 
perish <06> (8804).

Est 04:17  So Mordecai <04782> went his way <05674> (8799), and 
did <06213> (8799) according to all that Esther <0635> had 
commanded <06680> (8765) him.

Est 05:01 ¶ Now it came to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>,
 that Esther <0635> put on <03847> (8799) her royal <04438> 
apparel, and stood <05975> (8799) in the inner <06442> court 
<02691> of the king’s <04428> house <01004>, over against 
<05227> the king’s <04428> house <01004>: and the king <04428> 
sat <03427> (8802) upon his royal <04438> throne <03678> in the 
royal <04438> house <01004>, over against <05227> the gate 
<06607> of the house <01004>.

Est 05:02  And it was so, when the king <04428> saw <07200> 
(8800) Esther <0635> the queen <04436> standing <05975> (8802) 
in the court <02691>, that she obtained <05375> (8804) favour 
<02580> in his sight <05869>: and the king <04428> held out 
<03447> (8686) to Esther <0635> the golden <02091> sceptre 
<08275> that was in his hand <03027>. So Esther <0635> drew near 
<07126> (8799), and touched <05060> (8799) the top <07218> of 
the sceptre <08275>.

Est 05:03  Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> unto her, 
What wilt thou, queen <04436> Esther <0635>? and what is thy 
request <01246>? it shall be even given <05414> (8735) thee to 
the half <02677> of the kingdom <04438>.

Est 05:04  And Esther <0635> answered <0559> (8799), If it seem 
good <02895> (8804) unto the king <04428>, let the king <04428> 
and Haman <02001> come <0935> (8799) this day <03117> unto the 
banquet <04960> that I have prepared <06213> (8804) for him.

Est 05:05  Then the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Cause Haman 
<02001> to make haste <04116> (8761), that he may do <06213> 
(8800) as Esther <0635> hath said <01697>. So the king <04428> 
and Haman <02001> came <0935> (8799) to the banquet <04960> that 
Esther <0635> had prepared <06213> (8804).

Est 05:06  And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Esther 
<0635> at the banquet <04960> of wine <03196>, What is thy 
petition <07596>? and it shall be granted <05414> (8735) thee: 
and what is thy request <01246>? even to the half <02677> of the 
kingdom <04438> it shall be performed <06213> (8735).

Est 05:07  Then answered <06030> (8799) Esther <0635>, and said 
<0559> (8799), My petition <07596> and my request <01246> is;

Est 05:08  If I have found <04672> (8804) favour <02580> in the 
sight <05869> of the king <04428>, and if it please <02895> 
(8804) the king <04428> to grant <05414> (8800) my petition 
<07596>, and to perform <06213> (8800) my request <01246>, let 
the king <04428> and Haman <02001> come <0935> (8799) to the 
banquet <04960> that I shall prepare <06213> (8799) for them, 
and I will do <06213> (8799) to morrow <04279> as the king 
<04428> hath said <01697>.

Est 05:09 ¶ Then went <03318> <00> Haman <02001> forth <03318> 
(8799) that day <03117> joyful <08056> and with a glad <02896> 
heart <03820>: but when Haman <02001> saw <07200> (8800) 
Mordecai <04782> in the king’s <04428> gate <08179>, that he 
stood not up <06965> (8804), nor moved <02111> (8804) for him, 
he <02001> was full <04390> (8735) of indignation <02534> 
against Mordecai <04782>.

Est 05:10  Nevertheless Haman <02001> refrained <0662> (8691) 
himself: and when he came <0935> (8799) home <01004>, he sent 
<07971> (8799) and called <0935> (8686) for his friends <0157> 
(8802), and Zeresh <02238> his wife <0802>.

Est 05:11  And Haman <02001> told <05608> (8762) them of the 
glory <03519> of his riches <06239>, and the multitude <07230> 
of his children <01121>, and all the things wherein the king 
<04428> had promoted <01431> (8765) him, and how he had advanced 
<05375> (8765) him above the princes <08269> and servants 
<05650> of the king <04428>.

Est 05:12  Haman <02001> said <0559> (8799) moreover, Yea, 
Esther <0635> the queen <04436> did let no man come in <0935> 
(8689) with the king <04428> unto the banquet <04960> that she 
had prepared <06213> (8804) but myself; and to morrow <04279> am 
I invited <07121> (8803) unto her also with the king <04428>.

Est 05:13  Yet all this availeth <07737> (8802) me nothing, so 
long as <06256> I see <07200> (8802) Mordecai <04782> the Jew 
<03064> sitting <03427> (8802) at the king’s <04428> gate 
<08179>.

Est 05:14  Then said <0559> (8799) Zeresh <02238> his wife 
<0802> and all his friends <0157> (8802) unto him, Let a gallows 
<06086> be made <06213> (8799) of fifty <02572> cubits <0520> 
high <01364>, and to morrow <01242> speak <0559> (8798) thou 
unto the king <04428> that Mordecai <04782> may be hanged 
<08518> (8799) thereon: then go <0935> (8798) thou in merrily 
<08056> with the king <04428> unto the banquet <04960>. And the 
thing <01697> pleased <03190> (8799) <06440> Haman <02001>; and 
he caused <06213> <00> the gallows <06086> to be made <06213> 
(8799).

Est 06:01 ¶ On that night <03915> could not <05074> (8804) the 
king <04428> sleep <08142>, and he commanded <0559> (8799) to 
bring <0935> (8687) the book <05612> of records <02146> of the 
chronicles <01697> <03117>; and they were read <07121> (8737) 
before <06440> the king <04428>.

Est 06:02  And it was found <04672> (8735) written <03789> 
(8803), that Mordecai <04782> had told <05046> (8689) of 
Bigthana <0904> and Teresh <08657>, two <08147> of the king’s 
<04428> chamberlains <05631>, the keepers <08104> (8802) of the 
door <05592>, who sought <01245> (8765) to lay <07971> (8800) 
hand <03027> on the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

Est 06:03  And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), What honour 
<03366> and dignity <01420> hath been done <06213> (8738) to 
Mordecai <04782> for this? Then said <0559> (8799) the king’s 
<04428> servants <05288> that ministered <08334> (8764) unto him,
 There is nothing <01697> done <06213> (8738) for him.

Est 06:04 ¶ And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Who is in 
the court <02691>? Now Haman <02001> was come <0935> (8804) into 
the outward <02435> court <02691> of the king’s <04428> house 
<01004>, to speak <0559> (8800) unto the king <04428> to hang 
<08518> (8800) Mordecai <04782> on the gallows <06086> that he 
had prepared <03559> (8689) for him.

Est 06:05  And the king’s <04428> servants <05288> said <0559> 
(8799) unto him, Behold, Haman <02001> standeth <05975> (8802) 
in the court <02691>. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), 
Let him come in <0935> (8799).

Est 06:06  So Haman <02001> came in <0935> (8799). And the king 
<04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, What shall be done <06213> 
(8800) unto the man <0376> whom the king <04428> delighteth 
<02654> (8804) to honour <03366>? Now Haman <02001> thought 
<0559> (8799) in his heart <03820>, To whom would the king 
<04428> delight <02654> (8799) to do <06213> (8800) honour 
<03366> more <03148> than to myself?

Est 06:07  And Haman <02001> answered <0559> (8799) the king 
<04428>, For the man <0376> whom the king <04428> delighteth 
<02654> (8804) to honour <03366>,

Est 06:08  Let the royal <04438> apparel <03830> be brought 
<0935> (8686) which the king <04428> useth to wear <03847> 
(8804), and the horse <05483> that the king <04428> rideth 
<07392> (8804) upon, and the crown <03804> royal <04438> which 
is set <05414> (8738) upon his head <07218>:

Est 06:09  And let this apparel <03830> and horse <05483> be 
delivered <05414> (8800) to the hand <03027> of one <0376> of 
the king’s <04428> most noble <06579> princes <08269>, that they 
may array <03847> (8689) the man <0376> withal whom the king 
<04428> delighteth <02654> (8804) to honour <03366>, and bring 
<07392> (8689) him on horseback <05483> through the street 
<07339> of the city <05892>, and proclaim <07121> (8804) before 
<06440> him, Thus shall it be done <06213> (8735) to the man 
<0376> whom the king <04428> delighteth <02654> (8804) to honour 
<03366>.

Est 06:10  Then the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Haman 
<02001>, Make haste <04116> (8761), and take <03947> (8798) the 
apparel <03830> and the horse <05483>, as thou hast said <01696> 
(8765), and do <06213> (8798) even so to Mordecai <04782> the 
Jew <03064>, that sitteth <03427> (8802) at the king’s <04428> 
gate <08179>: let nothing <01697> fail <05307> (8686) of all 
that thou hast spoken <01696> (8765).

Est 06:11  Then took <03947> (8799) Haman <02001> the apparel 
<03830> and the horse <05483>, and arrayed <03847> (8686) 
Mordecai <04782>, and brought him on horseback <07392> (8686) 
through the street <07339> of the city <05892>, and proclaimed 
<07121> (8799) before <06440> him, Thus shall it be done <06213> 
(8735) unto the man <0376> whom the king <04428> delighteth 
<02654> (8804) to honour <03366>.

Est 06:12 ¶ And Mordecai <04782> came again <07725> (8799) to 
the king’s <04428> gate <08179>. But Haman <02001> hasted 
<01765> (8738) to his house <01004> mourning <057>, and having 
his head <07218> covered <02645> (8802).

Est 06:13  And Haman <02001> told <05608> (8762) Zeresh <02238> 
his wife <0802> and all his friends <0157> (8802) every thing 
that had befallen <07136> (8804) him. Then said <0559> (8799) 
his wise men <02450> and Zeresh <02238> his wife <0802> unto him,
 If Mordecai <04782> be of the seed <02233> of the Jews <03064>, 
before <06440> whom thou hast begun <02490> (8689) to fall 
<05307> (8800), thou shalt not prevail <03201> (8799) against 
him, but shalt surely <05307> (8800) fall <05307> (8799) before 
<06440> him.

Est 06:14  And while they were yet talking <01696> (8764) with 
him, came <05060> (8689) the king’s <04428> chamberlains <05631>,
 and hasted <0926> (8686) to bring <0935> (8687) Haman <02001> 
unto the banquet <04960> that Esther <0635> had prepared <06213> 
(8804).

Est 07:01 ¶ So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came <0935> 
(8799) to banquet <08354> (8800) with Esther <0635> the queen 
<04436>.

Est 07:02  And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) again unto 
Esther <0635> on the second <08145> day <03117> at the banquet 
<04960> of wine <03196>, What is thy petition <07596>, queen 
<04436> Esther <0635>? and it shall be granted <05414> (8735) 
thee: and what is thy request <01246>? and it shall be performed 
<06213> (8735), even to the half <02677> of the kingdom <04438>.

Est 07:03  Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436> answered <06030> 
(8799) and said <0559> (8799), If I have found <04672> (8804) 
favour <02580> in thy sight <05869>, O king <04428>, and if it 
please <02895> (8804) the king <04428>, let my life <05315> be 
given <05414> (8735) me at my petition <07596>, and my people 
<05971> at my request <01246>:

Est 07:04  For we are sold <04376> (8738), I and my people 
<05971>, to be destroyed <08045> (8687), to be slain <02026> 
(8800), and to perish <06> (8763). But if <0432> we had been 
sold <04376> (8738) for bondmen <05650> and bondwomen <08198>, I 
had held my tongue <02790> (8689), although the enemy <06862> 
could not countervail <07737> (8802) the king’s <04428> damage 
<05143>.

Est 07:05  Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> answered 
<0559> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) unto Esther <0635> the 
queen <04436>, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume 
<04390> (8804) in his heart <03820> to do <06213> (8800) so?

Est 07:06  And Esther <0635> said <0559> (8799), The adversary 
<0376> <06862> and enemy <0341> (8802) is this wicked <07451> 
Haman <02001>. Then Haman <02001> was afraid <01204> (8738) 
before <06440> the king <04428> and the queen <04436>.

Est 07:07 ¶ And the king <04428> arising <06965> (8804) from the 
banquet <04960> of wine <03196> in his wrath <02534> went into 
the palace <01055> garden <01594>: and Haman <02001> stood up 
<05975> (8804) to make request <01245> (8763) for his life 
<05315> to Esther <0635> the queen <04436>; for he saw <07200> 
(8804) that there was evil <07451> determined <03615> (8804) 
against him by the king <04428>.

Est 07:08  Then the king <04428> returned <07725> (8804) out of 
the palace <01055> garden <01594> into the place <01004> of the 
banquet <04960> of wine <03196>; and Haman <02001> was fallen 
<05307> (8802) upon the bed <04296> whereon Esther <0635> was. 
Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428>, Will he force <03533> 
(8800) the queen <04436> also before me in the house <01004>? As 
the word <01697> went out <03318> (8804) of the king’s <04428> 
mouth <06310>, they covered <02645> (8804) Haman’s <02001> face 
<06440>.

Est 07:09  And Harbonah <02726>, one <0259> of the chamberlains 
<05631>, said <0559> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>, 
Behold also, the gallows <06086> fifty <02572> cubits <0520> 
high <01364>, which Haman <02001> had made <06213> (8804) for 
Mordecai <04782>, who had spoken <01696> (8765) good <02896> for 
the king <04428>, standeth <05975> (8802) in the house <01004> 
of Haman <02001>. Then the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Hang 
<08518> (8798) him thereon.

Est 07:10  So they hanged <08518> (8799) Haman <02001> on the 
gallows <06086> that he had prepared <03559> (8689) for Mordecai 
<04782>. Then was the king’s <04428> wrath <02534> pacified 
<07918> (8804).

Est 08:01 ¶ On that day <03117> did the king <04428> Ahasuerus 
<0325> give <05414> (8804) the house <01004> of Haman <02001> 
the Jews <03064>‘ enemy <06887> (8802) unto Esther <0635> the 
queen <04436>. And Mordecai <04782> came <0935> (8804) before 
<06440> the king <04428>; for Esther <0635> had told <05046> 
(8689) what he was unto her.

Est 08:02  And the king <04428> took off <05493> (8686) his ring 
<02885>, which he had taken <05674> (8689) from Haman <02001>, 
and gave <05414> (8799) it unto Mordecai <04782>. And Esther 
<0635> set <07760> (8799) Mordecai <04782> over the house 
<01004> of Haman <02001>.

Est 08:03 ¶ And Esther <0635> spake <01696> (8762) yet again 
<03254> (8686) before <06440> the king <04428>, and fell down 
<05307> (8799) at <06440> his feet <07272>, and besought <02603> 
(8691) him with tears <01058> (8799) to put away <05674> (8687) 
the mischief <07451> of Haman <02001> the Agagite <091>, and his 
device <04284> that he had devised <02803> (8804) against the 
Jews <03064>.

Est 08:04  Then the king <04428> held out <03447> (8686) the 
golden <02091> sceptre <08275> toward Esther <0635>. So Esther 
<0635> arose <06965> (8799), and stood <05975> (8799) before 
<06440> the king <04428>,

Est 08:05  And said <0559> (8799), If it please <02896> the king 
<04428>, and if I have found <04672> (8804) favour <02580> in 
his sight <06440>, and the thing <01697> seem right <03787> 
(8804) before <06440> the king <04428>, and I be pleasing 
<02896> in his eyes <05869>, let it be written <03789> (8735) to 
reverse <07725> (8687) the letters <05612> devised <04284> by 
Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite 
<091>, which he wrote <03789> (8804) to destroy <06> (8763) the 
Jews <03064> which are in all the king’s <04428> provinces 
<04082>:

Est 08:06  For how <0349> can I endure <03201> (8799) to see 
<07200> (8804) the evil <07451> that shall come <04672> (8799) 
unto my people <05971>? or how <0349> can I endure <03201> 
(8799) to see <07200> (8804) the destruction <013> of my kindred 
<04138>?

Est 08:07  Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> said <0559> 
(8799) unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436> and to Mordecai 
<04782> the Jew <03064>, Behold, I have given <05414> (8804) 
Esther <0635> the house <01004> of Haman <02001>, and him they 
have hanged <08518> (8804) upon the gallows <06086>, because he 
laid <07971> (8804) his hand <03027> upon the Jews <03064>.

Est 08:08  Write <03789> (8798) ye also for the Jews <03064>, as 
it liketh <02896> you <05869>, in the king’s <04428> name 
<08034>, and seal <02856> (8798) it with the king’s <04428> ring 
<02885>: for the writing <03791> which is written <03789> (8737) 
in the king’s <04428> name <08034>, and sealed <02856> (8737) 
with the king’s <04428> ring <02885>, may no man reverse <07725> 
(8687).

Est 08:09  Then were the king’s <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) 
called <07121> (8735) 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> (8735) according to all that Mordecai <04782> 
commanded <06680> (8765) unto the Jews <03064>, and to the 
lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <06346> and rulers <08269> 
of the provinces <04082> which 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>.

Est 08:10  And he wrote <03789> (8799) in the king <04428> 
Ahasuerus <0325>‘ name <08034>, and sealed <02856> (8799) it 
with the king’s <04428> ring <02885>, and sent <07971> (8799) 
letters <05612> by <03027> posts <07323> (8801) on horseback 
<05483>, and riders <07392> (8802) on mules <07409>, camels 
<0327>, and young <01121> dromedaries <07424>:

Est 08:11  Wherein the king <04428> granted <05414> (8804) the 
Jews <03064> which were in every city <05892> to gather 
themselves together <06950> (8736), and to stand <05975> (8800) 
for their life <05315>, to destroy <08045> (8687), to slay 
<02026> (8800), and to cause to perish <06> (8763), all the 
power <02428> of the people <05971> and province <04082> that 
would assault <06696> (8802) them, both little ones <02945> and 
women <0802>, and to take the spoil <07998> of them for a prey 
<0962> (8800),

Est 08:12  Upon one <0259> day <03117> in all the provinces 
<04082> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, namely, upon the 
thirteenth <07969> <06240> day of the twelfth <08147> <06240> 
month <02320>, which is the month <02320> Adar <0143>.

Est 08:13  The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a 
commandment <01881> to be given <05414> (8736) in every province 
<04082> was published <01540> (8803) unto all people <05971>, 
and that the Jews <03064> should be ready <06264> (8675) <06259> 
against that day <03117> to avenge <05358> (8736) themselves on 
their enemies <0341> (8802).

Est 08:14  So the posts <07323> (8801) that rode <07392> (8802) 
upon mules <07409> and camels <0327> went out <03318> (8804), 
being hastened <0926> (8794) and pressed on <01765> (8803) by 
the king’s <04428> commandment <01697>. And the decree <01881> 
was given <05414> (8738) at Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>.

Est 08:15 ¶ And Mordecai <04782> went out <03318> (8804) 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> (8804) and was glad 
<08056>.

Est 08:16  The Jews <03064> had light <0219>, and gladness 
<08057>, and joy <08342>, and honour <03366>.

Est 08:17  And in every province <04082>, and in every city 
<05892>, whithersoever <04725> the king’s <04428> commandment 
<01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060> (8688), 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 Jews <03054> (8693); for the 
fear <06343> of the Jews <03064> fell <05307> (8804) upon them.

Est 09:01 ¶ Now in the twelfth <08147> <06240> month <02320>, 
that is, the month <02320> Adar <0143>, on the thirteenth 
<07969> <06240> day <03117> of the same, when the king’s <04428> 
commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> drew near <05060> 
(8689) to be put in execution <06213> (8736), in the day <03117> 
that the enemies <0341> (8802) of the Jews <03064> hoped <07663> 
(8765) to have power <07980> (8800) over them, (though it was 
turned <02015> (8736) to the contrary, that the Jews <03064> had 
rule <07980> (8799) over them that hated <08130> (8802) them;)

Est 09:02  The Jews <03064> gathered themselves together <06950> 
(8738) in their cities <05892> throughout all the provinces 
<04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, to lay <07971> 
(8800) hand <03027> on such as sought <01245> (8764) their hurt 
<07451>: and no man <0376> could withstand <05975> (8804) them 
<06440>; for the fear <06343> of them fell <05307> (8804) upon 
all people <05971>.

Est 09:03  And all the rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082>, 
and the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <06346>, and 
officers <06213> (8802) <04399> of the king <04428>, helped 
<05375> (8764) the Jews <03064>; because the fear <06343> of 
Mordecai <04782> fell <05307> (8804) upon them.

Est 09:04  For Mordecai <04782> was great <01419> in the king’s 
<04428> house <01004>, and his fame <08089> went out <01980> 
(8802) throughout all the provinces <04082>: for this man <0376> 
Mordecai <04782> waxed <01980> (8802) greater and greater 
<01419>.

Est 09:05  Thus the Jews <03064> smote <05221> (8686) all their 
enemies <0341> (8802) with the stroke <04347> of the sword 
<02719>, and slaughter <02027>, and destruction <012>, and did 
<06213> (8799) what they would <07522> unto those that hated 
<08130> (8802) them.

Est 09:06  And in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> the Jews 
<03064> slew <02026> (8804) and destroyed <06> (8763) five 
<02568> hundred <03967> men <0376>.

Est 09:07  And Parshandatha <06577>, and Dalphon <01813>, and 
Aspatha <0630>,

Est 09:08  And Poratha <06334>, and Adalia <0118>, and Aridatha 
<0743>,

Est 09:09  And Parmashta <06534>, and Arisai <0747>, and Aridai 
<0742>, and Vajezatha <02055>,

Est 09:10  The ten <06235> sons <01121> of Haman <02001> the son 
<01121> of Hammedatha <04099>, the enemy <06887> (8802) of the 
Jews <03064>, slew <02026> (8804) they; but on the spoil <0961> 
laid <07971> (8804) they not their hand <03027>.

Est 09:11  On that day <03117> the number <04557> of those that 
were slain <02026> (8803) in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> 
was brought <0935> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>.

Est 09:12  And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Esther 
<0635> the queen <04436>, The Jews <03064> have slain <02026> 
(8804) and destroyed <06> (8763) five <02568> hundred <03967> 
men <0376> in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>, and the ten 
<06235> sons <01121> of Haman <02001>; what have they done 
<06213> (8804) in the rest <07605> of the king’s <04428> 
provinces <04082>? now what is thy petition <07596>? and it 
shall be granted <05414> (8735) thee: or what is thy request 
<01246> further <05750>? and it shall be done <06213> (8735).

Est 09:13  Then said <0559> (8799) Esther <0635>, If it please 
<02896> the king <04428>, let it be granted <05414> (8735) to 
the Jews <03064> which are in Shushan <07800> to do <06213> 
(8800) to morrow <04279> also according unto this day’s <03117> 
decree <01881>, and let Haman’s <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121> 
be hanged <08518> (8799) upon the gallows <06086>.

Est 09:14  And the king <04428> commanded <0559> (8799) it so to 
be done <06213> (8736): and the decree <01881> was given <05414> 
(8735) at Shushan <07800>; and they hanged <08518> (8804) 
Haman’s <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121>.

Est 09:15  For the Jews <03064> that were in Shushan <07800> 
gathered themselves together <06950> (8735) on the fourteenth 
<0702> <06240> day <03117> also of the month <02320> Adar <0143>,
 and slew <02026> (8799) three <07969> hundred <03967> men 
<0376> at Shushan <07800>; but on the prey <0961> they laid 
<07971> (8804) not their hand <03027>.

Est 09:16  But the other <07605> Jews <03064> that were in the 
king’s <04428> provinces <04082> gathered themselves together 
<06950> (8738), and stood <05975> (8800) for their lives <05315>,
 and had rest <05118> from their enemies <0341> (8802), and slew 
<02026> (8800) of their foes <08130> (8802) seventy <07657> and 
five <02568> thousand <0505>, but they laid <07971> (8804) not 
their hands <03027> on the prey <0961>,

Est 09:17  On the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day <03117> of the 
month <02320> Adar <0143>; and on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> 
day of the same rested <05118> they, and made <06213> (8800) it 
a day <03117> of feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>.

Est 09:18  But the Jews <03064> that were at Shushan <07800> 
assembled together <06950> (8738) on the thirteenth <07969> 
<06240> day thereof, and on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> 
thereof; and on the fifteenth <02568> <06240> day of the same 
they rested <05118>, and made <06213> (8800) it a day <03117> of 
feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>.

Est 09:19  Therefore the Jews <03064> of the villages <06521>, 
that dwelt <03427> (8802) in the unwalled <06519> towns <05892>, 
made <06213> (8802) the fourteenth <0702> <06240> 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>.

Est 09:20 ¶ And Mordecai <04782> wrote <03789> (8799) these 
things <01697>, and sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612> unto all 
the Jews <03064> that were in all the provinces <04082> of the 
king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, both nigh <07138> and far <07350>,

Est 09:21  To stablish <06965> (8763) this among them, that they 
should keep <06213> (8802) the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day 
<03117> of the month <02320> Adar <0143>, and the fifteenth 
<02568> <06240> day <03117> of the same, yearly <08141> <08141>,

Est 09:22  As the days <03117> wherein the Jews <03064> rested 
<05117> (8804) from their enemies <0341> (8802), and the month 
<02320> which was turned <02015> (8738) unto them from sorrow 
<03015> to joy <08057>, and from mourning <060> into a good 
<02896> day <03117>: that they should make <06213> (8800) 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>.

Est 09:23  And the Jews <03064> undertook <06901> (8765) to do 
<06213> (8800) as they had begun <02490> (8689), and as Mordecai 
<04782> had written <03789> (8804) unto them;

Est 09:24  Because Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha 
<04099>, the Agagite <091>, the enemy <06887> (8802) of all the 
Jews <03064>, had devised <02803> (8804) against the Jews 
<03064> to destroy <06> (8763) them, and had cast <05307> (8689) 
Pur <06332>, that is, the lot <01486>, to consume <02000> (8800) 
them, and to destroy <06> (8763) them;

Est 09:25  But when Esther came <0935> (8800) before <06440> the 
king <04428>, he commanded <0559> (8804) by letters <05612> that 
his wicked <07451> device <04284>, which he devised <02803> 
(8804) against the Jews <03064>, should return <07725> (8799) 
upon his own head <07218>, and that he and his sons <01121> 
should be hanged <08518> (8804) on the gallows <06086>.

Est 09:26  Wherefore they called <07121> (8804) these days 
<03117> Purim <06332> after the name <08034> of Pur <06332>. 
Therefore for all the words <01697> of this letter <0107>, and 
of that which they had seen <07200> (8804) concerning this 
matter <03602>, and which had come <05060> (8689) unto them,

Est 09:27  The Jews <03064> ordained <06965> (8765), and took 
<06901> (8765) upon them, and upon their seed <02233>, and upon 
all such as joined <03867> (8737) themselves unto them, so as it 
should not fail <05674> (8799), that they would keep <06213> 
(8802) these two <08147> days <03117> according to their writing 
<03791>, and according to their appointed time <02165> every 
year <08141> <08141>;

Est 09:28  And that these days <03117> should be remembered 
<02142> (8737) and kept <06213> (8737) throughout <01755> every 
generation <01755>, every family <04940>, every province <04082>,
 and every city <05892>; and that these days <03117> of Purim 
<06332> should not fail <05674> (8799) from among <08432> the 
Jews <03064>, nor the memorial <02143> of them perish <05486> 
(8799) from their seed <02233>.

Est 09:29  Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436>, the daughter 
<01323> of Abihail <032>, and Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, 
wrote <03789> (8799) with all authority <08633>, to confirm 
<06965> (8763) this second <08145> letter <0107> of Purim 
<06332>.

Est 09:30  And he sent <07971> (8799) the letters <05612> unto 
all 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>,

Est 09:31  To confirm <06965> (8763) these 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> (8765) them, and as they had decreed <06965> 
(8765) for themselves <05315> and for their seed <02233>, the 
matters <01697> of the fastings <06685> and their cry <02201>.

Est 09:32  And the decree <03982> of Esther <0635> confirmed 
<06965> (8765) these matters <01697> of Purim <06332>; and it 
was written <03789> (8737) in the book <05612>.

Est 10:01 ¶ And the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> laid <07760> 
(8799) a tribute <04522> upon the land <0776>, and upon the 
isles <0339> of the sea <03220>.

Est 10:02  And all the acts <04639> of his power <08633> and of 
his might <01369>, and the declaration <06575> of the greatness 
<01420> of Mordecai <04782>, whereunto the king <04428> advanced 
<01431> (8765) him, are they not written <03789> (8803) in the 
book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> <03117> of the kings 
<04428> of Media <04074> and Persia <06539>?

Est 10:03  For Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> was next <04932> 
unto king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, and great <01419> among the 
Jews <03064>, and accepted <07521> (8803) of the multitude 
<07230> of his brethren <0251>, seeking <01875> (8802) the 
wealth <02896> of his people <05971>, and speaking <01696> 
(8802) peace <07965> to all his seed <02233>.

 

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