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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.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

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>.