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1:1	Now it cametook toplace pass in the days of Ahasuerus, thisthe is Ahasuerus who reigned from India evento unto Ethiopia, over a127 hundred and seven and twenty provinces,
1:2	that in those days, whenas theKing king Ahasuerus sat on thehis royal throne of his kingdom, which was in ShushanSusa the palacecapital,
1:3	in the third year of his reign, he madegave a feastbanquet untofor all his princes and hisattendants, servants; the powerarmy officers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the princes of thehis provinces, being beforein him;his presence.
1:4	whenAnd he showeddisplayed the riches of his gloriousroyal kingdomglory and the honorsplendor of his excellentgreat majesty for many days, even180 a hundred and fourscore days.
1:5	And when these days were fulfilledcompleted, the king madegave a feastbanquet untolasting seven days for all the people thatwho were present in ShushanSusa the palacecapital, bothfrom greatthe andgreatest small,to seventhe daysleast, in the court of the garden of the kings palace.
1:6	There were hangings of fine white cloth, of green, and ofviolet blue,linen fastenedheld withby cords of fine purple linen andon purple to silver rings and pillarsmarble ofcolumns, marble:and the couches were of gold and silver, uponon a mosaic pavement of redporphyry, and whitemarble, andmother yellowof pearl, and blackprecious marblestones.
1:7	AndDrinks theywere gaveserved themin drinkgolden in vessels of goldvarious the vessels being diverse one from anotherkinds, and the royal wine inwas abundance,plentiful according to the kings bounty of the king.
1:8	And the drinking was done according to the law;, nonethere couldwas compel:no compulsion, for so the king had appointedgiven orders to alleach theofficial officers of his house,household that theyhe should do according to everythe mansdesires pleasureof each person.
1:9	AlsoQueen Vashti thealso queengave made a feastbanquet for the women in the royalpalace house which belonged to kingKing Ahasuerus.
1:10	On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and CarcasCarkas, the seven chamberlainseunuchs thatwho ministeredserved in the presence of King Ahasuerus the king,
1:11	to bring Queen Vashti the queen before the king with theher royal crown royal,in order to showdisplay her beauty to the peoplespeople and the princes, her beauty; for she was fair to look onbeautiful.
1:12	But theQueen queen Vashti refused to come at the kings commandmentcommand delivered by the chamberlains:eunuchs. thereforeThen was the king became very wroth,angry and his angerwrath burned inwithin him.
1:13	Then the king said to the wise men, who knewunderstood the times for soit was the kingscustom mannerof towardthe king so to speak before all thatwho knew law and judgment;justice,
1:14	and thewere nextclose untoto him: were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who sawhad access to the kings face,presence and sat in the first place in the kingdom,
1:15	WhatAccording shallto welaw, dowhat untois theto queenbe Vashtidone accordingwith toQueen lawVashti, because she hathdid not doneobey the biddingcommand of theKing king Ahasuerus delivered by the chamberlainseunuchs?
1:16	And Memucanin answeredthe beforepresence of the king and the princes, VashtiMemucan thesaid, queenQueen hathVashti nothas donewronged wrongnot toonly the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples thatwho are in all the provinces of theKing king Ahasuerus.
1:17	For thisthe deedqueens ofconduct the queen will comebecome abroadknown untoto all the women, causing them to makelook theirwith husbandscontempt contemptibleon in their eyes,husbands whenby it shall be reportedsaying, TheKing king Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti the queen to be brought in beforeto himhis presence, but she camedid not come.
1:18	And this day will the princessesladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the deedqueens ofconduct thewill queenspeak sayin the likesame untoway to all the kings princes., Soand there will therebe ariseplenty muchof contempt and wrathanger.
1:19	If it pleasepleases the king, let therea goroyal forthedict abe royalissued commandmentby from him, and let it be written amongin the laws of thePersia Persians and theMedia Medes,so that it cannot be not alteredrepealed, that Vashti should come no more beforeinto kingthe presence of King Ahasuerus;, and let the king give her royal estateposition untoto another thatwho is bettermore worthy than she.
1:20	And when the kings decreeedict which he shall make shallis beheard published throughout all his kingdom, forgreat as it is great, then all thewomen wives will give honor to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
1:21	And thethis sayingword pleased the king and the princes;, and the king did accordingas toMemucan the word of Memucan:proposed.
1:22	forSo he sent letters intoto all the kings provinces, intoto everyeach province according to theits writingscript thereof, and to every people afteraccording to their language, that every man should bearbe rulethe master in his own house, and shouldthe speakone accordingwho tospeaks in the language of his own people.
2:1	After these things, when the wrathanger of kingKing Ahasuerus washad pacifiedsubsided, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what washad been decreed against her.
2:2	Then said the kings servantsattendants, thatwho ministeredserved unto him, said, Let therebeautiful be fair young virgins be sought for the king:.
2:3	andAnd let the king appoint officersoverseers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather togetherevery allbeautiful the fair young virginsvirgin untoto ShushanSusa the palacecapital, to the house of the womenharem, untointo the custody of Hegai, the kings chamberlaineunuch, keeperwho was in charge of the women; and let their thingscosmetics for purification be given them;.
2:4	andThen let the maidenyoung thatlady pleasethwho pleases the king be queen insteadin place of Vashti. And the thingmatter pleased the king;, and he did soaccordingly.
2:5	ThereNow there was a certain Jew in ShushanSusa the palace,capital whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
2:6	who had been carriedtaken awayinto exile from Jerusalem with the captives thatwho had been carriedexiled away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried awayexiled.
2:7	And he broughtwas bringing up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncles daughter:, for she had neither father nor mother,. andNow the maidenyoung lady was fairbeautiful of form and beautiful;face, and when her father and her mother were deaddied, Mordecai took her foras his own daughter.
2:8	So it came toabout pass, when the kingscommand commandment and his decree wasof the king were heard, and when many maidensyoung ladies were gathered togetherto untoSusa Shushan the palace,capital tointo the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken intoto the kings house,palace tointo the custody of Hegai, keeperwho was in charge of the women.
2:9	AndNow the maidenyoung lady pleased him, and shefound obtainedfavor kindnesswith of him;. andSo he speedilyquickly gaveprovided her with her thingscosmetics forand purificationfood, withgave her portions, and the seven maidenschoice whomaids werefrom meet to be given her out of the kings house:palace, and hetransferred removed her and her maidensmaids to the best place ofin the house of the womenharem.
2:10	Esther haddid not mademake known her people noror her kindred;, for Mordecai had chargedinstructed her that she should not make itthem known.
2:11	And every day Mordecai walked everyback dayand beforeforth in front of the court of the womensharem house, to knowlearn how Esther did,was and whathow wouldshe become of herfared.
2:12	Now when the turn of everyeach maidenyoung waslady comecame to go in to kingKing Ahasuerus, after thatthe itend hadof beenher donetwelve tomonths herunder according to the lawregulations for the women twelve months for so were the days of their purificationsbeautification accomplished,were tocompleted wit,as follows: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweetspices odors and with the thingscosmetics for the purifying of the women,
2:13	thenthe inyoung thislady wisewould camego in to the maidenking untoin thethis kingway: Whatsoeveranything that she desired was given her to gotake with her outfrom of the househarem ofto the women unto the kings housepalace.
2:14	In the evening she went,would go in and onin the morrowmorning she returnedwould intoreturn to the second house of the womenharem, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the kings chamberlain,eunuch who keptwas in charge of the concubines:. sheShe camewould not again go in untoto the king nounless more, except the king delighted in her, and she werewas calledsummoned by name.
2:15	Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her foras his daughter, wascame come to go in untoto the king, she requireddid nothingnot butrequest anything except what Hegai, the kings chamberlain,eunuch thewho keeperwas in charge of the women, appointedadvised. And Esther obtainedfound favor in the sighteyes of all themwho thatsaw looked upon her.
2:16	So Esther was taken untoto kingKing Ahasuerus intoto his house royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
2:17	And the king loved Esther abovemore than all the women, and she obtainedfound favor and kindness inwith hishim sight more than all the virgins;, so that he set the royal crown uponon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
2:18	Then the king madegave a great feastbanquet, untoEsthers banquet, for all his princes and his servants, even Esthers feast; and he also made a releaseholiday tofor the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the kings bounty of the king.
2:19	And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting inat the kings gate.
2:20	Esther had not yet made known her kindred noror her people;, even as Mordecai had chargedcommanded her:, for Esther did thewhat commandmentMordecai oftold Mordecai,her like as when she washad broughtdone upwhen withunder himhis care.
2:21	In those days, while Mordecai was sitting inat the kings gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the kings chamberlains,officials Bigthanfrom and Teresh, of those thatwho keptguarded the thresholddoor, werebecame wroth,angry and sought to lay hands on theKing king Ahasuerus.
2:22	AndBut the thingplot became known to Mordecai, whoand showedhe ittold untoQueen Esther, the queen; and Esther toldinformed the king thereof in Mordecais name.
2:23	AndNow when inquisitionthe plot was madeinvestigated of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree:gallows; and it was written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles beforein the kingkings presence.
3:1	After these thingsevents didKing king Ahasuerus promotepromoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and setestablished his seatauthority aboveover all the princes thatwho were with him.
3:2	And all the kings servants, thatwho were inat the kings gate, bowed down, and didpaid reverencehomage to Haman; for so the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed not down, nor didpaid him reverencehomage.
3:3	Then the kings servants, thatwho were inat the kings gate, said untoto Mordecai, Why transgressestare thouyou transgressing the kings commandmentcommand?
3:4	Now it camewas to pass, when they spakehad spoken daily untoto him, and he hearkenedwould not untolisten to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecais mattersreason would stand:; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
3:5	AndWhen when Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed not down, nor didpaid homage to him reverence, thenHaman was Hamanfilled fullwith of wrathrage.
3:6	But he thoughtdisdained scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone;, for they had madetold knownhim towho him the people of Mordecai: whereforewere; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, thatthe people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
3:7	In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of kingKing Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, tountil the twelfth month, whichthat is the month Adar.
3:8	AndThen Haman said untoto kingKing Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thyyour kingdom; and their laws are diversedifferent from those of everyall other people;, neitherand keep they do not observe the kings laws:, thereforeso it is not forin the kings profitinterest to sufferlet them remain.
3:9	If it pleaseis pleasing to the king, let it be writtendecreed that they be destroyed:, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those thatwho havecarry theon charge of the kings business, to bringput it into the kings treasuries.
3:10	AndThen the king took his signet ring from his hand, and gave it untoto Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews enemy.
3:11	And the king said untoto Haman, The silver is givenyours, toand thee, the people also, to do with them as ityou seemeth good to theeplease.
3:12	Then were the kings scribes calledwere insummoned on the firstthirteenth month,day onof the thirteenthfirst daymonth, thereof; and thereit was written accordingjust toas all that Haman commanded untoto the kings satraps, and to the governors thatwho were over everyeach province, and to the princes of everyeach people, toeach every province according to theits writing thereofscript, andeach people according to everyits peoplelanguage, afterbeing theirwritten language; in the name of kingKing Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the kings signet ring.
3:13	And letters were sent by postscouriers intoto all the kings provinces, to destroy, to slaykill, and to causeannihilate toall perish,the all Jews, both young and old, littlewomen children and womenchildren, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to takeseize thetheir spoilpossessions ofas them for a preyplunder.
3:14	A copy of the writing,edict thatto thebe decreeissued shouldas belaw given out in every province, was published untoto all the peoples, so that they should be ready againstfor thatthis day.
3:15	The postscouriers went forthout inimpelled haste by the kings commandment,command andwhile the decree was givenissued out in ShushanSusa the palace.capital; Andand while the king and Haman sat down to drink;, but the city of ShushanSusa was perplexedin confusion.
4:1	NowWhen when Mordecai knewlearned all that washad been done, Mordecaihe renttore his clothes, and put on sackcloth withand ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and criedwailed withloudly a loud and a bitter cry;bitterly.
4:2	andAnd he camewent evenas beforefar as the kings gate:, for noneno mightone was to enter within the kings gate clothed within sackcloth.
4:3	And in each and every province, whithersoeverwhere the kingscommand commandment and his decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, andwith fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay inon sackcloth and ashes.
4:4	AndThen Esthers maidens and her chamberlainseunuchs came and told it her;, and the queen waswrithed exceedinglyin grieved:great andanguish. And she sent raimentgarments to clothe Mordecai, andthat tohe takemight remove his sackcloth from off him;, but he receiveddid itnot notaccept them.
4:5	Then called Esther forsummoned Hathach, onefrom of the kings chamberlainseunuchs, whom hethe king had appointed to attend upon her, and chargedordered him to go to Mordecai, to knowlearn what this was, and why it was.
4:6	So Hathach went forthout to Mordecai untoto the broadcity placesquare ofin thefront city,of which was before the kings gate.
4:7	And Mordecai told him of all that had happened untoto him, and the exact sumamount of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the kings treasuries for the Jews,destruction toof destroythe themJews.
4:8	AlsoHe healso gave him thea copy of the writingtext of the decreeedict thatwhich washad givenbeen outissued in ShushanSusa tofor destroytheir themdestruction, tothat showhe itmight untoshow Esther, and toinform declare it unto her, and to chargeorder her thatto she should go in untoto the king, to makeimplore supplicationhis untofavor him, and to makeplead requestwith before him, for her people.
4:9	And Hathach came back and toldrelated EstherMordecais the words ofto MordecaiEsther.
4:10	Then Esther spakespoke untoto Hathach, and gaveordered him ato messagereply untoto Mordecai, saying:
4:11	All the kings servants, and the people of the kings provinces, do know, that whosoever,for whetherany man or woman, shallwho comecomes untoto the king intoto the inner court, who is not calledsummoned, therehe ishas but one law for him, that he be put to death, exceptunless those to whom the king shallholds hold out to him the golden sceptre,scepter so that he may live:. butAnd I have not been calledsummoned to come into unto the king for these thirty days.
4:12	And they toldrelated Esthers words to Mordecai Esthers words.
4:13	Then Mordecai badetold them returnto answerreply untoto Esther, ThinkDo not withimagine thyself that thouyou shalt escape in the kings house,palace can escape any more than all the Jews.
4:14	For if thouyou altogetherremain holdestsilent thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance will arise tofor the Jews from another place, butand thouyou and thyyour fathers house will perish:. andAnd who knowethknows whether thouyou arthave not comeattained toroyalty the kingdom for such a time as this?
4:15	Then Esther badetold them returnto answerreply untoto Mordecai,
4:16	Go, gatherassemble together all the Jews thatwho are presentfound in ShushanSusa, and fast ye for me,; anddo neithernot eat noror drink for three days, night or day:. I also and my maidens also will fast in likethe manner;same andway. soAnd willthus I will go in untoto the king, which is not according to the law:; and if I perish, I perish.
4:17	So Mordecai went hisaway way, and did accordingjust toas all that Esther had commanded him.
5:1	Now it came toabout pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel,robes and stood in the inner court of the kings house,palace overin againstfront of the kings house:rooms, and the king satwas uponsitting on his royal throne in the royalthrone houseroom, overopposite against the entrance ofto the housepalace.
5:2	And it washappened so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king heldextended out to Esther the golden sceptrescepter thatwhich was in his hand. So Esther drewcame near, and touched the top of the sceptrescepter.
5:3	Then said the king untosaid to her, What wiltis thoutroubling you, queenQueen Esther? andAnd what is thyyour request? itEven shallto behalf givenof theethe evenkingdom toit thewill halfbe ofgiven theto kingdomyou.
5:4	And Esther said, If it seemplease good unto the king, letmay the king and Haman come this day untoto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5:5	Then the king said, CauseBring Haman toquickly make haste, that itwe may bedo done as Esther hath saiddesires. So the king and Haman came to the banquet thatwhich Esther had prepared.
5:6	And, theas kingthey saiddrank untotheir Estherwine at the banquet, ofthe wineking said to Esther, What is thyyour petition?, andfor it shall be granted thee:to andyou. And what is thyyour request? evenEven to the half of the kingdom it shall be performeddone.
5:7	ThenSo Esther answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:
5:8	Ifif I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and todo performwhat myI request, letmay the king and Haman come to the banquet thatwhich I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do to morrow as the king hath saidsays.
5:9	Then Haman went Hamanout forth that day joyfulglad and gladpleased of heart:; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the kings gate, and that he stooddid not stand up noror movedtremble forbefore him, heHaman was filled with wrathanger against Mordecai.
5:10	Nevertheless Haman refrainedcontrolled himself, andhowever, went home;to his house, and he sent andfor fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife Zeresh.
5:11	AndThen Haman recounted untoto them the glory of his riches, and the multitudenumber of his childrensons, and allevery theinstance thingswhere wherein the king had promotedmagnified him, and how he had advancedpromoted him above the princes and servants of the king.
5:12	Haman also said moreover, Yea,Even Esther the queen did let no manone but me come in with the king untoto the banquet thatwhich she had prepared but myself; and totomorrow morrow also I am I invited by her together with the king.
5:13	Yet all of this availethdoes menot nothing,satisfy some longevery astime I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the kings gate.
5:14	Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends untosaid to him, LetHave a gallows be made fifty cubits high, made and in the morning speakask thou unto the king thatto have Mordecai mayhanged beon hangedit, thereon: then go thoujoyfully in merrily with the king untoto the banquet. And the thingadvice pleased Haman;, andso he causedhad the gallows to be made.
6:1	OnDuring that night the king could not the king sleep; andso he commandedgave an order to bring the book of records, of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
6:2	And it was found written, thatwhat Mordecai had toldreported ofconcerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings chamberlains,eunuchs ofwho thosewere doorkeepers, that keptthey the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on theKing king Ahasuerus.
6:3	And the king said, What honor andor dignity hathhas been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the kings servants thatwho ministeredattended untohim himsaid, ThereNothing ishas nothingbeen done for him.
6:4	AndSo the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman washad comejust intoentered the outwardouter court of the kings house,palace in order to speak untoto the king toabout hanghanging Mordecai on the gallows thatwhich he had prepared for him.
6:5	And the kings servants said untoto him, Behold, Haman standethis standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6:6	So Haman came in. Andand the king said untoto him, What shallis to be done untofor the man whom the king delightethdesires to honor? NowAnd Haman said into his hearthimself, ToWhom whom would the king delightdesire to do honor more than to myselfme?
6:7	AndThen Haman said untoto the king, For the man whom the king delightethdesires to honor,
6:8	let royalthem apparelbring bea broughtroyal robe which the king usethhas to wearworn, and the horse thaton which the king ridethhas uponridden, and on thewhose head ofa whichroyal a crown royalhas isbeen set:placed;
6:9	and let the apparelrobe and the horse be deliveredhanded over to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes, thatand theylet maythem array the man therewith whom the king delightethdesires to honor, and causelead him to ride on horseback through the streetcity of the citysquare, and proclaim before him, Thus it shall it be done to the man whom the king delightethdesires to honor.
6:10	Then the king said to Haman, MakeTake haste,quickly and take the apparelrobes and the horse, as thouyou hasthave said, and do even so tofor Mordecai the Jew, thatwho sittethis sitting at the kings gate:; letdo nothingnot failfall short in anything of all that thouyou hasthave spokensaid.
6:11	ThenSo Haman took Haman the apparelrobe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and causedled him toon ridehorseback through the streetcity of the citysquare, and proclaimed before him, Thus it shall it be done untoto the man whom the king delightethdesires to honor.
6:12	AndThen Mordecai camereturned again to the kings gate. But Haman hastedhurried to his househome, mourning, andwith having his head covered.
6:13	And Haman recounted untoto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallenhappened to him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife untosaid to him, If Mordecai, before whom thouyou hasthave begun to fall, beis of theJewish seed of the Jewsorigin, thouyou shaltwill not prevailovercome against him, but shaltwill surely fall before him.
6:14	While they were yetstill talking with him, came the kings chamberlains,eunuchs arrived and hastedhastily tobrought bring Haman untoto the banquet thatwhich Esther had prepared.
7:1	SoNow the king and Haman came to banquetdrink wine with Esther the queen.
7:2	And the king said againto unto Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet of wine, What is thyyour petition, queenQueen Esther? andIt it shall be granted thee:you. andAnd what is thyyour request? evenEven to the half of the kingdom it shall be performeddone.
7:3	Then Queen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thyyour sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me atas my petition, and my people atas my request:;
7:4	for we arehave been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,killed and to perishbe annihilated. ButNow if we had only been sold foras bondmenslaves, men and bondwomenwomen, I hadwould heldhave myremained peacesilent, althoughfor the adversarytrouble couldwould not havebe compensatedcommensurate forwith the kingsannoyance damageto the king.
7:5	Then spakeKing the king Ahasuerus andasked saidQueen unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, thatwho durstwould presume in his heart to do sothus?
7:6	And Esther said, AnA adversaryfoe and an enemy, evenis this wicked Haman.! Then Haman wasbecame afraidterrified before the king and the queen.
7:7	And the king arose in his wrathanger from thedrinking banquet of wine and went into the palace garden:; andbut Haman stoodstayed up to makebeg request for his life tofrom Queen Esther, the queen; for he saw that thereharm washad evilbeen determined against him by the king.
7:8	ThenNow when the king returned outfrom of the palace garden into the place ofwhere thethey banquetwere ofdrinking wine;, and Haman was fallenfalling uponon the couch whereonwhere Esther was. Then said the king said, Will he even forceassault the queen beforewith me in the house? As the word went out of the kings mouth, they covered Hamans face.
7:9	Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlainseunuchs thatwho were before the king said, Behold alsoindeed, the gallows standing at Hamans house fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spakespoke good foron thebehalf king,of standeth in the houseking! of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereonon it.
7:10	So they hanged Haman on the gallows thatwhich he had prepared for Mordecai., Thenand was the kings wrathanger pacifiedsubsided.
8:1	On that day didKing the king Ahasuerus givegave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, enemyto untoQueen Esther; theand queen. And Mordecai came before the king;, for Esther had tolddisclosed what he was untoto her.
8:2	And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it untoto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
8:3	AndThen Esther spakespoke yet again beforeto the king, and fell down at his feet, wept, and besoughtimplored him with tears to putavert away the mischiefevil scheme of Haman the Agagite, and his deviceplot thatwhich he had devised against the Jews.
8:4	ThenAnd the king heldextended outthe golden scepter to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
8:5	AndThen she said, If it pleasepleases the king, and if I have found favor inbefore hishim sight, and the thingmatter seemseems rightproper beforeto the king, and I beam pleasing in his eyessight, let it be written to reverserevoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews thatwho are in all the kings provinces:.
8:6	forFor how can I endure to see the evilcalamity thatwhich shall comebefall unto my people?, orand how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
8:7	ThenSo theKing king Ahasuerus said untoto Queen Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged uponon the gallows, because he laidhad stretched out his handhands uponagainst the Jews.
8:8	WriteNow yeyou alsowrite to the Jews, as ityou pleasethsee youfit, in the kings name, and seal it with the kings signet ring; for thea writingdecree which is written in the kings name, of the king and sealed with the kings signet ring, may nonot manbe reverserevoked.
8:9	ThenSo were the kings scribes were called at that time, in the third month, whichthat is, the month Sivan, on the threetwentythird and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded untoto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which areextended from India untoto Ethiopia, a127 hundred twenty and seven provinces, untoto every province according to theits writing thereofscript, and untoto every people afteraccording to their language, andas well as to the Jews according to their writing,script and according to their language.
8:10	And he wrote in the name of kingKing Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the kings signet ring, and sent letters by postscouriers on horsebackhorses, riding on swift steeds thatsired wereby used in the kingsroyal service, bred of the stud:.
8:11	whereinIn them the king granted the Jews thatwho were in each and every city tothe gatherright themselvesto together,assemble and to standdefend for their lifelives, to destroy, to slaykill, and to causeannihilate tothe perish,entire allarmy the power of theany people andor province thatwhich wouldmight assaultattack them, theirincluding littlechildren ones and women, and to takeplunder thetheir spoil of them for a prey,
8:12	uponon one day in all the provinces of kingKing Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, whichthat is, the month Adar.
8:13	A copy of the writing,edict thatto thebe decreeissued shouldas belaw givenin outeach inand every province, was published untoto all the peoples, andso that the Jews should be ready againstfor thatthis day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
8:14	SoThe thecouriers, postshastened thatand rodeimpelled uponby swift steeds that were used in the kings servicecommand, went out, beingriding hastened and pressed on by the kingsroyal commandmentsteeds; and the decree was given out in ShushanSusa the palacecapital.
8:15	AndThen Mordecai went forthout from the presence of the king in royal apparelrobes of blue and white, and with a greatlarge crown of gold, and with a robegarment of fine linen and purple:; and the city of ShushanSusa shouted and was gladrejoiced.
8:16	TheFor the Jews hadthere was light and gladness, and joy and honor.
8:17	And in each and every province, and in each and every city, whithersoeverwherever the kings commandment and his decree camearrived, thethere Jewswas had gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a good dayholiday. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews;, for the feardread of the Jews washad fallen uponon them.
9:1	Now in the twelfth month, whichthat is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the kings commandmentcommand and hisedict decreewere drewabout near to be put in executionexecuted, on the day thatwhen the enemies of the Jews hoped to havegain rulethe mastery over them, whereas it was turned to the contrary, so that the Jews hadthemselves rulegained the mastery over themthose thatwho hated them,.
9:2	theThe Jews gatheredassembled themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of theKing king Ahasuerus, to lay handhands on suchthose aswho sought their hurt:harm; and no manone could withstandstand before them;, for the feardread of them washad fallen uponon all the peoples.
9:3	AndEven all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and theythose thatwho didwere doing the kings business, helpedassisted the Jews;, because the feardread of Mordecai washad fallen uponon them.
9:4	ForIndeed, Mordecai was great in the kings house, and his fame wentspread forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxedbecame greater and greater.
9:5	AndThus the Jews smotestruck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, killing and withdestroying; slaughter and destruction,they and did what they wouldpleased untoto themthose thatwho hated them.
9:6	And in ShushanSusa the palacecapital the Jews slewkilled and destroyed five hundred men.,
9:7	Andand Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
9:8	and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9:9	and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,
9:10	the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews enemy,; slewbut they; butdid onnot thelay spoiltheir theyhands laidon notthe their handplunder.
9:11	On that day the number of those thatwho were slainkilled in ShushanSusa the palacecapital was broughtreported beforeto the king.
9:12	And the king said untoto Queen Esther the queen, The Jews have slainkilled and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; whatin Susa the capital. What then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces! Now what is thyyour petition? andIt it shall even be granted thee:you. orAnd what is thyyour further request further? andIt it shall also be done.
9:13	Then said Esther, If it pleasepleases the king, let ittomorrow also be granted to the Jews thatwho are in ShushanSusa to do according to morrowthe alsoedict accordingof untotoday; this days decree, and let Hamans ten sons be hanged uponon the gallows.
9:14	AndSo the king commanded that it soshould to be done: so; and aan decreeedict was givenissued out in Shushan;Susa, and they hanged Hamans ten sons were hanged.
9:15	And the Jews thatwho were in ShushanSusa gatheredassembled themselvesalso together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slewkilled three hundred men in Shushan;Susa, but on the spoil they laiddid not lay their handhands on the plunder.
9:16	AndNow the otherrest of the Jews thatwho were in the kings provinces gathered themselves togetherassembled, andto stooddefend for their lives, and hadrid restthemselves fromof their enemies, and slewkill 75,000 of themthose thatwho hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laiddid not lay their handhands on the plunder.
9:17	This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar;, and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladnessrejoicing.
9:18	But the Jews thatwho were in ShushanSusa assembled together on the thirteenth dayand thereof,the andfourteenth onof the fourteenthsame thereof;month, and they rested on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladnessrejoicing.
9:19	Therefore do the Jews of the villagesrural areas, thatwho dwelllive in the unwalledrural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a dayholiday offor gladnessrejoicing and feasting, and asending goodportions day, and of sendingfood portionsto one to another.
9:20	AndThen Mordecai wroterecorded these thingsevents, and he sent letters untoto all the Jews thatwho were in all the provinces of theKing king Ahasuerus, both nighnear and far,
9:21	toobliging enjoin them thatto theycelebrate should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, yearlyannually,
9:22	asbecause theon those days wherein the Jews hadrid restthemselves fromof their enemies, and theit was a month which was turned untofor them from sorrow tointo gladness, and from mourning into a good dayholiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness,rejoicing and of sending portions oneof food to one another, and gifts to the poor.
9:23	AndThus the Jews undertook towhat do as they had begunstarted to do, and aswhat Mordecai had written untoto them;.
9:24	becauseFor Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemyadversary of all the Jews, had plottedschemed against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consumedisturb them, and to destroy them;.
9:25	butBut when theit matter came beforeto the kingkings attention, he commanded by lettersletter that his wicked device,scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return uponon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
9:26	WhereforeTherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. ThereforeAnd because of all the wordsinstructions ofin this letter, andboth ofwhat that which they had seen concerningin this matter,regard and thatwhat which had comehappened untoto them,
9:27	the Jews ordained,established and tookmade upona themcustom for themselves, and uponfor their seeddescendants, and uponfor all suchthose aswho joinedallied themselves untowith them, so that itthey should not fail, thatto theycelebrate would keep these two days according to thetheir writing thereofregulation, and according to thetheir appointed time thereof, every year;annually.
9:28	andSo that these days shouldwere to be remembered and keptcelebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim shouldwere not to fail from among the Jews, noror thetheir remembrancememory offade them perish from their seeddescendants.
9:29	Then Queen Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, andwith Mordecai the Jew, wrote with allfull authority to confirm this second letter ofabout Purim.
9:30	And he sent letters untoto all the Jews, to the hundred127 twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, withnamely, words of peace and truth,
9:31	to confirmestablish these days of Purim inat their appointed times, accordingjust as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther thehad queenestablished hadfor enjoined them, and just as they had ordainedestablished for themselves and for their seed,descendants inwith theinstructions matterfor their times of thefasting fastings and their crylamentations.
9:32	And the commandmentcommand of Esther confirmedestablished these matterscustoms offor Purim;, and it was written in the book.
10:1	AndNow theKing king Ahasuerus laid a tribute uponon the land, and uponon the islescoastlands of the sea.
10:2	And all the actsaccomplishments of his powerauthority and of his mightstrength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereuntoto which the king advanced him, are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kingsKings of Media and Persia?
10:3	For Mordecai the Jew was nextsecond untoonly kingto King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and acceptedin offavor with the multitude of his brethrenkinsmen, seekingone who sought the good of his people, and speakingone peacewho tospoke allfor the welfare of his seedwhole nation.