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Esther 1

1. Now it came <01961> to pass in the days <03117> of Ahasuerus <0325>, (this [is] Ahasuerus <0325> which reigned <04427>, from India <01912> even unto Ethiopia <03568>, [over] an hundred <03967> and seven <07651> and twenty < 06242> provinces <04082>:)

2 [That] in those <01992> days <03117>, when the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> sat <03427> on < 05921> the throne <03678> of his kingdom <04438>, which < 0834> [was] in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>,

3 In the third <07969> year <08141> of his reign <04427>, he made <06213> a feast <04960> unto all < 03605> 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:

4 When he shewed <07200> the riches <06239> of his glorious <03519> kingdom <04438> and the honour <03366> of his excellent <01420> majesty <01420> many <07227> days <03117>, [even] an hundred <03967> and fourscore < 08084> days <03117>.

5 And when these <0428> days <03117> were expired <04390>, the king <04428> made <06213> a feast < 04960> unto all <03605> the people <05971> that were present <04672> 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>;

6 [Where were] white <02353>, green <03768>, and blue <08504>, [hangings], fastened <0270> with cords < 02256> of fine linen <0948> and purple <0713> to silver < 03701> rings <01550> and pillars <05982> of marble < 08338>: 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>.

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

8 And the drinking <08360> [was] according to the law < 01881>; none <0369> did compel <0597>: for so <03651> the king <04428> had appointed <03245> to all <03605> the officers <07227> of his house <01004>, that they should do <06213> according to every man's <0376> pleasure <07522>.

9 Also <01571> Vashti <02060> the queen < 04436> made <06213> a feast <04960> for the women < 0802> [in] the royal <04438> house <01004> which [belonged] to king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

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

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

12 But the queen <04436> Vashti <02060> refused < 03985> to come <0935> at the king's <04428> commandment < 01697> by [his] chamberlains <05631>: therefore was the king < 04428> very <03966> wroth <07107>, and his anger < 02534> burned <01197> in him.

13 Then the king <04428> said <0559> to the wise <02450> men, which knew <05234> the times <06256>, (for so <03651> [was] the king's <04428> manner <01697> toward <06440> all <03605> that knew <05234> law < 01881> and judgment <01779>:

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> the king's < 04428> face <06440>, [and] which sat <03427> the first < 07223> in the kingdom <04438>;)

15 What <04100> shall we do <06213> unto the queen <04436> Vashti <02060> according to law <01881>, because she hath not performed <06213> the commandment <03982> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> by the chamberlains <05631> ?

16 And Memucan <04462> answered <0559> before < 06440> the king <04428> and the princes <08269>, Vashti < 02060> the queen <04436> hath not done wrong <05753> to the king <04428> only <0905>, but also to all <03605> the princes <08269>, and to all <03605> the people <05971> that [are] in all <03605> the provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

17 For [this] deed <01697> of the queen <04436> shall come <03318> abroad <03318> unto all <03605> women <0802>, so that they shall despise <0959> their husbands < 01167> in their eyes <05869>, when it shall be reported < 0559>, The king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> commanded < 0559> Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> to be brought < 0935> in before <06440> him, but she came <0935> not.

18 [Likewise] shall the ladies <08282> of Persia < 06539> and Media <04074> say <0559> this <02088> day <03117> unto all <03605> the king's <04428> princes < 08269>, which <0834> have heard <08085> of the deed < 01697> of the queen <04436>. Thus [shall there arise] too < 01767> much <01767> contempt <0963> and wrath <07110>.

19 If <0518> it please <02895> the king < 04428>, let there go <03318> a royal <04438> commandment <01697> from him, and let it be written <03789> among the laws <01881> of the Persians <06539> and the Medes <04074>, that it be not altered <05674>, That Vashti <02060> come < 0935> no <03808> more before <06440> king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>; and let the king <04428> give <05414> her royal <04438> estate unto another <07468> that is better <02896> than she.

20 And when the king's <04428> decree <06599> which <0834> he shall make <06213> shall be published <08085> throughout all <03605> his empire <04438>, (for it is great <07227>,) all <03605> the wives <0802> shall give < 05414> to their husbands <01167> honour <03366>, both to great <01419> and small <06996>.

21 And the saying <01697> pleased the king <04428> and the princes <08269>; and the king <04428> did <06213> according to the word <01697> of Memucan <04462>:

22 For he sent <07971> letters <05612> into < 0413> all <03605> the king's <04428> provinces <04082> , into every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and to every <0376> people <05971> after their language <03956>, that every man <0376> should bear < 08323> rule <08323> in his own house <01004>, and that [it] should be published <01696> according to the language <03956> of every people <05971>.

Esther 2

1. After <0310> these <0428> things <01697>, when the wrath <02534> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was appeased <07918>, he remembered <02142> Vashti < 02060>, and what she had done <06213>, and what was decreed < 01504> against <05921> her.

2 Then said <0559> the king's <04428> servants < 05288> that ministered <08334> unto him, Let there be fair < 02896> young <05291> virgins <01330> sought <01245> for the king <04428>:

3 And let the king <04428> appoint <06485> officers <06496> in all <03605> the provinces <04082> of his kingdom <04438>, that they may gather <06908> together all < 03605> the fair <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> of the women <0802>; and let their things for purification <08562> be given <05414> [them]:

4 And let the maiden <05291> which <0834> pleaseth the king <04428> be queen <04427> instead <08478> of Vashti <02060>. And the thing <01697> pleased the king < 04428>; and he did <06213> so <03651>.

5 [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>;

6 Who <0834> had been carried <01540> away < 01546> from Jerusalem <03389> with the captivity <01473> which <0834> had been carried <01540> away <01546> with Jeconiah <03204> king <04428> of Judah <03063>, whom < 0834> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> had carried <01540> away <01546>.

7 And he brought <0539> up Hadassah <01919>, that [is], Esther <0635>, his uncle's <01733> daughter <01323> : for she had neither <0369> father <01> nor mother < 0517>, and the maid <05291> [was] fair <03303> and beautiful; whom Mordecai <04782>, when her father <01> and mother <0517> were dead <04194>, took <03947> for his own daughter <01323>.

8 So it came <01961> to pass, when the king's < 04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> was heard <08085>, and when many <07227> maidens <05291> were gathered <06908> together unto Shushan <07800> the palace < 01002>, to the custody <03027> of Hegai <01896>, that Esther <0635> was brought <03947> also unto the king's < 04428> house <01004>, to the custody <03027> of Hegai < 01896>, keeper <08104> of the women <0802>.

9 And the maiden <05291> pleased him, and she obtained <05375> kindness <02617> of him; and he speedily <0926> gave <05414> her her things for purification <08562>, with such things as belonged <04490> to her, and seven <07651> maidens <05291>, [which were] meet <07200> to be given < 05414> her, out of the king's <04428> house <01004>: and he preferred <08138> her and her maids <05291> unto the best < 02896> [place] of the house <01004> of the women <0802>.

10 Esther <0635> had not shewed <05046> her people <05971> nor her kindred <04138>: for Mordecai <04782> had charged <06680> her that she should not shew <05046> [it].

11 And Mordecai <04782> walked <01980> every day <03117> before <06440> the court <02691> of the women's <0802> house <01004>, to know <03045> how Esther < 0635> did <07965>, and what <04100> should become < 06213> of her.

12 Now when every maid's <05291> turn <08447> was come <05060> to go <0935> in to king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, after <07093> that she had been <01961> twelve months <02320>, according to the manner <01881> of the women <0802>, (for so <03651> were the days <03117> of their purifications <04795> accomplished <04390>, [to wit], six < 08337> months <02320> with oil <08081> of myrrh < 04753>, and six <08337> months <02320> with sweet < 01314> odours <01314>, and with [other] things for the purifying <08562> of the women <0802>;)

13 Then thus <02088> came <0935> [every] maiden < 05291> unto the king <04428>; whatsoever she desired <0559> was given <05414> her to go <0935> with her out of the house <01004> of the women <0802> unto the king's <04428> house <01004>.

14 In the evening <06153> she went <0935>, and on the morrow <01242> she returned <07725> into <0413> 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> the concubines < 06370>: she came <0935> in unto the king <04428> no < 03808> more <05750>, except the king <04428> delighted < 02654> in her, and that she were called <07121> by name < 08034>.

15 Now when the turn <08447> of Esther <0635>, the daughter <01323> of Abihail <032> the uncle <01730> of Mordecai <04782>, who <0834> had taken <03947> her for his daughter <01323>, was come <05060> to go <0935> in unto the king <04428>, she required <01245> nothing but what Hegai <01896> the king's <04428> chamberlain <05631>, the keeper <08104> of the women <0802>, appointed <0559>. And Esther <0635> obtained <05375> favour <02580> in the sight <05869> of all <03605> them that looked <06437> upon her.

16 So Esther <0635> was taken <03947> unto king < 04428> Ahasuerus <0325> into <0413> his house <01004> royal <04438> in the tenth <06224> month <02320>, which [is] the month <02320> Tebeth <02887>, in the seventh < 07651> year <08141> of his reign <04438>.

17 And the king <04428> loved <0157> Esther < 0635> above all <03605> the women <0802>, and she obtained <05375> grace <02580> and favour <02617> in his sight <06440> more than all <03605> the virgins <01330>; so that he set <07760> the royal <04438> crown <03804> upon her head <07218>, and made her queen <04427> instead < 08478> of Vashti <02060>.

18 Then the king <04428> made <06213> a great < 01419> feast <04960> unto all <03605> his princes < 08269> and his servants <05650>, [even <0853>] Esther's < 0635> feast <04960>; and he made <06213> a release < 02010> to the provinces <04082>, and gave <05414> gifts < 04864>, according to the state <03027> of the king <04428>.

19 And when the virgins <01330> were gathered < 06908> together the second <08145> time, then Mordecai < 04782> sat <03427> in the king's <04428> gate <08179>.

20 Esther <0635> had not [yet] shewed <05046> her kindred <04138> nor her people <05971>; as Mordecai < 04782> had charged <06680> her: for Esther <0635> did < 06213> the commandment <03982> of Mordecai <04782>, like as when she was brought <0539> up with him.

21. In those <01992> days <03117>, while Mordecai <04782> sat <03427> in the king's <04428> gate < 08179>, two <08147> of the king's <04428> chamberlains < 05631>, Bigthan <0904> and Teresh <08657>, of those which kept <08104> the door <05592>, were wroth <07107>, and sought <01245> to lay <07971> hand <03027> on the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

22 And the thing <01697> was known <03045> to Mordecai <04782>, who told <05046> [it] unto Esther < 0635> the queen <04436>; and Esther <0635> certified < 0559> the king <04428> [thereof] in Mordecai's <04782> name <08034>.

23 And when inquisition <01245> was made of the matter <01697>, it was found <04672> out; therefore they were both <08147> hanged <08518> on <05921> a tree <06086>: and it was written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> before <06440> the king <04428>.

Esther 3

1. After <0310> these <0428> things <01697> did king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> promote <01431> Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, and advanced <05375> him, and set <07760> his seat <03678> above <05921> all <03605> the princes <08269> that [were] with him.

2 And all <03605> the king's <04428> servants < 05650>, that [were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, bowed <03766>, and reverenced <07812> Haman <02001>: for the king <04428> had so <03651> commanded <06680> concerning him. But Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> not, nor <03808> did [him] reverence <07812>.

3 Then the king's <04428> servants <05650>, which <0834> [were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, said <0559> unto Mordecai <04782>, Why <04069> transgressest <05674> thou the king's <04428> commandment <04687>?

4 Now it came <01961> to pass, when they spake < 0559> daily <03117> unto him, and he hearkened <08085> not unto them, that they told <05046> Haman <02001>, to see < 07200> whether Mordecai's <04782> matters <01697> would stand <05975>: for he had told <05046> them that he [was] a Jew <03064>.

5 And when Haman <02001> saw <07200> that Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> not, nor did him reverence <07812>, then was Haman <02001> full <04390> of wrath <02534>.

6 And he thought <05869> scorn <0959> to lay < 07971> hands <03027> on Mordecai <04782> alone <0905>; for they had shewed <05046> him the people <05971> of Mordecai <04782>: wherefore Haman <02001> sought <01245> to destroy <08045> all <03605> the Jews <03064> that [were] throughout the whole <03605> kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, [even] the people <05971> of Mordecai < 04782>.

7. In the first <07223> month <02320>, that [is], the month <02320> Nisan <05212>, in the twelfth year < 08141> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, they cast < 05307> Pur <06332>, that [is], the lot <01486>, before < 06440> Haman <02001> from day <03117> to day <03117>, and from month to month <02320>, [to] the twelfth [month < 02320>], that [is], the month <02320> Adar <0143>.

8 And Haman <02001> said <0559> unto king < 04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, There is a certain <0259> people <05971> scattered <06340> abroad <06340> and dispersed <06504> among <0996> the people <05971> in all < 03605> the provinces <04082> of thy kingdom <04438>; and their laws <01881> [are] diverse <08138> from all <03605> people <05971>; neither <0369> keep <06213> they the king's <04428> laws <01881>: therefore it [is] not for the king's <04428> profit <07737> to suffer <03240> them.

9 If <0518> it please <02895> the king <04428> , let it be written <03789> that they may be destroyed <06>: and I will pay <08254> ten <06235> thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> to the hands <03027> of those that have the charge <06213> of the business <04399>, to bring <0935> [it] into <0413> the king's <04428> treasuries <01595>.

10 And the king <04428> took <05493> his ring < 02885> from his hand <03027>, and gave <05414> it unto Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, the Jews <03064>' enemy <06887>.

11 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Haman < 02001>, The silver <03701> [is] given <05414> to thee, the people <05971> also, to do <06213> with them as it seemeth < 05869> good <02896> to thee.

12 Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> called <07121> on the thirteenth day <03117> of the first < 07223> month <02320>, and there was written <03789> according to all <03605> that Haman <02001> had commanded < 06680> unto the king's <04428> lieutenants <0323>, and to the governors <06346> that [were] over <05921> every province <04082>, and to the rulers <08269> of every people < 05971> of every province <04082> according to the writing < 03791> thereof, and [to] every people <05971> after their language <03956>; in the name <08034> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was it written <03789>, and sealed < 02856> with the king's <04428> ring <02885>.

13 And the letters <05612> were sent <07971> by posts <07323> into <0413> all <03605> the king's < 04428> provinces <04082>, to destroy <08045>, to kill < 02026>, and to cause to perish <06>, all <03605> Jews < 03064>, both young <05288> and old <02205>, little < 02945> children <02945> and women <0802>, in one < 0259> day <03117>, [even] upon the thirteenth [day <03117>] of the twelfth month <02320>, which <01931> is the month < 02320> Adar <0143>, and [to take <03947>] the spoil < 07998> of them for a prey <0962>.

14 The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment <01881> to be given <05414> in every <03605> province <04082> was published <01540> unto all <03605> people <05971>, that they should be ready <06264> against that day <03117>.

15 The posts <07323> went <03318> out, being hastened <07165> by the king's <04428> commandment < 01697>, and the decree <01881> was given <05414> in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>. And the king <04428> and Haman <02001> sat <03427> down to drink <08354>; but the city <05892> Shushan <07800> was perplexed <0943>.

Esther 4

1. When Mordecai <04782> perceived <03045> all < 03605> that was done <06213>, Mordecai <04782> rent < 07167> his clothes <0899>, and put <03847> on sackcloth < 08242> with ashes <0665>, and went <03318> out into the midst <08432> of the city <05892>, and cried <02199> with a loud <01419> and a bitter <04751> cry <02201>;

2 And came <0935> even <05704> before <06440> the king's <04428> gate <08179>: for none <0369> [might] enter <0935> into <0413> the king's <04428> gate < 08179> clothed <03830> with sackcloth <08242>.

3 And in every <03605> province <04082>, whithersoever the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060>, [there was] great <01419> mourning <060> among the Jews <03064>, and fasting < 06685>, and weeping <01065>, and wailing <04553>; and many <07227> lay <03331> in sackcloth <08242> and ashes < 0665>.

4 So Esther's <0635> maids <05291> and her chamberlains <05631> came <0935> and told <05046> [it] her. Then was the queen <04436> exceedingly <03966> grieved <02342>; and she sent <07971> raiment <0899> to clothe <03847> Mordecai <04782>, and to take <05493> away < 05493> his sackcloth <08242> from him: but he received < 06901> [it] not.

5. Then called <07121> Esther <0635> for Hatach < 02047>, [one] of the king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, whom <0834> he had appointed <05975> to attend <06440> upon her, and gave him a commandment <06680> to Mordecai < 04782>, to know <03045> what <04100> it [was], and why < 04100> it [was].

6 So Hatach <02047> went <03318> forth <03318> to Mordecai <04782> unto the street <07339> of the city < 05892>, which <0834> [was] before <06440> the king's < 04428> gate <08179>.

7 And Mordecai <04782> told <05046> him of all < 03605> that had happened <07136> unto him, and of the sum < 06575> of the money <03701> that Haman <02001> had promised <0559> to pay <08254> to the king's <04428> treasuries <01595> for the Jews <03064>, to destroy <06> them.

8 Also he gave <05414> him the copy <06572> of the writing <03791> of the decree <01881> that was given < 05414> at Shushan <07800> to destroy <08045> them, to shew <07200> [it] unto Esther <0635>, and to declare <05046> [it] unto her, and to charge <06680> her that she should go < 0935> in unto the king <04428>, to make supplication <02603> unto him, and to make request <01245> before <06440> him for her people <05971>.

9 And Hatach <02047> came <0935> and told < 05046> Esther <0635> the words <01697> of Mordecai < 04782>.

10 Again Esther <0635> spake <0559> unto Hatach < 02047>, and gave him commandment <06680> unto Mordecai < 04782>;

11 All <03605> the king's <04428> servants < 05650>, and the people <05971> of the king's <04428> provinces <04082>, do know <03045>, that whosoever <0834> , whether man <0376> or woman <0802>, shall come <0935> unto the king <04428> into <0413> the inner <06442> court <02691>, who <0834> is not called <07121>, [there is] one <0259> law <01881> of his to put [him] to death < 04191>, except <0905> such <0834> to whom <0834> the king <04428> shall hold <03447> out the golden <02091> sceptre <08275>, that he may live <02421>: but I have not been called <07121> to come <0935> in unto the king <04428> these <02088> thirty <07970> days <03117>.

12 And they told <05046> to Mordecai <04782> Esther's <0635> words <01697>.

13 Then Mordecai <04782> commanded <0559> to answer <07725> Esther <0635>, Think <01819> not with thyself <05315> that thou shalt escape <04422> in the king's < 04428> house <01004>, more than all <03605> the Jews < 03064>.

14 For if <0518> thou altogether holdest <02790> thy peace <02790> at this <02063> time <06256>, [then] shall there enlargement <07305> and deliverance <02020> arise <05975> to the Jews <03064> from another <0312> place <04725>; but thou and thy father's <01> house <01004> shall be destroyed <06>: and who <04310> knoweth <03045> whether <0518> thou art come <05060> to the kingdom < 04438> for [such] a time <06256> as this <02063>?

15 Then Esther <0635> bade <0559> [them] return < 07725> Mordecai <04782> [this answer],

16 Go <03212>, gather <03664> together all < 03605> the Jews <03064> that are present <04672> in Shushan <07800>, and fast <06684> ye for me, and neither <0408> eat <0398> nor <0408> drink <08354> three <07969> days <03117>, night <03915> or day <03117>: I also < 01571> and my maidens <05291> will fast <06684> likewise <03651>; and so <03651> will I go <0935> in unto the king <04428>, which <0834> [is] not according to the law < 01881>: and if <0834> I perish <06>, I perish <06>.

17 So Mordecai <04782> went <05674> his way, and did <06213> according to all <03605> that Esther <0635> had commanded <06680> him.

Esther 5

1. Now it came <01961> to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>, that Esther <0635> put <03847> on [her] royal <04438> [apparel], and stood <05975> in the inner < 06442> court <02691> of the king's <04428> house < 01004>, over <05227> against <05227> the king's < 04428> house <01004>: and the king <04428> sat <03427> upon his royal <04438> throne <03678> in the royal < 04438> house <01004>, over <05227> against <05227> the gate <06607> of the house <01004>.

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

3 Then said <0559> the king <04428> unto her, What <04100> wilt thou, queen <04436> Esther <0635>? and what <04100> [is] thy request <01246>? it shall be even given < 05414> thee to the half <02677> of the kingdom <04438>.

4 And Esther <0635> answered <0559>, If <0518> [it seem] good <02895> unto the king <04428>, let the king <04428> and Haman <02001> come <0935> this day < 03117> unto the banquet <04960> that I have prepared <06213> for him.

5 Then the king <04428> said <0559>, Cause Haman <02001> to make haste <04116>, that he may do <06213> as Esther <0635> hath said <01697>. So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came <0935> to the banquet <04960> that Esther <0635> had prepared <06213>.

6 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Esther < 0635> at the banquet <04960> of wine <03196>, What < 04100> [is] thy petition <07596>? and it shall be granted < 05414> thee: and what <04100> [is] thy request <01246>? even to the half <02677> of the kingdom <04438> it shall be performed <06213>.

7 Then answered <06039> Esther <0635>, and said < 0559>, My petition <07596> and my request <01246> [is];

8 If <0518> I have found <04672> favour < 02580> in the sight <05869> of the king <04428>, and if < 0518> it please <02895> the king <04428> to grant < 05414> my petition <07596>, and to perform <06213> my request <01246>, let the king <04428> and Haman <02001> come <0935> to the banquet <04960> that I shall prepare < 06213> for them, and I will do <06213> to morrow <04279> as the king <04428> hath said <01697>.

9. Then went <03318> Haman <02001> forth < 03318> that day <03117> joyful <08056> and with a glad < 02896> heart <03820>: but when Haman <02001> saw < 07200> Mordecai <04782> in the king's <04428> gate < 08179>, that he stood <06965> not up, nor <03808> moved < 02111> for him, he was full <04390> of indignation <02534> against <05921> Mordecai <04782>.

10 Nevertheless Haman <02001> refrained <0662> himself: and when he came <0935> home <01004>, he sent < 07971> and called <0935> for his friends <0157>, and Zeresh <02238> his wife <0802>.

11 And Haman <02001> told <05608> them of the glory <03519> of his riches <06239>, and the multitude <07230> of his children <01121>, and all <03605> [the things] wherein <0834> the king <04428> had promoted <01431> him, and how <0834> he had advanced <05375> him above <05921> the princes <08269> and servants <05650> of the king <04428>.

12 Haman <02001> said <0559> moreover <0637>, Yea, Esther <0635> the queen <04436> did let no <03808> man come <0935> in with the king <04428> unto the banquet < 04960> that she had prepared <06213> but myself; and to morrow <04279> am I invited <07121> unto her also <01571> with the king <04428>.

13 Yet all <03605> this <02088> availeth < 07737> me nothing <0369>, so <06256> long <06256> as I see <07200> Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> sitting <03427> at the king's <04428> gate <08179>.

14 Then said <0559> Zeresh <02238> his wife < 0802> and all <03605> his friends <0157> unto him, Let a gallows <06086> be made <06213> of fifty <02572> cubits <0520> high <01364>, and to morrow <01242> speak < 0559> thou unto the king <04428> that Mordecai <04782> may be hanged <08518> thereon <05921>: then go <0935> thou in merrily <08056> with the king <04428> unto the banquet < 04960>. And the thing <01697> pleased <03190> Haman < 02001>; and he caused the gallows <06086> to be made <06213> .

Esther 6

1. On that night <03915> could <05074> not the king <04428> sleep <08142>, and he commanded <0559> to bring <0935> the book <05612> of records <02146> of the chronicles <01697>; and they were read <07121> before < 06440> the king <04428>.

2 And it was found <04672> written <03789>, that Mordecai <04782> had told <05046> of Bigthana <0904> and Teresh <08657>, two <08147> of the king's <04428> chamberlains <05631>, the keepers <08104> of the door < 05592>, who <0834> sought <01245> to lay <07971> hand <03027> on the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>.

3 And the king <04428> said <0559>, What < 04100> honour <03366> and dignity <01420> hath been done <06213> to Mordecai <04782> for this <02088>? Then said <0559> the king's <04428> servants <05288> that ministered <08334> unto him, There is nothing done <06213> for him.

4. And the king <04428> said <0559>, Who < 04310> [is] in the court <02691>? Now Haman <02001> was come <0935> into the outward <02435> court <02691> of the king's <04428> house <01004>, to speak <0559> unto the king <04428> to hang <08518> Mordecai <04782> on < 05921> the gallows <06086> that he had prepared <03559> for him.

5 And the king's <04428> servants <05288> said < 0559> unto him, Behold <02009>, Haman <02001> standeth < 05975> in the court <02691>. And the king <04428> said < 0559>, Let him come <0935> in.

6 So Haman <02001> came <0935> in. And the king < 04428> said <0559> unto him, What <04100> shall be done < 06213> unto the man <0376> whom the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>? Now Haman <02001> thought < 0559> in his heart <03820>, To whom would the king <04428> delight <02654> to do <06213> honour <03366> more < 03148> than to myself?

7 And Haman <02001> answered <0559> the king < 04428>, For the man <0376> whom <04310> the king < 04428> delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>,

8 Let the royal <04438> apparel <03830> be brought <0935> which <0834> the king <04428> [useth] to wear < 03847>, and the horse <05483> that the king <04428> rideth <07392> upon, and the crown <03804> royal <04438> which <0834> is set <05414> upon his head <07218>:

9 And let this apparel <03830> and horse <05483> be delivered <05414> to the hand <03027> of one <0376> of the king's <04428> most <06579> noble <06579> princes <08269>, that they may array <03847> the man <0376> [withal] whom <0834> the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>, and bring <07392> him on horseback < 07392> through the street <07339> of the city <05892>, and proclaim <07121> before <06440> him, Thus <03602> shall it be done <06213> to the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>.

10 Then the king <04428> said <0559> to Haman < 02001>, Make haste <04116>, [and] take <03947> the apparel <03830> and the horse <05483>, as thou hast said <01696>, and do <06213> even so <03651> to Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, that sitteth <03427> at the king's <04428> gate <08179>: let nothing <01697> fail <05307> of all <03605> that thou hast spoken <01696>.

11 Then took <03947> Haman <02001> the apparel < 03830> and the horse <05483>, and arrayed <03847> Mordecai <04782>, and brought <07392> him on horseback <07392> through the street <07339> of the city <05892>, and proclaimed <07121> before <06440> him, Thus <03602> shall it be done <06213> unto the man <0376> whom <0834> the king <04428> delighteth <02654> to honour <03366>.

12. And Mordecai <04782> came <07725> again < 07725> to the king's <04428> gate <08179>. But Haman < 02001> hasted <01765> to his house <01004> mourning < 057>, and having his head <07218> covered <02645>.

13 And Haman <02001> told <05608> Zeresh < 02238> his wife <0802> and all <03605> his friends < 0157> every <03605> [thing] that had befallen <07136> him. Then said <0559> his wise <02450> men and Zeresh <02238> his wife <0802> unto him, If <0518> Mordecai <04782> [be] of the seed <02233> of the Jews <03064>, before < 06440> whom <0834> thou hast begun <02490> to fall < 05307>, thou shalt not prevail <03201> against him, but shalt surely <03588> fall <05307> before <06440> him.

14 And while they [were] yet <05750> talking <01696> with him, came <0935> the king's <04428> chamberlains < 05631>, and hasted <0926> to bring <0935> Haman < 02001> unto the banquet <04960> that Esther <0635> had prepared <06213>.

Esther 7

1. So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came < 0935> to banquet <08354> with Esther <0635> the queen < 04436>.

2 And the king <04428> said <0559> again < 01571> unto Esther <0635> on the second <08145> day < 03117> at the banquet <04960> of wine <03196>, What < 04100> [is] thy petition <07596>, queen <04436> Esther < 0635>? and it shall be granted <05414> thee: and what < 04100> [is] thy request <01246>? and it shall be performed < 06213>, [even] to the half <02677> of the kingdom <04438>.

3 Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436> answered < 06030> and said <0559>, If <0518> I have found <04672> favour <02580> in thy sight <05869>, O king <04428>, and if <0518> it please <02895> the king <04428>, let my life <05315> be given <05414> me at my petition <07596>, and my people <05971> at my request <01246>:

4 For we are sold <04376>, I and my people <05971>, to be destroyed <08045>, to be slain <02026>, and to perish <06>. But if <0432> we had been sold <04376> for bondmen <05650> and bondwomen <08198>, I had held <02790> my tongue <02790>, although <03588> the enemy <06862> could not countervail <07737> the king's <04428> damage <05143> .

5 Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> answered <0559> and said <0559> unto Esther <0635> the queen < 04436>, Who <04310> is he, and where <0335> is he, that durst presume <04390> in his heart <03820> to do <06213> so <03651>?

6 And Esther <0635> said <0559>, The adversary < 06862> and enemy <0341> [is] this <02088> wicked < 07451> Haman <02001>. Then Haman <02001> was afraid < 01204> before <06440> the king <04428> and the queen < 04436>.

7. And the king <04428> arising <06965> from the banquet <04960> of wine <03196> in his wrath <02534> [went] into <0413> the palace <01055> garden <01594>: and Haman <02001> stood <05975> up to make request < 01245> for his life <05315> to Esther <0635> the queen < 04436>; for he saw <07200> that there was evil <07451> determined <03615> against <0413> him by the king <04428> .

8 Then the king <04428> returned <07725> out of the palace <01055> garden <01594> into <0413> the place < 01004> of the banquet <04960> of wine <03196>; and Haman <02001> was fallen <05307> upon the bed <04296> whereon Esther <0635> [was]. Then said <0559> the king <04428>, Will he force <03533> the queen <04436> also <01571> before <05973> me in the house <01004>? As the word < 01697> went <03318> out of the king's <04428> mouth < 06310>, they covered <02645> Haman's <02001> face < 06440>.

9 And Harbonah <02726>, one <0259> of the chamberlains <05631>, said <0559> before <06440> the king <04428>, Behold <02009> also <01571>, the gallows <06086> fifty <02572> cubits <0520> high <01364>, which <0834> Haman <02001> had made <06213> for Mordecai <04782>, who <0834> had spoken <01696> good <02896> for the king <04428>, standeth <05975> in the house < 01004> of Haman <02001>. Then the king <04428> said < 0559>, Hang <08518> him thereon <05921>.

10 So they hanged <08518> Haman <02001> on < 05921> the gallows <06086> that he had prepared <03559> for Mordecai <04782>. Then was the king's <04428> wrath < 02534> pacified <07918>.

Esther 8

1. On that day <03117> did the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> give <05414> the house <01004> of Haman <02001> the Jews <03064>' enemy <06887> unto Esther < 0635> the queen <04436>. And Mordecai <04782> came < 0935> before <06440> the king <04428>; for Esther < 0635> had told <05046> what <04100> he [was] unto her.

2 And the king <04428> took <05493> off his ring <02885>, which <0834> he had taken <05674> from Haman <02001>, and gave <05414> it unto Mordecai <04782>. And Esther <0635> set <07760> Mordecai <04782> over < 05921> the house <01004> of Haman <02001>.

3. And Esther <0635> spake <01696> yet again < 03254> before <06440> the king <04428>, and fell < 05307> down at <06440> his feet <07272>, and besought < 02603> him with tears <01058> to put <05674> away < 05674> the mischief <07451> of Haman <02001> the Agagite <091>, and his device <04284> that he had devised <02803> against <05921> the Jews <03064>.

4 Then the king <04428> held <03447> out the golden <02091> sceptre <08275> toward Esther <0635>. So Esther <0635> arose <06965>, and stood <05975> before < 06440> the king <04428>,

5 And said <0559>, If <0518> it please <02896> the king <04428>, and if <0518> I have found favour < 02580> in his sight <05869>, and the thing <01697> [seem] right <03787> before <06440> the king <04428>, and I [be] pleasing <02896> in his eyes <05869>, let it be written <03789> to reverse <07725> the letters <05612> devised <04284> by Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, which <0834> he wrote < 03789> to destroy <06> the Jews <03064> which <0834> [are] in all <03605> the king's <04428> provinces <04082> :

6 For how <0346> can <03201> I endure <03201> to see <07200> the evil <07451> that shall come <04672> unto my people <05971>? or how <0346> can <03201> I endure <03201> to see <07200> the destruction <013> of my kindred <04138>?

7 Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> said < 0559> unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436> and to Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, Behold <02009>, I have given <05414> Esther <0635> the house <01004> of Haman < 02001>, and him they have hanged <08518> upon the gallows < 06086>, because he laid <07971> his hand <03027> upon the Jews <03064>.

8 Write <03789> ye also for the Jews <03064>, as it liketh <02896> you, in the king's <04428> name <08034>, and seal <02856> [it] with the king's <04428> ring < 02885>: for the writing <03791> which <0834> is written < 03789> in the king's <04428> name <08034>, and sealed < 02856> with the king's <04428> ring <02885>, may no < 0369> man reverse <07725>.

9 Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> called <07121> at that time <06256> in the third <07992> month <02320>, that [is], the month <02320> Sivan <05510> , on the three <07969> and twentieth <06242> [day] thereof; and it was written <03789> according to all <03605> that Mordecai <04782> commanded <06680> unto the Jews <03064>, and to the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <06346> and rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082> which <0834> [are] from India <01912> unto Ethiopia <03568>, an hundred < 03967> twenty <06242> and seven <07651> provinces < 04082>, unto every province <04082> according to the writing < 03791> thereof, and unto every people <05971> after their language <03956>, and to the Jews <03064> according to their writing <03791>, and according to their language <03956>.

10 And he wrote <03789> in the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>' name <08034>, and sealed <02856> [it] with the king's <04428> ring <02885>, and sent <07971> letters <05612> by posts <07323> on horseback <05483>, [and] riders <07392> on mules <07409>, camels <0327>, [and] young <01121> dromedaries <07424>:

11 Wherein <0834> the king <04428> granted < 05414> the Jews <03064> which <0834> [were] in every < 03605> city <05892> to gather <06950> themselves together, and to stand <05975> for their life <05315>, to destroy < 08045>, to slay <02026>, and to cause to perish <06>, all <03605> the power <02428> of the people <05971> and province <04082> that would assault <06696> them, [both] little <02945> ones and women <0802>, and [to take] the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962>,

12 Upon one <0259> day <03117> in all <03605> the provinces <04082> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month <02320>, which <01931> [is] the month <02320> Adar <0143>.

13 The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment <01881> to be given <05414> in every <03605> province <04082> [was] published <01540> unto all <03605> people <05971>, and that the Jews <03064> should be ready < 06264> against that day <03117> to avenge <05358> themselves on their enemies <0341>.

14 [So] the posts <07323> that rode <07392> upon mules <07409> [and] camels <0327> went <03318> out, being hastened <0926> and pressed <01765> on by the king's < 04428> commandment <01697>. And the decree <01881> was given <05414> at Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>.

15. And Mordecai <04782> went <03318> out from the presence <06440> of the king <04428> in royal <04438> apparel <03830> of blue <08504> and white <02353>, and with a great <01419> crown <05850> of gold <02091>, and with a garment <08509> of fine linen <0948> and purple < 0713>: and the city <05892> of Shushan <07800> rejoiced < 06670> and was glad <08056>.

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

17 And in every <03605> province <04082>, and in every <03605> city <05892>, whithersoever the king's < 04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came < 05060>, the Jews <03064> had joy <08057> and gladness < 08342>, a feast <04960> and a good <02896> day <03117> . And many <07227> of the people <05971> of the land < 0776> became <03054> Jews <03054>; for the fear < 06343> of the Jews <03064> fell <05307> upon them.

Esther 9

1. Now in the twelfth month <02320>, that [is], the month <02320> Adar <0143>, on the thirteenth day <03117> of the same, when <0834> the king's <04428> commandment < 01697> and his decree <01881> drew near <05060> to be put in execution <06213>, in the day <03117> that the enemies < 0341> of the Jews <03064> hoped <07663> to have power < 07980> over them, (though it was turned <02015> to the contrary, that the Jews <03064> had rule <07980> over them that hated <08130> them;)

2 The Jews <03064> gathered <06950> themselves together in their cities <05892> throughout all <03605> the provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, to lay <07971> hand <03027> on such as sought <01245> their hurt <07451>: and no <03808> man <0376> could withstand <05975> them; for the fear <06343> of them fell < 05307> upon all <03605> people <05971>.

3 And all <03605> the rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082>, and the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <06346>, and officers <06213> of the king < 04428>, helped <05375> the Jews <03064>; because < 03588> the fear <06343> of Mordecai <04782> fell < 05307> upon them.

4 For Mordecai <04782> [was] great <01419> in the king's <04428> house <01004>, and his fame <08089> went <01980> out throughout all <03605> the provinces <04082>: for this man <0376> Mordecai <04782> waxed <01980> greater <01419> and greater <01419>.

5 Thus the Jews <03064> smote <05221> all < 03605> their enemies <0341> with the stroke <04347> of the sword <02719>, and slaughter <02027>, and destruction < 012>, and did <06213> what <04100> they would unto those that hated <08130> them.

6 And in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> the Jews <03064> slew <02026> and destroyed <06> five < 02568> hundred <03967> men <0376>.

7 And Parshandatha <06577>, and Dalphon <01813>, and Aspatha <0630>,

8 And Poratha <06334>, and Adalia <0118>, and Aridatha <0743>,

9 And Parmashta <06534>, and Arisai <0747>, and Aridai <0742>, and Vajezatha <02055>,

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

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

12 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Esther < 0635> the queen <04436>, The Jews <03064> have slain < 02026> and destroyed <06> five <02568> hundred <03967> men <0376> in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>, and the ten <06235> sons <01121> of Haman <02001>; what < 04100> have they done <06213> in the rest <07605> of the king's <04428> provinces <04082>? now what <04100> [is] thy petition <07596>? and it shall be granted <05414> thee: or what <04100> [is] thy request <01246> further <05750>? and it shall be done <06213>.

13 Then said <0559> Esther <0635>, If <0518> it please <02896> the king <04428>, let it be granted < 05414> to the Jews <03064> which <0834> [are] in Shushan <07800> to do <06213> to morrow <04279> also < 01571> according unto this day's <03117> decree <01881>, and let Haman's <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121> be hanged <08518> upon the gallows <06086>.

14 And the king <04428> commanded <0559> it so < 03651> to be done <06213>: and the decree <01881> was given <05414> at Shushan <07800>; and they hanged <08518> Haman's <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121>.

15 For the Jews <03064> that [were] in Shushan < 07800> gathered <06950> themselves together on the fourteenth day <03117> also <01571> of the month <02320> Adar < 0143>, and slew <02026> three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> at Shushan <07800>; but on the prey <0961> they laid <07971> not their hand <03027>.

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

17 On the thirteenth day <03117> of the month < 02320> Adar <0143>; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested <05118> they, and made <06213> it a day <03117> of feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>.

18 But the Jews <03064> that [were] at Shushan < 07800> assembled <06950> together on the thirteenth [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth <06240> [day] of the same they rested <05118>, and made <06213> it a day < 03117> of feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>.

19 Therefore the Jews <03064> of the villages < 06521>, that dwelt <03427> in the unwalled <06519> towns <05892>, made <06213> the fourteenth day <03117> of the month <02320> Adar <0143> [a day of] gladness <08057> and feasting <04960>, and a good <02896> day <03117>, and of sending <04916> portions <04490> one <0376> to another <07453>.

20. And Mordecai <04782> wrote <03789> these < 0428> things <01697>, and sent <07971> letters <05612> unto all <03605> the Jews <03064> that [were] in all < 03605> the provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, [both] nigh <07126> and far <07350>,

21 To stablish <06965> [this] among <05921> them, that they should keep <06213> the fourteenth day of the month < 02320> Adar <0143>, and the fifteenth <06240> day < 03117> of the same, yearly <08141>,

22 As the days <03117> wherein <0834> the Jews < 03064> rested <05117> from their enemies <0341>, and the month <02320> which <0834> was turned <02015> unto them from sorrow <03015> to joy <08057>, and from mourning < 060> into a good <02896> day <03117>: that they should make <06213> them days <03117> of feasting <04960> and joy <08057>, and of sending <04916> portions <04490> one < 0376> to another <07453>, and gifts <04979> to the poor < 034>.

23 And the Jews <03064> undertook <06901> to do < 06213> as they had begun <02490>, and as Mordecai <04782> had written <03789> unto them;

24 Because <03588> Haman <02001> the son < 01121> of Hammedatha <04099>, the Agagite <091>, the enemy <06887> of all <03605> the Jews <03064>, had devised < 02803> against <05921> the Jews <03064> to destroy < 06> them, and had cast <05307> Pur <06332>, that [is], the lot <01486>, to consume <02000> them, and to destroy <06> them;

25 But when [Esther] came <0935> before <06440> the king <04428>, he commanded <0559> by letters <05612> that his wicked <07451> device <04284>, which <0834> he devised <02803> against <05921> the Jews <03064>, should return <07725> upon his own head <07218>, and that he and his sons <01121> should be hanged <08518> on <05921> the gallows <06086>.

26 Wherefore they called <07121> these <0428> days <03117> Purim <06332> after <05921> the name < 08034> of Pur <06332>. Therefore for all <03605> the words <01697> of this letter <0107>, and [of that] which < 04100> they had seen <07200> concerning <05921> this < 03602> matter <03602>, and which <04100> had come < 05060> unto them,

27 The Jews <03064> ordained <06965>, and took < 06901> upon them, and upon their seed <02233>, and upon all < 03605> such as joined <03867> themselves unto them, so as it should not fail <05674>, that they would keep <06213> these <0428> two <08147> days <03117> according to their writing <03791>, and according to their [appointed] time < 02165> every <03605> year <08141>;

28 And [that] these <0428> days <03117> [should be] remembered <02142> and kept <06213> throughout every generation <01755>, every family <04940>, every province < 04082>, and every city <05892>; and [that] these <0428> days <03117> of Purim <06332> should not fail <05674> from among <08432> the Jews <03064>, nor <03808> the memorial <02143> of them perish <05486> from their seed < 02233>.

29 Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436>, the daughter <01323> of Abihail <032>, and Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, wrote <03789> with all <03605> authority <08633>, to confirm <06965> this <02063> second <08145> letter <0107> of Purim <06332>.

30 And he sent <07971> the letters <05612> unto all <03605> the Jews <03064>, to the hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and seven <07651> provinces <04082> of the kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, [with] words <01697> of peace <07965> and truth <0571>,

31 To confirm <06965> these <0428> days < 03117> of Purim <06332> in their times <02165> [appointed], according as Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> and Esther < 0635> the queen <04436> had enjoined <06965> them, and as they had decreed <06965> for themselves <05315> and for their seed <02233>, the matters <01697> of the fastings <06685> and their cry <02201>.

32 And the decree <03982> of Esther <0635> confirmed <06965> these <0428> matters <01697> of Purim <06332>; and it was written <03789> in the book <05612>.

Esther 10

1. And the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> laid < 07760> a tribute <04522> upon the land <0776>, and [upon] the isles <0339> of the sea <03220>.

2 And all <03605> the acts <04640> of his power < 08633> and of his might <01369>, and the declaration <06575> of the greatness <01420> of Mordecai <04782>, whereunto < 0834> the king <04428> advanced <01431> him, [are] they not written <03789> in the book <05612> of the chronicles < 01697> of the kings <04428> of Media <04074> and Persia < 06539>?

3 For Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> [was] next <04932> unto king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, and great <01419> among the Jews <03064>, and accepted <07521> of the multitude <07230> of his brethren <0251>, seeking < 01875> the wealth <02896> of his people <05971>, and speaking <01696> peace <07965> to all <03605> his seed <02233>.

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