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

as the waters cover the sea.

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Esther 1

1. Now it came <1961> to pass in the days <3117> of Ahasuerus

<0325>, (this [is] Ahasuerus <0325> which reigned <4427>, from

India <1912> even unto Ethiopia <3568>, [over] an hundred <3967>

and seven <7651> and twenty <6242> provinces <4082>:)

2 [That] in those <1992> days <3117>, when the king <4428>

Ahasuerus <0325> sat <3427> on <5921> the throne <3678> of his

kingdom <4438>, which <0834> [was] in Shushan <7800> the palace

<1002>,

3 In the third <7969> year <8141> of his reign <4427>, he made

<6213> a feast <4960> unto all <3605> his princes <8269> and his

servants <5650>; the power <2428> of Persia <6539> and Media

<4074>, the nobles <6579> and princes <8269> of the provinces

<4082>, [being] before <6440> him:

4 When he shewed <7200> the riches <6239> of his glorious

<3519> kingdom <4438> and the honour <3366> of his excellent

<1420> majesty <1420> many <7227> days <3117>, [even] an hundred

<3967> and fourscore <8084> days <3117>.

5 And when these <0428> days <3117> were expired <4390>, the

king <4428> made <6213> a feast <4960> unto all <3605> the

people <5971> that were present <4672> in Shushan <7800> the

palace <1002>, both unto great <1419> and small <6996>, seven

<7651> days <3117>, in the court <2691> of the garden <1594> of

the king's <4428> palace <1055>;

6 [Where were] white <2353>, green <3768>, and blue <8504>,

[hangings], fastened <0270> with cords <2256> of fine linen

<0948> and purple <0713> to silver <3701> rings <1550> and

pillars <5982> of marble <8338>: the beds <4296> [were of] gold

<2091> and silver <3701>, upon a pavement <7531> of red <0923>,

and blue <8504>, and white <1858>, and black <5508>, marble

<8336>.

7 And they gave [them] drink <8248> in vessels <3627> of gold

<2091>, (the vessels <3627> being diverse <8138> one <3627> from

another,) and royal <4438> wine <3196> in abundance <7227>,

according to the state <3027> of the king <4428>.

8 And the drinking <8360> [was] according to the law <1881>;

none <0369> did compel <0597>: for so <3651> the king <4428> had

appointed <3245> to all <3605> the officers <7227> of his house

<1004>, that they should do <6213> according to every man's

<0376> pleasure <7522>.

9 Also <1571> Vashti <2060> the queen <4436> made <6213> a

feast <4960> for the women <0802> [in] the royal <4438> house

<1004> which [belonged] to king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

10. On the seventh <7637> day <3117>, when the heart <3820> of

the king <4428> was merry <2896> with wine <3196>, he commanded

<0559> Mehuman <4104>, Biztha <0968>, Harbona <2726>, Bigtha

<0903>, and Abagtha <5>, Zethar, and Carcas <3752>, the seven

<7651> chamberlains <5631> that served <8334> in the presence

<6440> of Ahasuerus <0325> the king <4428>,

11 To bring <0935> Vashti <2060> the queen <4436> before <6440>

the king <4428> with the crown <3804> royal <4438>, to shew

<7200> the people <5971> and the princes <8269> her beauty

<3308>: for she [was] fair <2896> to look <4758> on.

12 But the queen <4436> Vashti <2060> refused <3985> to come

<0935> at the king's <4428> commandment <1697> by [his]

chamberlains <5631>: therefore was the king <4428> very <3966>

wroth <7107>, and his anger <2534> burned <1197> in him.

13 Then the king <4428> said <0559> to the wise <2450> men,

which knew <5234> the times <6256>, (for so <3651> [was] the

king's <4428> manner <1697> toward <6440> all <3605> that knew

<5234> law <1881> and judgment <1779>:

14 And the next <7138> unto him [was] Carshena <3771>, Shethar

<8369>, Admatha <0133>, Tarshish <8659>, Meres <4825>, Marsena

<4826>, [and] Memucan <4462>, the seven <7651> princes <8269> of

Persia <6539> and Media <4074>, which saw <7200> the king's

<4428> face <6440>, [and] which sat <3427> the first <7223> in

the kingdom <4438>;)

15 What <4100> shall we do <6213> unto the queen <4436> Vashti

<2060> according to law <1881>, because she hath not performed

<6213> the commandment <3982> of the king <4428> Ahasuerus

<0325> by the chamberlains <5631>?

16 And Memucan <4462> answered <0559> before <6440> the king

<4428> and the princes <8269>, Vashti <2060> the queen <4436>

hath not done wrong <5753> to the king <4428> only <0905>, but

also to all <3605> the princes <8269>, and to all <3605> the

people <5971> that [are] in all <3605> the provinces <4082> of

the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

17 For [this] deed <1697> of the queen <4436> shall come <3318>

abroad <3318> unto all <3605> women <0802>, so that they shall

despise <0959> their husbands <1167> in their eyes <5869>, when

it shall be reported <0559>, The king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>

commanded <0559> Vashti <2060> the queen <4436> to be brought

<0935> in before <6440> him, but she came <0935> not.

18 [Likewise] shall the ladies <8282> of Persia <6539> and

Media <4074> say <0559> this <2088> day <3117> unto all <3605>

the king's <4428> princes <8269>, which <0834> have heard <8085>

of the deed <1697> of the queen <4436>. Thus [shall there arise]

too <1767> much <1767> contempt <0963> and wrath <7110>.

19 If <0518> it please <2895> the king <4428>, let there go

<3318> a royal <4438> commandment <1697> from him, and let it be

written <3789> among the laws <1881> of the Persians <6539> and

the Medes <4074>, that it be not altered <5674>, That Vashti

<2060> come <0935> no <3808> more before <6440> king <4428>

Ahasuerus <0325>; and let the king <4428> give <5414> her royal

<4438> estate unto another <7468> that is better <2896> than she.

20 And when the king's <4428> decree <6599> which <0834> he

shall make <6213> shall be published <8085> throughout all

<3605> his empire <4438>, (for it is great <7227>,) all <3605>

the wives <0802> shall give <5414> to their husbands <1167>

honour <3366>, both to great <1419> and small <6996>.

21 And the saying <1697> pleased the king <4428> and the

princes <8269>; and the king <4428> did <6213> according to the

word <1697> of Memucan <4462>:

22 For he sent <7971> letters <5612> into <0413> all <3605> the

king's <4428> provinces <4082>, into every province <4082>

according to the writing <3791> thereof, and to every <0376>

people <5971> after their language <3956>, that every man <0376>

should bear <8323> rule <8323> in his own house <1004>, and that

[it] should be published <1696> according to the language <3956>

of every people <5971>.

Esther 2

1. After <0310> these <0428> things <1697>, when the wrath

<2534> of king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325> was appeased <7918>, he

remembered <2142> Vashti <2060>, and what she had done <6213>,

and what was decreed <1504> against <5921> her.

2 Then said <0559> the king's <4428> servants <5288> that

ministered <8334> unto him, Let there be fair <2896> young

<5291> virgins <1330> sought <1245> for the king <4428>:

3 And let the king <4428> appoint <6485> officers <6496> in all

<3605> the provinces <4082> of his kingdom <4438>, that they may

gather <6908> together all <3605> the fair <4758> young <5291>

virgins <1330> unto Shushan <7800> the palace <1002>, to the

house <1004> of the women <0802>, unto the custody <3027> of

Hege <1896> the king's <4428> chamberlain <5631>, keeper <8104>

of the women <0802>; and let their things for purification

<8562> be given <5414> [them]:

4 And let the maiden <5291> which <0834> pleaseth the king

<4428> be queen <4427> instead <8478> of Vashti <2060>. And the

thing <1697> pleased the king <4428>; and he did <6213> so

<3651>.

5 [Now] in Shushan <7800> the palace <1002> there was a certain

<0376> Jew <3064>, whose name <8034> [was] Mordecai <4782>, the

son <1121> of Jair <2971>, the son <1121> of Shimei <8096>, the

son <1121> of Kish <7027>, a Benjamite <1145>;

6 Who <0834> had been carried <1540> away <1546> from Jerusalem

<3389> with the captivity <1473> which <0834> had been carried

<1540> away <1546> with Jeconiah <3204> king <4428> of Judah

<3063>, whom <0834> Nebuchadnezzar <5019> the king <4428> of

Babylon <0894> had carried <1540> away <1546>.

7 And he brought <0539> up Hadassah <1919>, that [is], Esther

<0635>, his uncle's <1733> daughter <1323>: for she had neither

<0369> father <1> nor mother <0517>, and the maid <5291> [was]

fair <3303> and beautiful; whom Mordecai <4782>, when her father

<1> and mother <0517> were dead <4194>, took <3947> for his own

daughter <1323>.

8 So it came <1961> to pass, when the king's <4428> commandment

<1697> and his decree <1881> was heard <8085>, and when many

<7227> maidens <5291> were gathered <6908> together unto Shushan

<7800> the palace <1002>, to the custody <3027> of Hegai <1896>,

that Esther <0635> was brought <3947> also unto the king's

<4428> house <1004>, to the custody <3027> of Hegai <1896>,

keeper <8104> of the women <0802>.

9 And the maiden <5291> pleased him, and she obtained <5375>

kindness <2617> of him; and he speedily <0926> gave <5414> her

her things for purification <8562>, with such things as belonged

<4490> to her, and seven <7651> maidens <5291>, [which were]

meet <7200> to be given <5414> her, out of the king's <4428>

house <1004>: and he preferred <8138> her and her maids <5291>

unto the best <2896> [place] of the house <1004> of the women

<0802>.

10 Esther <0635> had not shewed <5046> her people <5971> nor

her kindred <4138>: for Mordecai <4782> had charged <6680> her

that she should not shew <5046> [it].

11 And Mordecai <4782> walked <1980> every day <3117> before

<6440> the court <2691> of the women's <0802> house <1004>, to

know <3045> how Esther <0635> did <7965>, and what <4100> should

become <6213> of her.

12 Now when every maid's <5291> turn <8447> was come <5060> to

go <0935> in to king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>, after <7093> that

she had been <1961> twelve months <2320>, according to the

manner <1881> of the women <0802>, (for so <3651> were the days

<3117> of their purifications <4795> accomplished <4390>, [to

wit], six <8337> months <2320> with oil <8081> of myrrh <4753>,

and six <8337> months <2320> with sweet <1314> odours <1314>,

and with [other] things for the purifying <8562> of the women

<0802>;)

13 Then thus <2088> came <0935> [every] maiden <5291> unto the

king <4428>; whatsoever she desired <0559> was given <5414> her

to go <0935> with her out of the house <1004> of the women

<0802> unto the king's <4428> house <1004>.

14 In the evening <6153> she went <0935>, and on the morrow

<1242> she returned <7725> into <0413> the second <8145> house

<1004> of the women <0802>, to the custody <3027> of Shaashgaz

<8190>, the king's <4428> chamberlain <5631>, which kept <8104>

the concubines <6370>: she came <0935> in unto the king <4428>

no <3808> more <5750>, except the king <4428> delighted <2654>

in her, and that she were called <7121> by name <8034>.

15 Now when the turn <8447> of Esther <0635>, the daughter

<1323> of Abihail <32> the uncle <1730> of Mordecai <4782>, who

<0834> had taken <3947> her for his daughter <1323>, was come

<5060> to go <0935> in unto the king <4428>, she required <1245>

nothing but what Hegai <1896> the king's <4428> chamberlain

<5631>, the keeper <8104> of the women <0802>, appointed <0559>.

And Esther <0635> obtained <5375> favour <2580> in the sight

<5869> of all <3605> them that looked <6437> upon her.

16 So Esther <0635> was taken <3947> unto king <4428> Ahasuerus

<0325> into <0413> his house <1004> royal <4438> in the tenth

<6224> month <2320>, which [is] the month <2320> Tebeth <2887>,

in the seventh <7651> year <8141> of his reign <4438>.

17 And the king <4428> loved <0157> Esther <0635> above all

<3605> the women <0802>, and she obtained <5375> grace <2580>

and favour <2617> in his sight <6440> more than all <3605> the

virgins <1330>; so that he set <7760> the royal <4438> crown

<3804> upon her head <7218>, and made her queen <4427> instead

<8478> of Vashti <2060>.

18 Then the king <4428> made <6213> a great <1419> feast <4960>

unto all <3605> his princes <8269> and his servants <5650>,

[even <0853>] Esther's <0635> feast <4960>; and he made <6213> a

release <2010> to the provinces <4082>, and gave <5414> gifts

<4864>, according to the state <3027> of the king <4428>.

19 And when the virgins <1330> were gathered <6908> together

the second <8145> time, then Mordecai <4782> sat <3427> in the

king's <4428> gate <8179>.

20 Esther <0635> had not [yet] shewed <5046> her kindred <4138>

nor her people <5971>; as Mordecai <4782> had charged <6680> her:

for Esther <0635> did <6213> the commandment <3982> of Mordecai

<4782>, like as when she was brought <0539> up with him.

21. In those <1992> days <3117>, while Mordecai <4782> sat

<3427> in the king's <4428> gate <8179>, two <8147> of the

king's <4428> chamberlains <5631>, Bigthan <0904> and Teresh

<8657>, of those which kept <8104> the door <5592>, were wroth

<7107>, and sought <1245> to lay <7971> hand <3027> on the king

<4428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

22 And the thing <1697> was known <3045> to Mordecai <4782>,

who told <5046> [it] unto Esther <0635> the queen <4436>; and

Esther <0635> certified <0559> the king <4428> [thereof] in

Mordecai's <4782> name <8034>.

23 And when inquisition <1245> was made of the matter <1697>,

it was found <4672> out; therefore they were both <8147> hanged

<8518> on <5921> a tree <6086>: and it was written <3789> in the

book <5612> of the chronicles <1697> before <6440> the king

<4428>.

Esther 3

1. After <0310> these <0428> things <1697> did king <4428>

Ahasuerus <0325> promote <1431> Haman <2001> the son <1121> of

Hammedatha <4099> the Agagite <91>, and advanced <5375> him, and

set <7760> his seat <3678> above <5921> all <3605> the princes

<8269> that [were] with him.

2 And all <3605> the king's <4428> servants <5650>, that [were]

in the king's <4428> gate <8179>, bowed <3766>, and reverenced

<7812> Haman <2001>: for the king <4428> had so <3651> commanded

<6680> concerning him. But Mordecai <4782> bowed <3766> not, nor

<3808> did [him] reverence <7812>.

3 Then the king's <4428> servants <5650>, which <0834> [were]

in the king's <4428> gate <8179>, said <0559> unto Mordecai

<4782>, Why <4069> transgressest <5674> thou the king's <4428>

commandment <4687>?

4 Now it came <1961> to pass, when they spake <0559> daily

<3117> unto him, and he hearkened <8085> not unto them, that

they told <5046> Haman <2001>, to see <7200> whether Mordecai's

<4782> matters <1697> would stand <5975>: for he had told <5046>

them that he [was] a Jew <3064>.

5 And when Haman <2001> saw <7200> that Mordecai <4782> bowed

<3766> not, nor did him reverence <7812>, then was Haman <2001>

full <4390> of wrath <2534>.

6 And he thought <5869> scorn <0959> to lay <7971> hands <3027>

on Mordecai <4782> alone <0905>; for they had shewed <5046> him

the people <5971> of Mordecai <4782>: wherefore Haman <2001>

sought <1245> to destroy <8045> all <3605> the Jews <3064> that

[were] throughout the whole <3605> kingdom <4438> of Ahasuerus

<0325>, [even] the people <5971> of Mordecai <4782>.

7. In the first <7223> month <2320>, that [is], the month

<2320> Nisan <5212>, in the twelfth year <8141> of king <4428>

Ahasuerus <0325>, they cast <5307> Pur <6332>, that [is], the

lot <1486>, before <6440> Haman <2001> from day <3117> to day

<3117>, and from month to month <2320>, [to] the twelfth [month

<2320>], that [is], the month <2320> Adar <0143>.

8 And Haman <2001> said <0559> unto king <4428> Ahasuerus

<0325>, There is a certain <0259> people <5971> scattered <6340>

abroad <6340> and dispersed <6504> among <0996> the people

<5971> in all <3605> the provinces <4082> of thy kingdom <4438>;

and their laws <1881> [are] diverse <8138> from all <3605>

people <5971>; neither <0369> keep <6213> they the king's <4428>

laws <1881>: therefore it [is] not for the king's <4428> profit

<7737> to suffer <3240> them.

9 If <0518> it please <2895> the king <4428>, let it be written

<3789> that they may be destroyed <6>: and I will pay <8254> ten

<6235> thousand <0505> talents <3603> of silver <3701> to the

hands <3027> of those that have the charge <6213> of the

business <4399>, to bring <0935> [it] into <0413> the king's

<4428> treasuries <1595>.

10 And the king <4428> took <5493> his ring <2885> from his

hand <3027>, and gave <5414> it unto Haman <2001> the son <1121>

of Hammedatha <4099> the Agagite <91>, the Jews <3064>' enemy

<6887>.

11 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Haman <2001>, The

silver <3701> [is] given <5414> to thee, the people <5971> also,

to do <6213> with them as it seemeth <5869> good <2896> to thee.

12 Then were the king's <4428> scribes <5608> called <7121> on

the thirteenth day <3117> of the first <7223> month <2320>, and

there was written <3789> according to all <3605> that Haman

<2001> had commanded <6680> unto the king's <4428> lieutenants

<0323>, and to the governors <6346> that [were] over <5921>

every province <4082>, and to the rulers <8269> of every people

<5971> of every province <4082> according to the writing <3791>

thereof, and [to] every people <5971> after their language

<3956>; in the name <8034> of king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325> was

it written <3789>, and sealed <2856> with the king's <4428> ring

<2885>.

13 And the letters <5612> were sent <7971> by posts <7323> into

<0413> all <3605> the king's <4428> provinces <4082>, to destroy

<8045>, to kill <2026>, and to cause to perish <6>, all <3605>

Jews <3064>, both young <5288> and old <2205>, little <2945>

children <2945> and women <0802>, in one <0259> day <3117>,

[even] upon the thirteenth [day <3117>] of the twelfth month

<2320>, which <1931> is the month <2320> Adar <0143>, and [to

take <3947>] the spoil <7998> of them for a prey <0962>.

14 The copy <6572> of the writing <3791> for a commandment

<1881> to be given <5414> in every <3605> province <4082> was

published <1540> unto all <3605> people <5971>, that they should

be ready <6264> against that day <3117>.

15 The posts <7323> went <3318> out, being hastened <7165> by

the king's <4428> commandment <1697>, and the decree <1881> was

given <5414> in Shushan <7800> the palace <1002>. And the king

<4428> and Haman <2001> sat <3427> down to drink <8354>; but the

city <5892> Shushan <7800> was perplexed <0943>.

Esther 4

1. When Mordecai <4782> perceived <3045> all <3605> that was

done <6213>, Mordecai <4782> rent <7167> his clothes <0899>, and

put <3847> on sackcloth <8242> with ashes <0665>, and went

<3318> out into the midst <8432> of the city <5892>, and cried

<2199> with a loud <1419> and a bitter <4751> cry <2201>;

2 And came <0935> even <5704> before <6440> the king's <4428>

gate <8179>: for none <0369> [might] enter <0935> into <0413>

the king's <4428> gate <8179> clothed <3830> with sackcloth

<8242>.

3 And in every <3605> province <4082>, whithersoever the king's

<4428> commandment <1697> and his decree <1881> came <5060>,

[there was] great <1419> mourning <60> among the Jews <3064>,

and fasting <6685>, and weeping <1065>, and wailing <4553>; and

many <7227> lay <3331> in sackcloth <8242> and ashes <0665>.

4 So Esther's <0635> maids <5291> and her chamberlains <5631>

came <0935> and told <5046> [it] her. Then was the queen <4436>

exceedingly <3966> grieved <2342>; and she sent <7971> raiment

<0899> to clothe <3847> Mordecai <4782>, and to take <5493> away

<5493> his sackcloth <8242> from him: but he received <6901>

[it] not.

5. Then called <7121> Esther <0635> for Hatach <2047>, [one] of

the king's <4428> chamberlains <5631>, whom <0834> he had

appointed <5975> to attend <6440> upon her, and gave him a

commandment <6680> to Mordecai <4782>, to know <3045> what

<4100> it [was], and why <4100> it [was].

6 So Hatach <2047> went <3318> forth <3318> to Mordecai <4782>

unto the street <7339> of the city <5892>, which <0834> [was]

before <6440> the king's <4428> gate <8179>.

7 And Mordecai <4782> told <5046> him of all <3605> that had

happened <7136> unto him, and of the sum <6575> of the money

<3701> that Haman <2001> had promised <0559> to pay <8254> to

the king's <4428> treasuries <1595> for the Jews <3064>, to

destroy <6> them.

8 Also he gave <5414> him the copy <6572> of the writing <3791>

of the decree <1881> that was given <5414> at Shushan <7800> to

destroy <8045> them, to shew <7200> [it] unto Esther <0635>, and

to declare <5046> [it] unto her, and to charge <6680> her that

she should go <0935> in unto the king <4428>, to make

supplication <2603> unto him, and to make request <1245> before

<6440> him for her people <5971>.

9 And Hatach <2047> came <0935> and told <5046> Esther <0635>

the words <1697> of Mordecai <4782>.

10 Again Esther <0635> spake <0559> unto Hatach <2047>, and

gave him commandment <6680> unto Mordecai <4782>;

11 All <3605> the king's <4428> servants <5650>, and the people

<5971> of the king's <4428> provinces <4082>, do know <3045>,

that whosoever <0834>, whether man <0376> or woman <0802>, shall

come <0935> unto the king <4428> into <0413> the inner <6442>

court <2691>, who <0834> is not called <7121>, [there is] one

<0259> law <1881> of his to put [him] to death <4191>, except

<0905> such <0834> to whom <0834> the king <4428> shall hold

<3447> out the golden <2091> sceptre <8275>, that he may live

<2421>: but I have not been called <7121> to come <0935> in unto

the king <4428> these <2088> thirty <7970> days <3117>.

12 And they told <5046> to Mordecai <4782> Esther's <0635>

words <1697>.

13 Then Mordecai <4782> commanded <0559> to answer <7725>

Esther <0635>, Think <1819> not with thyself <5315> that thou

shalt escape <4422> in the king's <4428> house <1004>, more than

all <3605> the Jews <3064>.

14 For if <0518> thou altogether holdest <2790> thy peace

<2790> at this <2063> time <6256>, [then] shall there

enlargement <7305> and deliverance <2020> arise <5975> to the

Jews <3064> from another <0312> place <4725>; but thou and thy

father's <1> house <1004> shall be destroyed <6>: and who <4310>

knoweth <3045> whether <0518> thou art come <5060> to the

kingdom <4438> for [such] a time <6256> as this <2063>?

15 Then Esther <0635> bade <0559> [them] return <7725> Mordecai

<4782> [this answer],

16 Go <3212>, gather <3664> together all <3605> the Jews <3064>

that are present <4672> in Shushan <7800>, and fast <6684> ye

for me, and neither <0408> eat <0398> nor <0408> drink <8354>

three <7969> days <3117>, night <3915> or day <3117>: I also

<1571> and my maidens <5291> will fast <6684> likewise <3651>;

and so <3651> will I go <0935> in unto the king <4428>, which

<0834> [is] not according to the law <1881>: and if <0834> I

perish <6>, I perish <6>.

17 So Mordecai <4782> went <5674> his way, and did <6213>

according to all <3605> that Esther <0635> had commanded <6680>

him.

Esther 5

1. Now it came <1961> to pass on the third <7992> day <3117>,

that Esther <0635> put <3847> on [her] royal <4438> [apparel],

and stood <5975> in the inner <6442> court <2691> of the king's

<4428> house <1004>, over <5227> against <5227> the king's

<4428> house <1004>: and the king <4428> sat <3427> upon his

royal <4438> throne <3678> in the royal <4438> house <1004>,

over <5227> against <5227> the gate <6607> of the house <1004>.

2 And it was so, when the king <4428> saw <7200> Esther <0635>

the queen <4436> standing <5975> in the court <2691>, [that] she

obtained <5375> favour <2580> in his sight <5869>: and the king

<4428> held <3447> out to Esther <0635> the golden <2091>

sceptre <8275> that [was] in his hand <3027>. So Esther <0635>

drew near <7126>, and touched <5060> the top <7218> of the

sceptre <8275>.

3 Then said <0559> the king <4428> unto her, What <4100> wilt

thou, queen <4436> Esther <0635>? and what <4100> [is] thy

request <1246>? it shall be even given <5414> thee to the half

<2677> of the kingdom <4438>.

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

<2895> unto the king <4428>, let the king <4428> and Haman

<2001> come <0935> this day <3117> unto the banquet <4960> that

I have prepared <6213> for him.

5 Then the king <4428> said <0559>, Cause Haman <2001> to make

haste <4116>, that he may do <6213> as Esther <0635> hath said

<1697>. So the king <4428> and Haman <2001> came <0935> to the

banquet <4960> that Esther <0635> had prepared <6213>.

6 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Esther <0635> at the

banquet <4960> of wine <3196>, What <4100> [is] thy petition

<7596>? and it shall be granted <5414> thee: and what <4100>

[is] thy request <1246>? even to the half <2677> of the kingdom

<4438> it shall be performed <6213>.

7 Then answered <6039> Esther <0635>, and said <0559>, My

petition <7596> and my request <1246> [is];

8 If <0518> I have found <4672> favour <2580> in the sight

<5869> of the king <4428>, and if <0518> it please <2895> the

king <4428> to grant <5414> my petition <7596>, and to perform

<6213> my request <1246>, let the king <4428> and Haman <2001>

come <0935> to the banquet <4960> that I shall prepare <6213>

for them, and I will do <6213> to morrow <4279> as the king

<4428> hath said <1697>.

9. Then went <3318> Haman <2001> forth <3318> that day <3117>

joyful <8056> and with a glad <2896> heart <3820>: but when

Haman <2001> saw <7200> Mordecai <4782> in the king's <4428>

gate <8179>, that he stood <6965> not up, nor <3808> moved

<2111> for him, he was full <4390> of indignation <2534> against

<5921> Mordecai <4782>.

10 Nevertheless Haman <2001> refrained <0662> himself: and when

he came <0935> home <1004>, he sent <7971> and called <0935> for

his friends <0157>, and Zeresh <2238> his wife <0802>.

11 And Haman <2001> told <5608> them of the glory <3519> of his

riches <6239>, and the multitude <7230> of his children <1121>,

and all <3605> [the things] wherein <0834> the king <4428> had

promoted <1431> him, and how <0834> he had advanced <5375> him

above <5921> the princes <8269> and servants <5650> of the king

<4428>.

12 Haman <2001> said <0559> moreover <0637>, Yea, Esther <0635>

the queen <4436> did let no <3808> man come <0935> in with the

king <4428> unto the banquet <4960> that she had prepared <6213>

but myself; and to morrow <4279> am I invited <7121> unto her

also <1571> with the king <4428>.

13 Yet all <3605> this <2088> availeth <7737> me nothing <0369>,

so <6256> long <6256> as I see <7200> Mordecai <4782> the Jew

<3064> sitting <3427> at the king's <4428> gate <8179>.

14 Then said <0559> Zeresh <2238> his wife <0802> and all

<3605> his friends <0157> unto him, Let a gallows <6086> be made

<6213> of fifty <2572> cubits <0520> high <1364>, and to morrow

<1242> speak <0559> thou unto the king <4428> that Mordecai

<4782> may be hanged <8518> thereon <5921>: then go <0935> thou

in merrily <8056> with the king <4428> unto the banquet <4960>.

And the thing <1697> pleased <3190> Haman <2001>; and he caused

the gallows <6086> to be made <6213>.

Esther 6

1. On that night <3915> could <5074> not the king <4428> sleep

<8142>, and he commanded <0559> to bring <0935> the book <5612>

of records <2146> of the chronicles <1697>; and they were read

<7121> before <6440> the king <4428>.

2 And it was found <4672> written <3789>, that Mordecai <4782>

had told <5046> of Bigthana <0904> and Teresh <8657>, two <8147>

of the king's <4428> chamberlains <5631>, the keepers <8104> of

the door <5592>, who <0834> sought <1245> to lay <7971> hand

<3027> on the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

3 And the king <4428> said <0559>, What <4100> honour <3366>

and dignity <1420> hath been done <6213> to Mordecai <4782> for

this <2088>? Then said <0559> the king's <4428> servants <5288>

that ministered <8334> unto him, There is nothing done <6213>

for him.

4. And the king <4428> said <0559>, Who <4310> [is] in the

court <2691>? Now Haman <2001> was come <0935> into the outward

<2435> court <2691> of the king's <4428> house <1004>, to speak

<0559> unto the king <4428> to hang <8518> Mordecai <4782> on

<5921> the gallows <6086> that he had prepared <3559> for him.

5 And the king's <4428> servants <5288> said <0559> unto him,

Behold <2009>, Haman <2001> standeth <5975> in the court <2691>.

And the king <4428> said <0559>, Let him come <0935> in.

6 So Haman <2001> came <0935> in. And the king <4428> said

<0559> unto him, What <4100> shall be done <6213> unto the man

<0376> whom the king <4428> delighteth <2654> to honour <3366>?

Now Haman <2001> thought <0559> in his heart <3820>, To whom

would the king <4428> delight <2654> to do <6213> honour <3366>

more <3148> than to myself?

7 And Haman <2001> answered <0559> the king <4428>, For the man

<0376> whom <4310> the king <4428> delighteth <2654> to honour

<3366>,

8 Let the royal <4438> apparel <3830> be brought <0935> which

<0834> the king <4428> [useth] to wear <3847>, and the horse

<5483> that the king <4428> rideth <7392> upon, and the crown

<3804> royal <4438> which <0834> is set <5414> upon his head

<7218>:

9 And let this apparel <3830> and horse <5483> be delivered

<5414> to the hand <3027> of one <0376> of the king's <4428>

most <6579> noble <6579> princes <8269>, that they may array

<3847> the man <0376> [withal] whom <0834> the king <4428>

delighteth <2654> to honour <3366>, and bring <7392> him on

horseback <7392> through the street <7339> of the city <5892>,

and proclaim <7121> before <6440> him, Thus <3602> shall it be

done <6213> to the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <4428>

delighteth <2654> to honour <3366>.

10 Then the king <4428> said <0559> to Haman <2001>, Make haste

<4116>, [and] take <3947> the apparel <3830> and the horse

<5483>, as thou hast said <1696>, and do <6213> even so <3651>

to Mordecai <4782> the Jew <3064>, that sitteth <3427> at the

king's <4428> gate <8179>: let nothing <1697> fail <5307> of all

<3605> that thou hast spoken <1696>.

11 Then took <3947> Haman <2001> the apparel <3830> and the

horse <5483>, and arrayed <3847> Mordecai <4782>, and brought

<7392> him on horseback <7392> through the street <7339> of the

city <5892>, and proclaimed <7121> before <6440> him, Thus

<3602> shall it be done <6213> unto the man <0376> whom <0834>

the king <4428> delighteth <2654> to honour <3366>.

12. And Mordecai <4782> came <7725> again <7725> to the king's

<4428> gate <8179>. But Haman <2001> hasted <1765> to his house

<1004> mourning <57>, and having his head <7218> covered <2645>.

13 And Haman <2001> told <5608> Zeresh <2238> his wife <0802>

and all <3605> his friends <0157> every <3605> [thing] that had

befallen <7136> him. Then said <0559> his wise <2450> men and

Zeresh <2238> his wife <0802> unto him, If <0518> Mordecai

<4782> [be] of the seed <2233> of the Jews <3064>, before <6440>

whom <0834> thou hast begun <2490> to fall <5307>, thou shalt

not prevail <3201> against him, but shalt surely <3588> fall

<5307> before <6440> him.

14 And while they [were] yet <5750> talking <1696> with him,

came <0935> the king's <4428> chamberlains <5631>, and hasted

<0926> to bring <0935> Haman <2001> unto the banquet <4960> that

Esther <0635> had prepared <6213>.

Esther 7

1. So the king <4428> and Haman <2001> came <0935> to banquet

<8354> with Esther <0635> the queen <4436>.

2 And the king <4428> said <0559> again <1571> unto Esther

<0635> on the second <8145> day <3117> at the banquet <4960> of

wine <3196>, What <4100> [is] thy petition <7596>, queen <4436>

Esther <0635>? and it shall be granted <5414> thee: and what

<4100> [is] thy request <1246>? and it shall be performed <6213>,

[even] to the half <2677> of the kingdom <4438>.

3 Then Esther <0635> the queen <4436> answered <6030> and said

<0559>, If <0518> I have found <4672> favour <2580> in thy sight

<5869>, O king <4428>, and if <0518> it please <2895> the king

<4428>, let my life <5315> be given <5414> me at my petition

<7596>, and my people <5971> at my request <1246>:

4 For we are sold <4376>, I and my people <5971>, to be

destroyed <8045>, to be slain <2026>, and to perish <6>. But if

<0432> we had been sold <4376> for bondmen <5650> and bondwomen

<8198>, I had held <2790> my tongue <2790>, although <3588> the

enemy <6862> could not countervail <7737> the king's <4428>

damage <5143>.

5 Then the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325> answered <0559> and

said <0559> unto Esther <0635> the queen <4436>, Who <4310> is

he, and where <0335> is he, that durst presume <4390> in his

heart <3820> to do <6213> so <3651>?

6 And Esther <0635> said <0559>, The adversary <6862> and enemy

<0341> [is] this <2088> wicked <7451> Haman <2001>. Then Haman

<2001> was afraid <1204> before <6440> the king <4428> and the

queen <4436>.

7. And the king <4428> arising <6965> from the banquet <4960>

of wine <3196> in his wrath <2534> [went] into <0413> the palace

<1055> garden <1594>: and Haman <2001> stood <5975> up to make

request <1245> for his life <5315> to Esther <0635> the queen

<4436>; for he saw <7200> that there was evil <7451> determined

<3615> against <0413> him by the king <4428>.

8 Then the king <4428> returned <7725> out of the palace <1055>

garden <1594> into <0413> the place <1004> of the banquet <4960>

of wine <3196>; and Haman <2001> was fallen <5307> upon the bed

<4296> whereon Esther <0635> [was]. Then said <0559> the king

<4428>, Will he force <3533> the queen <4436> also <1571> before

<5973> me in the house <1004>? As the word <1697> went <3318>

out of the king's <4428> mouth <6310>, they covered <2645>

Haman's <2001> face <6440>.

9 And Harbonah <2726>, one <0259> of the chamberlains <5631>,

said <0559> before <6440> the king <4428>, Behold <2009> also

<1571>, the gallows <6086> fifty <2572> cubits <0520> high

<1364>, which <0834> Haman <2001> had made <6213> for Mordecai

<4782>, who <0834> had spoken <1696> good <2896> for the king

<4428>, standeth <5975> in the house <1004> of Haman <2001>.

Then the king <4428> said <0559>, Hang <8518> him thereon <5921>.

10 So they hanged <8518> Haman <2001> on <5921> the gallows

<6086> that he had prepared <3559> for Mordecai <4782>. Then was

the king's <4428> wrath <2534> pacified <7918>.

Esther 8

1. On that day <3117> did the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325> give

<5414> the house <1004> of Haman <2001> the Jews <3064>' enemy

<6887> unto Esther <0635> the queen <4436>. And Mordecai <4782>

came <0935> before <6440> the king <4428>; for Esther <0635> had

told <5046> what <4100> he [was] unto her.

2 And the king <4428> took <5493> off his ring <2885>, which

<0834> he had taken <5674> from Haman <2001>, and gave <5414> it

unto Mordecai <4782>. And Esther <0635> set <7760> Mordecai

<4782> over <5921> the house <1004> of Haman <2001>.

3. And Esther <0635> spake <1696> yet again <3254> before

<6440> the king <4428>, and fell <5307> down at <6440> his feet

<7272>, and besought <2603> him with tears <1058> to put <5674>

away <5674> the mischief <7451> of Haman <2001> the Agagite <91>,

and his device <4284> that he had devised <2803> against <5921>

the Jews <3064>.

4 Then the king <4428> held <3447> out the golden <2091>

sceptre <8275> toward Esther <0635>. So Esther <0635> arose

<6965>, and stood <5975> before <6440> the king <4428>,

5 And said <0559>, If <0518> it please <2896> the king <4428>,

and if <0518> I have found favour <2580> in his sight <5869>,

and the thing <1697> [seem] right <3787> before <6440> the king

<4428>, and I [be] pleasing <2896> in his eyes <5869>, let it be

written <3789> to reverse <7725> the letters <5612> devised

<4284> by Haman <2001> the son <1121> of Hammedatha <4099> the

Agagite <91>, which <0834> he wrote <3789> to destroy <6> the

Jews <3064> which <0834> [are] in all <3605> the king's <4428>

provinces <4082>:

6 For how <0346> can <3201> I endure <3201> to see <7200> the

evil <7451> that shall come <4672> unto my people <5971>? or how

<0346> can <3201> I endure <3201> to see <7200> the destruction

<13> of my kindred <4138>?

7 Then the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325> said <0559> unto Esther

<0635> the queen <4436> and to Mordecai <4782> the Jew <3064>,

Behold <2009>, I have given <5414> Esther <0635> the house

<1004> of Haman <2001>, and him they have hanged <8518> upon the

gallows <6086>, because he laid <7971> his hand <3027> upon the

Jews <3064>.

8 Write <3789> ye also for the Jews <3064>, as it liketh <2896>

you, in the king's <4428> name <8034>, and seal <2856> [it] with

the king's <4428> ring <2885>: for the writing <3791> which

<0834> is written <3789> in the king's <4428> name <8034>, and

sealed <2856> with the king's <4428> ring <2885>, may no <0369>

man reverse <7725>.

9 Then were the king's <4428> scribes <5608> called <7121> at

that time <6256> in the third <7992> month <2320>, that [is],

the month <2320> Sivan <5510>, on the three <7969> and twentieth

<6242> [day] thereof; and it was written <3789> according to all

<3605> that Mordecai <4782> commanded <6680> unto the Jews

<3064>, and to the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <6346>

and rulers <8269> of the provinces <4082> which <0834> [are]

from India <1912> unto Ethiopia <3568>, an hundred <3967> twenty

<6242> and seven <7651> provinces <4082>, unto every province

<4082> according to the writing <3791> thereof, and unto every

people <5971> after their language <3956>, and to the Jews

<3064> according to their writing <3791>, and according to their

language <3956>.

10 And he wrote <3789> in the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>'

name <8034>, and sealed <2856> [it] with the king's <4428> ring

<2885>, and sent <7971> letters <5612> by posts <7323> on

horseback <5483>, [and] riders <7392> on mules <7409>, camels

<0327>, [and] young <1121> dromedaries <7424>:

11 Wherein <0834> the king <4428> granted <5414> the Jews

<3064> which <0834> [were] in every <3605> city <5892> to gather

<6950> themselves together, and to stand <5975> for their life

<5315>, to destroy <8045>, to slay <2026>, and to cause to

perish <6>, all <3605> the power <2428> of the people <5971> and

province <4082> that would assault <6696> them, [both] little

<2945> ones and women <0802>, and [to take] the spoil <7998> of

them for a prey <0962>,

12 Upon one <0259> day <3117> in all <3605> the provinces

<4082> of king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>, [namely], upon the

thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month <2320>, which <1931> [is]

the month <2320> Adar <0143>.

13 The copy <6572> of the writing <3791> for a commandment

<1881> to be given <5414> in every <3605> province <4082> [was]

published <1540> unto all <3605> people <5971>, and that the

Jews <3064> should be ready <6264> against that day <3117> to

avenge <5358> themselves on their enemies <0341>.

14 [So] the posts <7323> that rode <7392> upon mules <7409>

[and] camels <0327> went <3318> out, being hastened <0926> and

pressed <1765> on by the king's <4428> commandment <1697>. And

the decree <1881> was given <5414> at Shushan <7800> the palace

<1002>.

15. And Mordecai <4782> went <3318> out from the presence

<6440> of the king <4428> in royal <4438> apparel <3830> of blue

<8504> and white <2353>, and with a great <1419> crown <5850> of

gold <2091>, and with a garment <8509> of fine linen <0948> and

purple <0713>: and the city <5892> of Shushan <7800> rejoiced

<6670> and was glad <8056>.

16 The Jews <3064> had light <0219>, and gladness <8057>, and

joy <8342>, and honour <3366>.

17 And in every <3605> province <4082>, and in every <3605>

city <5892>, whithersoever the king's <4428> commandment <1697>

and his decree <1881> came <5060>, the Jews <3064> had joy

<8057> and gladness <8342>, a feast <4960> and a good <2896> day

<3117>. And many <7227> of the people <5971> of the land <0776>

became <3054> Jews <3054>; for the fear <6343> of the Jews

<3064> fell <5307> upon them.

Esther 9

1. Now in the twelfth month <2320>, that [is], the month <2320>

Adar <0143>, on the thirteenth day <3117> of the same, when

<0834> the king's <4428> commandment <1697> and his decree

<1881> drew near <5060> to be put in execution <6213>, in the

day <3117> that the enemies <0341> of the Jews <3064> hoped

<7663> to have power <7980> over them, (though it was turned

<2015> to the contrary, that the Jews <3064> had rule <7980>

over them that hated <8130> them;)

2 The Jews <3064> gathered <6950> themselves together in their

cities <5892> throughout all <3605> the provinces <4082> of the

king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>, to lay <7971> hand <3027> on such

as sought <1245> their hurt <7451>: and no <3808> man <0376>

could withstand <5975> them; for the fear <6343> of them fell

<5307> upon all <3605> people <5971>.

3 And all <3605> the rulers <8269> of the provinces <4082>, and

the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <6346>, and officers

<6213> of the king <4428>, helped <5375> the Jews <3064>;

because <3588> the fear <6343> of Mordecai <4782> fell <5307>

upon them.

4 For Mordecai <4782> [was] great <1419> in the king's <4428>

house <1004>, and his fame <8089> went <1980> out throughout all

<3605> the provinces <4082>: for this man <0376> Mordecai <4782>

waxed <1980> greater <1419> and greater <1419>.

5 Thus the Jews <3064> smote <5221> all <3605> their enemies

<0341> with the stroke <4347> of the sword <2719>, and slaughter

<2027>, and destruction <12>, and did <6213> what <4100> they

would unto those that hated <8130> them.

6 And in Shushan <7800> the palace <1002> the Jews <3064> slew

<2026> and destroyed <6> five <2568> hundred <3967> men <0376>.

7 And Parshandatha <6577>, and Dalphon <1813>, and Aspatha

<0630>,

8 And Poratha <6334>, and Adalia <0118>, and Aridatha <0743>,

9 And Parmashta <6534>, and Arisai <0747>, and Aridai <0742>,

and Vajezatha <2055>,

10 The ten <6235> sons <1121> of Haman <2001> the son <1121> of

Hammedatha <4099>, the enemy <6887> of the Jews <3064>, slew

<2026> they; but on the spoil <0961> laid <7971> they not their

hand <3027>.

11 On that day <3117> the number <4557> of those that were

slain <2026> in Shushan <7800> the palace <1002> was brought

<0935> before <6440> the king <4428>.

12 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Esther <0635> the queen

<4436>, The Jews <3064> have slain <2026> and destroyed <6> five

<2568> hundred <3967> men <0376> in Shushan <7800> the palace

<1002>, and the ten <6235> sons <1121> of Haman <2001>; what

<4100> have they done <6213> in the rest <7605> of the king's

<4428> provinces <4082>? now what <4100> [is] thy petition

<7596>? and it shall be granted <5414> thee: or what <4100> [is]

thy request <1246> further <5750>? and it shall be done <6213>.

13 Then said <0559> Esther <0635>, If <0518> it please <2896>

the king <4428>, let it be granted <5414> to the Jews <3064>

which <0834> [are] in Shushan <7800> to do <6213> to morrow

<4279> also <1571> according unto this day's <3117> decree

<1881>, and let Haman's <2001> ten <6235> sons <1121> be hanged

<8518> upon the gallows <6086>.

14 And the king <4428> commanded <0559> it so <3651> to be done

<6213>: and the decree <1881> was given <5414> at Shushan <7800>;

and they hanged <8518> Haman's <2001> ten <6235> sons <1121>.

15 For the Jews <3064> that [were] in Shushan <7800> gathered

<6950> themselves together on the fourteenth day <3117> also

<1571> of the month <2320> Adar <0143>, and slew <2026> three

<7969> hundred <3967> men <0376> at Shushan <7800>; but on the

prey <0961> they laid <7971> not their hand <3027>.

16 But the other <7605> Jews <3064> that [were] in the king's

<4428> provinces <4082> gathered <6950> themselves together, and

stood <5975> for their lives <5315>, and had rest <5118> from

their enemies <0341>, and slew <2026> of their foes <8130>

seventy <7657> and five <2568> thousand <0505>, but they laid

<7971> not their hands <3027> on the prey <0961>,

17 On the thirteenth day <3117> of the month <2320> Adar <0143>;

and on the fourteenth day of the same rested <5118> they, and

made <6213> it a day <3117> of feasting <4960> and gladness

<8057>.

18 But the Jews <3064> that [were] at Shushan <7800> assembled

<6950> together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the

fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth <6240> [day] of the

same they rested <5118>, and made <6213> it a day <3117> of

feasting <4960> and gladness <8057>.

19 Therefore the Jews <3064> of the villages <6521>, that dwelt

<3427> in the unwalled <6519> towns <5892>, made <6213> the

fourteenth day <3117> of the month <2320> Adar <0143> [a day of]

gladness <8057> and feasting <4960>, and a good <2896> day

<3117>, and of sending <4916> portions <4490> one <0376> to

another <7453>.

20. And Mordecai <4782> wrote <3789> these <0428> things <1697>,

and sent <7971> letters <5612> unto all <3605> the Jews <3064>

that [were] in all <3605> the provinces <4082> of the king

<4428> Ahasuerus <0325>, [both] nigh <7126> and far <7350>,

21 To stablish <6965> [this] among <5921> them, that they

should keep <6213> the fourteenth day of the month <2320> Adar

<0143>, and the fifteenth <6240> day <3117> of the same, yearly

<8141>,

22 As the days <3117> wherein <0834> the Jews <3064> rested

<5117> from their enemies <0341>, and the month <2320> which

<0834> was turned <2015> unto them from sorrow <3015> to joy

<8057>, and from mourning <60> into a good <2896> day <3117>:

that they should make <6213> them days <3117> of feasting <4960>

and joy <8057>, and of sending <4916> portions <4490> one <0376>

to another <7453>, and gifts <4979> to the poor <34>.

23 And the Jews <3064> undertook <6901> to do <6213> as they

had begun <2490>, and as Mordecai <4782> had written <3789> unto

them;

24 Because <3588> Haman <2001> the son <1121> of Hammedatha

<4099>, the Agagite <91>, the enemy <6887> of all <3605> the

Jews <3064>, had devised <2803> against <5921> the Jews <3064>

to destroy <6> them, and had cast <5307> Pur <6332>, that [is],

the lot <1486>, to consume <2000> them, and to destroy <6> them;

25 But when [Esther] came <0935> before <6440> the king <4428>,

he commanded <0559> by letters <5612> that his wicked <7451>

device <4284>, which <0834> he devised <2803> against <5921> the

Jews <3064>, should return <7725> upon his own head <7218>, and

that he and his sons <1121> should be hanged <8518> on <5921>

the gallows <6086>.

26 Wherefore they called <7121> these <0428> days <3117> Purim

<6332> after <5921> the name <8034> of Pur <6332>. Therefore for

all <3605> the words <1697> of this letter <0107>, and [of that]

which <4100> they had seen <7200> concerning <5921> this <3602>

matter <3602>, and which <4100> had come <5060> unto them,

27 The Jews <3064> ordained <6965>, and took <6901> upon them,

and upon their seed <2233>, and upon all <3605> such as joined

<3867> themselves unto them, so as it should not fail <5674>,

that they would keep <6213> these <0428> two <8147> days <3117>

according to their writing <3791>, and according to their

[appointed] time <2165> every <3605> year <8141>;

28 And [that] these <0428> days <3117> [should be] remembered

<2142> and kept <6213> throughout every generation <1755>, every

family <4940>, every province <4082>, and every city <5892>; and

[that] these <0428> days <3117> of Purim <6332> should not fail

<5674> from among <8432> the Jews <3064>, nor <3808> the

memorial <2143> of them perish <5486> from their seed <2233>.

29 Then Esther <0635> the queen <4436>, the daughter <1323> of

Abihail <32>, and Mordecai <4782> the Jew <3064>, wrote <3789>

with all <3605> authority <8633>, to confirm <6965> this <2063>

second <8145> letter <0107> of Purim <6332>.

30 And he sent <7971> the letters <5612> unto all <3605> the

Jews <3064>, to the hundred <3967> twenty <6242> and seven

<7651> provinces <4082> of the kingdom <4438> of Ahasuerus

<0325>, [with] words <1697> of peace <7965> and truth <0571>,

31 To confirm <6965> these <0428> days <3117> of Purim <6332>

in their times <2165> [appointed], according as Mordecai <4782>

the Jew <3064> and Esther <0635> the queen <4436> had enjoined

<6965> them, and as they had decreed <6965> for themselves

<5315> and for their seed <2233>, the matters <1697> of the

fastings <6685> and their cry <2201>.

32 And the decree <3982> of Esther <0635> confirmed <6965>

these <0428> matters <1697> of Purim <6332>; and it was written

<3789> in the book <5612>.

Esther 10

1. And the king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325> laid <7760> a tribute

<4522> upon the land <0776>, and [upon] the isles <0339> of the

sea <3220>.

2 And all <3605> the acts <4640> of his power <8633> and of his

might <1369>, and the declaration <6575> of the greatness <1420>

of Mordecai <4782>, whereunto <0834> the king <4428> advanced

<1431> him, [are] they not written <3789> in the book <5612> of

the chronicles <1697> of the kings <4428> of Media <4074> and

Persia <6539>?

3 For Mordecai <4782> the Jew <3064> [was] next <4932> unto

king <4428> Ahasuerus <0325>, and great <1419> among the Jews

<3064>, and accepted <7521> of the multitude <7230> of his

brethren <0251>, seeking <1875> the wealth <2896> of his people

<5971>, and speaking <1696> peace <7965> to all <3605> his seed

<2233>.