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Est 01:01 ¶ Now it came to pass in the days <03117> of Ahasuerus
<0325>, (this is Ahasuerus <0325> which reigned <
04427> (8802),
from India <01912> even unto Ethiopia <03568>, over
an hundred
<03967> and seven <07651> and twenty <06242>
provinces <04082>:)
Est 01:02 That in those days <03117>, when the king <
04428>
Ahasuerus <0325> sat <03427> (8800) on the throne <
03678> of his
kingdom <04438>, which was in Shushan <07800> the
palace <01002>,
Est 01:03 In the third <07969> year <08141> of his
reign
<04427> (8800), he made <06213> (8804) a feast <
04960> unto all
his princes <08269> and his servants <05650>; the
power <02428>
of Persia <06539> and Media <04074>, the nobles <
06579> and
princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>, being
before <06440>
him:
Est 01:04 When he shewed <07200> (8687) the riches <
06239> of
his glorious <03519> kingdom <04438> and the honour
<03366> of
his excellent <08597> majesty <01420> many <
07227> days <03117>,
even an hundred <03967> and fourscore <08084> days
<03117>.
Est 01:05 And when these days <03117> were expired <
04390>
(8800), the king <04428> made <06213> (8804) a feast
<04960>
unto all the people <05971> that were present <04672>
(8737) in
Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>, both unto great
<01419> and
small <06996>, seven <07651> days <03117>, in
the court <02691>
of the garden <01594> of the king’s <04428> palace
<01055>;
Est 01:06 Where were white <02353>, green <03768>,
and blue
<08504>, hangings, fastened <0270> (8803) with cords
<02256> of
fine linen <0948> and purple <0713> to silver <
03701> rings
<01550> and pillars <05982> of marble <08336>:
the beds <04296>
were of gold <02091> and silver <03701>, upon a
pavement <07531>
of red <0923>, and blue <08504>, and white <
01858>, and black
<05508>, marble <08336>.
Est 01:07 And they gave them drink <08248> (8687) in
vessels
<03627> of gold <02091>, (the vessels <03627>
being diverse
<08138> (8802) one from another <03627>,) and royal
<04438> wine
<03196> in abundance <07227>, according to the state
<03027> of
the king <04428>.
Est 01:08 And the drinking <08360> was according to the
law
<01881>; none did compel <0597> (8802): for so the
king <04428>
had appointed <03245> (8765) to all the officers <
07227> of his
house <01004>, that they should do <06213> (8800)
according to
every man’s <0376> pleasure <07522>.
Est 01:09 Also Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> made
<06213>
(8804) a feast <04960> for the women <0802> in the
royal <04438>
house <01004> which belonged to king <04428>
Ahasuerus <0325>.
Est 01:10 ¶ On the seventh <07637> day <03117>, when
the heart
<03820> of the king <04428> was merry <02896>
with wine <03196>,
he commanded <0559> (8804) Mehuman <04104>, Biztha
<0968>,
Harbona <02726>, Bigtha <0903>, and Abagtha <05>
, Zethar <02242>,
and Carcas <03752>, the seven <07651> chamberlains
<05631> that
served <08334> (8764) in the presence <06440> of
Ahasuerus
<0325> the king <04428>,
Est 01:11 To bring <0935> (8687) Vashti <02060> the
queen
<04436> before <06440> the king <04428> with
the crown <03804>
royal <04438>, to shew <07200> (8687) the people <
05971> and the
princes <08269> her beauty <03308>: for she was fair
<02896> to
look on <04758>.
Est 01:12 But the queen <04436> Vashti <02060>
refused <03985>
(8762) to come <0935> (8800) at the king’s <04428>
commandment
<01697> by <03027> his chamberlains <05631>:
therefore was the
king <04428> very <03966> wroth <07107> (8799),
and his anger
<02534> burned <01197> (8804) in him.
Est 01:13 Then the king <04428> said <0559> (8799)
to the wise
men <02450>, which knew <03045> (8802) the times <
06256>, (for
so was the king’s <04428> manner <01697> toward <
06440> all that
knew <03045> (8802) law <01881> and judgment <
01779>:
Est 01:14 And the next <07138> unto him was Carshena <
03771>,
Shethar <08369>, Admatha <0133>, Tarshish <
08659>, Meres <04825>,
Marsena <04826>, and Memucan <04462>, the seven <
07651> princes
<08269> of Persia <06539> and Media <04074>,
which saw <07200>
(8802) the king’s <04428> face <06440>, and which sat
<03427>
(8802) the first <07223> in the kingdom <04438>;)
Est 01:15 What shall we do <06213> (8800) unto the queen
<04436> Vashti <02060> according to law <01881>,
because she
hath not performed <06213> (8804) the commandment <
03982> of the
king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> by <03027> the
chamberlains
<05631>?
Est 01:16 And Memucan <04462> answered <0559> (8799)
before
<06440> the king <04428> and the princes <08269>
, Vashti <02060>
the queen <04436> hath not done wrong <05753> (8804)
to the king
<04428> only, but also to all the princes <08269>,
and to all
the people <05971> that are in all the provinces <
04082> of the
king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.
Est 01:17 For this deed <01697> of the queen <04436>
shall come
abroad <03318> (8799) unto all women <0802>, so that
they shall
despise <0959> (8687) their husbands <01167> in their
eyes
<05869>, when it shall be reported <0559> (8800), The
king
<04428> Ahasuerus <0325> commanded <0559>
(8804) Vashti <02060>
the queen <04436> to be brought in <0935> (8687)
before <06440>
him, but she came <0935> (8804) not.
Est 01:18 Likewise shall the ladies <08282> of Persia <
06539>
and Media <04074> say <0559> (8799) this day <
03117> unto all
the king’s <04428> princes <08269>, which have heard
<08085>
(8804) of the deed <01697> of the queen <04436>. Thus
shall
there arise too much <01767> contempt <0963> and
wrath <07110>.
Est 01:19 If it please <02895> (8804) the king <
04428>, let
there go <03318> (8799) a royal <04438> commandment
<01697> from
him <06440>, and let it be written <03789> (8735)
among the laws
<01881> of the Persians <06539> and the Medes <
04074>, that it
be not altered <05674> (8799), That Vashti <02060>
come <0935>
(8799) no more before <06440> king <04428> Ahasuerus
<0325>; and
let the king <04428> give <05414> (8799) her royal
estate
<04438> unto another <07468> that is better <
02896> than she.
Est 01:20 And when the king’s <04428> decree <06599>
which he
shall make <06213> (8799) shall be published <08085>
(8738)
throughout all his empire <04438>, (for it is great <
07227>,)
all the wives <0802> shall give <05414> (8799) to
their husbands
<01167> honour <03366>, both to great <01419>
and small <06996>.
Est 01:21 And the saying <01697> pleased <03190>
(8799) <05869>
the king <04428> and the princes <08269>; and the
king <04428>
did <06213> (8799) according to the word <01697> of
Memucan
<04462>:
Est 01:22 For he sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612>
into all
the king’s <04428> provinces <04082>, into every
province
<04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and
to every
people <05971> after their language <03956>, that
every man
<0376> should bear rule <08323> (8802) in his own
house <01004>,
and that it should be published <01696> (8764) according to
the
language <03956> of every people <05971>.
Est 02:01 ¶ After <0310> these things <01697>, when
the wrath
<02534> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was
appeased <07918>
(8800), he remembered <02142> (8804) Vashti <02060>,
and what
she had done <06213> (8804), and what was decreed <
01504> (8738)
against her.
Est 02:02 Then said <0559> (8799) the king’s <04428>
servants
<05288> that ministered <08334> (8764) unto him, Let
there be
fair <02896> <04758> young <05291> virgins <
01330> sought
<01245> (8762) for the king <04428>:
Est 02:03 And let the king <04428> appoint <06485>
(8686)
officers <06496> in all the provinces <04082> of his
kingdom
<04438>, that they may gather together <06908> (8799)
all the
fair <02896> <04758> young <05291> virgins <
01330> unto Shushan
<07800> the palace <01002>, to the house <01004>
of the women
<0802>, unto the custody <03027> of Hege <01896>
the king’s
<04428> chamberlain <05631>, keeper <08104>
(8802) of the women
<0802>; and let their things for purification <08562>
be given
<05414> (8800) them:
Est 02:04 And let the maiden <05291> which pleaseth <
03190>
(8799) <05869> the king <04428> be queen <04427>
(8799) instead
of Vashti <02060>. And the thing <01697> pleased <
03190> (8799)
<05869> the king <04428>; and he did so <06213>
(8799).
Est 02:05 Now in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>
there was a
certain <0376> Jew <03064>, whose name <08034>
was Mordecai
<04782>, the son <01121> of Jair <02971>, the
son <01121> of
Shimei <08096>, the son <01121> of Kish <07027>,
a Benjamite
<01145>;
Est 02:06 Who had been carried away <01540> (8717) from
Jerusalem <03389> with the captivity <01473> which
had been
carried away <01540> (8717) with Jeconiah <03204>
king <04428>
of Judah <03063>, whom Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the
king <04428>
of Babylon <0894> had carried away <01540> (8689).
Est 02:07 And he brought up <0539> (8802) Hadassah <
01919>,
that is, Esther <0635>, his uncle’s <01730> daughter
<01323>:
for she had neither father <01> nor mother <0517>,
and the maid
<05291> was fair <03303> <08389> and beautiful
<02896> <04758>;
whom Mordecai <04782>, when her father <01> and
mother <0517>
were dead <04194>, took <03947> (8804) for his own
daughter
<01323>.
Est 02:08 So it came to pass, when the king’s <04428>
commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> was heard
<08085>
(8736), and when many <07227> maidens <05291> were
gathered
together <06908> (8736) unto Shushan <07800> the
palace <01002>,
to the custody <03027> of Hegai <01896>, that Esther
<0635> was
brought <03947> (8735) also unto the king’s <04428>
house
<01004>, to the custody <03027> of Hegai <01896>
, keeper <08104>
(8802) of the women <0802>.
Est 02:09 And the maiden <05291> pleased <03190>
(8799) <05869>
him, and she obtained <05375> (8799) kindness <02617>
of him
<06440>; and he speedily <0926> (8762) gave <
05414> (8800) her
her things for purification <08562>, with such things as
belonged <04490> to her, and seven <07651> maidens
<05291>,
which were meet <07200> (8803) to be given <05414>
(8800) her,
out of the king’s <04428> house <01004>: and he
preferred
<08138> (8762) her and her maids <05291> unto the
best <02896>
place of the house <01004> of the women <0802>.
Est 02:10 Esther <0635> had not shewed <05046>
(8689) her
people <05971> nor her kindred <04138>: for Mordecai
<04782> had
charged <06680> (8765) her that she should not shew <
05046>
(8686) it.
Est 02:11 And Mordecai <04782> walked <01980> (8693)
every day
<03117> before <06440> the court <02691> of the
women’s <0802>
house <01004>, to know <03045> (8800) how Esther <
0635> did
<07965>, and what should become <06213> (8735) of her.
Est 02:12 Now when every maid’s <05291> turn <08447>
was come
<05060> (8687) to go in <0935> (8800) to king <
04428> Ahasuerus
<0325>, after <07093> that she had been twelve <
08147> <06240>
months <02320>, according to the manner <01881> of
the women
<0802>, (for so were the days <03117> of their
purifications
<04795> accomplished <04390> (8799), to wit, six <
08337> months
<02320> with oil <08081> of myrrh <04753>, and
six <08337>
months <02320> with sweet odours <01314>, and with
other things
for the purifying <08562> of the women <0802>;)
Est 02:13 Then thus came <0935> (8802) every maiden <
05291>
unto the king <04428>; whatsoever she desired <0559>
(8799) was
given <05414> (8735) her to go <0935> (8800) with her
out of the
house <01004> of the women <0802> unto the king’s <
04428> house
<01004>.
Est 02:14 In the evening <06153> she went <0935>
(8802), and on
the morrow <01242> she returned <07725> (8802) into
the second
<08145> house <01004> of the women <0802>, to
the custody
<03027> of Shaashgaz <08190>, the king’s <04428>
chamberlain
<05631>, which kept <08104> (8802) the concubines <
06370>: she
came in <0935> (8799) unto the king <04428> no more,
except the
king <04428> delighted <02654> (8804) in her, and
that she were
called <07121> (8738) by name <08034>.
Est 02:15 Now when the turn <08447> of Esther <0635>,
the
daughter <01323> of Abihail <032> the uncle <
01730> of Mordecai
<04782>, who had taken <03947> (8804) her for his
daughter
<01323>, was come <05060> (8687) to go in <0935>
(8800) unto the
king <04428>, she required <01245> (8765) nothing <
01697> but
what Hegai <01896> the king’s <04428> chamberlain <
05631>, the
keeper <08104> (8802) of the women <0802>, appointed
<0559>
(8799). And Esther <0635> obtained <05375> (8802)
favour <02580>
in the sight <05869> of all them that looked <07200>
(8802) upon
her.
Est 02:16 So Esther <0635> was taken <03947> (8735)
unto king
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