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>.







 

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