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NowIn it came to pass in the days of AhasuerusAhasu thise′rus isthe AhasuerusAhasu e′rus who reigned from India evento unto Ethiopia over aone hundred and twenty seven and twenty provinces |
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that in those days when theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus sat on the throne of his kingdomroyal whichthrone was in ShushanSusa the palacecapital |
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in the third year of his reign he madegave a feastbanquet untofor all his princes and his servants; the powerarmy chiefs of Persia and Media and the nobles and princesgovernors of the provinces being before him; |
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whenwhile he showed the riches of his gloriousroyal kingdomglory and the honorsplendor and pomp of his excellent majesty for many days even a hundred and fourscoreeighty days |
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And when these days were fulfilledcompleted the king madegave afor feast unto all the people that were present in ShushanSusa the palacecapital both great and small a banquet lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the kings palace |
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There were hangings of white clothcotton ofcurtains green and of blue fastenedhangings caught up with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars ofand marble:also the couches were of gold and silver uponon a mosaic pavement of redporphyry andmarble whitemother andof yellowpearl and blackprecious marblestones |
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AndDrinks theywere gaveserved themin drinkgolden ingoblets vesselsgoblets of golddifferent thekinds vesselsand beingthe diverse one from another and royal wine inwas abundancelavished according to the bounty of the king |
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And the drinking was according to the law; noneno couldone compel:was compelled; for so the king had appointedgiven orders to all the officersofficials of his housepalace thatto they should do accordingas to every mansman pleasuredesired |
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AlsoQueen Vashti thealso queengave made a feastbanquet for the women in the royalpalace house which belonged to kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus |
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On the seventh day when the heart of the king was merry with wine he commanded MehumanMehu′man Biztha HarbonaHarbo′na Bigtha and AbagthaAbag′tha Zethar and CarcasCarkas the seven chamberlainseunuchs thatwho ministeredserved inKing theAhasu presencee′rus ofas Ahasueruschamberlains the king |
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to bring Queen Vashti the queen before the king with theher royal crown royalin order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to lookbehold on |
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But theQueen queen Vashti refused to come at the kings commandmentcommand conveyed by the chamberlains:eunuchs thereforeAt wasthis the king verywas wrothenraged and his anger burned inwithin him |
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Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times —for sothis was the kings mannerprocedure toward all thatwho knewwere versed in law and judgment; |
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and the men next untoto him werebeing CarshenaCarshe′na Shethar AdmathaAdma′tha Tarshish Meres MarsenaMarse′na and MemucanMemu′can the seven princes of Persia and Media who saw the kings face and sat first in the kingdom—: |
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WhatAccording shallto wethe dolaw untowhat theis queento Vashtibe accordingdone to lawQueen Vashti because she hathhas not doneperformed the biddingcommand of theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus conveyed by the chamberlainseunuchs |
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AndThen MemucanMemu′can answeredsaid beforein presence of the king and the princes VashtiNot only to the queenking hathhas notQueen Vashti done wrong to the king only but also to all the princes and to all the peoples thatwho are in all the provinces of theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus |
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For this deed of the queen will comebe abroadmade untoknown to all women causing them to makelook theirwith husbandscontempt contemptibleupon in their eyeshusbands whensince itthey shallwill besay reportedKing TheAhasu kinge′rus Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti the queen to be brought in before him butand she camedid not come |
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AndThis thisvery day will the princessesladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the deedqueens ofbehavior thewill queenbe saytelling theit liketo unto all the kings princes Soand will there arisewill muchbe contempt and wrath in plenty |
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If it please the king let therea royal order go forth a royal commandment from him and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it bemay not be altered that Vashti is to come no more before kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus; and let the king give her royal estateposition untoto another thatwho is better than she |
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AndSo when the kings decree whichmade heby shallthe makeking shallis beproclaimed published throughout all his kingdom forvast as it is great all thewomen wives will give honor to their husbands honorhigh both to great and smalllow |
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AndThis theadvice saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did accordingas toMemu′can theproposed; word of Memucan: |
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for he sent letters intoto all the kingsroyal provinces intoto every province accordingin toits theown writingscript thereof and to every people afterin theirits own language that every man shouldbe bearlord rule in his own house and should speak according to the language of his people |
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After these things when the wrathanger of kingKing AhasuerusAhasu wase′rus pacifiedhad abated he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what washad been decreed against her |
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Then said the kings servants thatwho ministeredattended unto him said Let therebeautiful be fair young virgins be sought out for the king: |
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andAnd let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom thatto they may gather together all the fairbeautiful young virgins untoto Shushan the palaceharem toin theSusa house of the womencapital untounder the custody of Hegai the kings chamberlaineunuch keeperwho is in charge of the women; and let their thingsointments for purification be given them; |
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andAnd let the maiden thatwho pleasethpleases the king be queen instead of Vashti AndThis the thing pleased the king; and he did so |
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ThereNow there was a certain Jew in ShushanSusa the palacecapital whose name was MordecaiMor′decai the son of JairJa′ir the son of ShimeiShim′e thei son of Kish a BenjamiteBenjaminite |
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who had been carried away from Jerusalem withamong the captives that had been carried away with JeconiahJeconi′ah king of Judah whom NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnez′zar the king of Babylon had carried away |
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AndHe hehad brought up HadassahHadas′sah that is Esther the daughter of his unclesuncle daughter: for she had neither father nor mother; and the maiden was fairbeautiful and beautiful;lovely and when her father and her mother weredied deadMor′decai Mordecaiadopted took her foras his own daughter |
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So it came to pass when the kings commandmentorder and his decreeedict waswere heardproclaimed and when many maidens were gathered togetherin untoSusa Shushan the palacecapital toin the custody of Hegai that Esther also was taken into the kings housepalace toand theput in custody of Hegai keeperwho had charge of the women |
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And the maiden pleased him and shewon obtainedhis kindness of himfavor; and he speedilyquickly gaveprovided her her things for purification with her portionsointments and theher sevenportion maidensof whofood wereand meetwith toseven bechosen givenmaids herfrom out of the kings house:palace and headvanced removed her and her maidensmaids to the best place ofin the househarem of the women |
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Esther had not made known her people noror her kindred; for MordecaiMor′decai had charged her thatnot sheto should not make it known |
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And Mordecaievery day Mor′decai walked everyin dayfront beforeof the court of the womensharem house to knowlearn how Esther didwas and whathow wouldshe become of herfared |
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Now when the turn ofcame everyfor each maiden was come to go in to kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus after thatbeing ittwelve hadmonths beenunder done to her according to the lawregulations for the women twelvesince monthsthis forwas sothe wereregular theperiod days of their purificationsbeautifying accomplished to wit six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweetspices odors and withointments the things for the purifying of the women— |
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thenwhen inthe thismaiden wisewent camein to the maidenking untoin thethis king:way Whatsoever she desired was given herwhatever she desired to gotake with her outfrom of the househarem ofto the women unto the kings housepalace |
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In the evening she went and onin the morrowmorning she returnedcame intoback to the second househarem ofin the women to the custody of ShaashgazSha ash′gaz the kings chamberlaineunuch who keptwas in charge of the concubines:; she camedid not go in untoto the king noagain moreunless except the king delighted in her and she werewas calledsummoned by name |
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NowWhen when the turn ofcame for Esther the daughter of AbihailAb′ihail the uncle of MordecaiMor′decai who had takenadopted her foras his own daughter was come to go in untoto the king she requiredasked for nothing butexcept what Hegai the kings chamberlaineunuch thewho keeperhad charge of the women appointedadvised AndNow Esther obtainedfound favor in the sighteyes of all themwho thatsaw lookedher upon her |
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SoAnd when Esther was taken untoto kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus into his house royal palace in the tenth month which is the month of Tebeth in the seventh year of his reign |
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And the king loved Esther abovemore than all the women and she obtainedfound favorgrace and kindnessfavor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown uponon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti |
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Then the king madegave a great feastbanquet untoto all his princes and his servants; evenit was Esthers feast;banquet andHe healso madegranted a releaseremission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts accordingwith toroyal the bounty of the kingliberality |
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AndWhen when the virgins were gathered together the second time thenMor′decai Mordecai was sitting inat the kings gate |
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Now Esther had not yet made known her kindred noror her people; as MordecaiMor′decai had charged her:; for Esther didobeyed theMor′decai commandmentjust of Mordecai like as when she was brought up withby him |
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InAnd in those days whileas MordecaiMor′decai was sitting inat the kings gate Bigthan and Teresh two of the kings chamberlainseunuchs Bigthanwho andguarded Teresh of those that kept the threshold werebecame wrothangry and sought to lay hands on theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus |
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And this came to the thingknowledge becameof knownMor′decai toand Mordecaihe whotold showed it untoto Queen Esther the queen; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecaisthe name of Mor′decai |
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AndWhen whenthe inquisitionaffair was madeinvestigated of the matter and it was found to be so theythe men were both hanged on athe tree:gallows andAnd it was writtenrecorded in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles beforein the presence of the king |
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After these things didKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus promotepromoted Haman the Ag′agite the son of HammedathaHammeda′tha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes thatwho were with him |
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And all the kings servants thatwho were inat the kings gate bowed down and did reverenceobeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him But MordecaiMor′decai boweddid not bow down noror diddo himobeisance reverence |
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Then the kings servants thatwho were inat the kings gate said untoto MordecaiMor′decai Why transgressestdo thouyou transgress the kings commandmentcommand |
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NowAnd itwhen camethey spoke to passhim whenday theyafter spakeday daily unto him and he hearkenedwould not untolisten to them that they told Haman in order to see whether MordecaisMor′decais matterswords would stand:avail; for he had told them that he was a Jew |
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And when Haman saw that MordecaiMor′decai boweddid not bow down noror diddo obeisance to him reverenceHaman then was Hamanfilled fullwith offury wrath |
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But he thoughtdisdained scorn to lay hands on MordecaiMor′decai alone; forSo as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai:Mor′decai wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews thatthe werepeople of Mor′decai throughout the whole kingdom of AhasuerusAhasu even the people of Mordecaie′rus |
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In the first month which is the month of Nisan in the twelfth year of kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus they cast Pur that is the lot before Haman from day toafter day; and fromthey cast it month toafter month totill the twelfth month which is the month of Adar |
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AndThen Haman said untoto kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus 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 every other people; neitherand they do not keep they the kings laws: thereforeso that it is not for the kings profit to suffertolerate them |
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If it please 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 have the charge of the kings business tothat bringthey may put it into the kings treasuries |
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AndSo the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it untoto Haman the Ag′agite the son of HammedathaHammeda′tha the Agagiteenemy of the Jews enemy |
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And the king said untoto Haman The silvermoney is given to theeyou the people also to do with them as it seemethseems good to theeyou |
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Then were the kings scribessecretaries calledwere insummoned on the firstthirteenth monthday onof the thirteenthfirst daymonth thereof; and therean wasedict written according to all that Haman commanded untowas written to the kings satraps and to the governors thatover wereall overthe everyprovinces province and to the princes of everyall peoplethe peoples to every province accordingin toits theown writingscript thereof and to every people afterin theirits own language; it was written in the name of kingKing AhasuerusAhasu wase′rus it written and it was sealed with the kings ring |
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AndLetters letters were sent by postscouriers intoto all the kings provinces to destroy to slay and to causeannihilate to perish 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 of Adar and to takeplunder thetheir spoilgoods of them for a prey |
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A copy of the writingdocument thatwas theto decreebe shouldissued beas givena outdecree in every province wasby publishedproclamation untoto all the peoples thatto they should be ready againstfor that day |
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The postscouriers went forth in haste by order of the kingsking commandment and the decree was givenissued out in ShushanSusa the palacecapital And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of ShushanSusa was perplexed |
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NowWhen whenMor′decai Mordecailearned knew all that washad been done MordecaiMor′decai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth withand ashes and went out into the midst of the city andwailing cried with a loud and a bitter cry; |
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and he camewent evenup beforeto the entrance of the kings gate: for noneno one might enter within the kings gate clothed with sackcloth |
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And in every province whithersoeverwherever the kings commandmentcommand and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews andwith fasting and weeping and wailing;lamenting and manymost of them lay in sackcloth and ashes |
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AndWhen Esthers maidensmaids and her chamberlainseunuchs came and told it her; and the queen was exceedinglydeeply grieved:distressed; and she sent raimentgarments to clothe MordecaiMor′decai andso tothat he might take off his sackcloth from off him; but he receivedwould it not accept them |
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Then Esther called Esther for Hathach one of the kings chamberlainseunuchs whomwho he had been appointed to attend upon her and chargedordered him to go to MordecaiMor′decai to knowlearn what this was and why it was |
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So Hathach went forthout to MordecaiMor′decai untoin the broadopen placesquare of the city whichin wasfront beforeof the kings gate |
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Andand MordecaiMor′decai told him of all that had happened untoto him and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay tointo the kings treasuries for the Jewsdestruction toof destroythe themJews |
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AlsoMor′decai healso gave him thea copy of the writingwritten of the decree thatissued wasin givenSusa outfor intheir Shushandestruction tothat destroyhe themmight to show it untoto Esther and toexplain declare it untoto her and to charge her thatto she should go into unto the king to make supplication untoto him and toentreat make request before him for her people |
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And Hathach camewent and told Esther thewhat wordsMor′decai ofhad Mordecaisaid |
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Then Esther spakespoke untoto Hathach and gave him a message untofor MordecaiMor′decai saying: |
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All the kings servants and the people of the kings provinces do know that whosoeverif whetherany man or woman shallgoes cometo unto the king intoinside the inner court whowithout isbeing not called there is but one law; forall himalike thatare heto be put to death except thosethe one to whom the king shallholds hold out the golden sceptrescepter that he may live: butAnd I have not been called to come in untoto the king these thirty days |
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And they told toMor′decai Mordecaiwhat EsthersEsther wordshad said |
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Then MordecaiMor′decai badetold them to return answer untoto Esther Think not withthat thyselfin thatthe thoukings shaltpalace escapeyou inwill theescape kingsany house more than all the other Jews |
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For if thouyou altogetherkeep holdestsilence thyat peacesuch ata this time thenas willthis relief and deliverance arisewill torise for the Jews from another placequarter but thouyou and thyyour fathers house will perish: andAnd who knowethknows whether thouyou arthave not come to the kingdom for such a time as this |
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Then Esther badetold them returnto answerreply untoto MordecaiMor′decai |
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Go gather together all the Jews thatto arebe presentfound in ShushanSusa and hold a fast yeon formy mebehalf and neither eat nor drink for three days night or day: I also and my maidensmaids will also fast inas likeyou manner;do andThen soI will I go into unto the king whichthough it is notagainst according to the law:; and if I perish I perish |
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SoMor′decai Mordecaithen went hisaway way and did accordingeverything toas all that Esther had commandedordered him |
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NowOn it came to pass on the third day that Esther put on her royal apparelrobes and stood in the inner court of the kings housepalace overopposite against the kings house:hall andThe the king satwas uponsitting on his royal throne ininside the royalpalace houseopposite over against the entrance ofto the housepalace; |
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Andand it was so when the king saw Queen Esther the queen standing in the court that she obtainedfound favor in his sight; and thehe king held out to Esther the golden sceptrescepter that was in his hand SoThen Esther drewapproached near and touched the top of the sceptrescepter |
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ThenAnd said the king untosaid to her What wiltis thouit queenQueen Esther andWhat what is thyyour request itIt shall be given theeyou even to the half of themy kingdom |
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And Esther said If it seemplease good unto the king let the king and Haman come this day untoto thea banquetdinner that I have prepared for himthe king |
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Then said the king saidBring Cause Haman toquickly make haste that itwe may bedo done as Esther hathdesires said So the king and Haman came to the banquetdinner that Esther had prepared |
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And theas kingthey saidwere untodrinking Estherwine at the banquetking ofsaid wineto Esther What is thyyour petition andIt it shall be granted thee:you andAnd what is thyyour request evenEven to the half of themy kingdom it shall be performedfulfilled |
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ThenBut answered Esther and said My petition and my request is: |
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If I have found favor in the sight of the king and if it please the king to grant my petition and tofulfil perform my request let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquetdinner thatwhich I shallwill prepare for them and tomorrow I will do to morrow as the king hathhas said |
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ThenAnd Haman went Hamanout forth that day joyful and glad of heart: butBut when Haman saw MordecaiMor′decai in the kings gate that he stoodneither notrose up nor movedtrembled forbefore him he was filled with wrath against MordecaiMor′decai |
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Nevertheless Haman refrainedrestrained himself and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife Zeresh |
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And Haman recounted untoto them the glorysplendor of his riches and the multitudenumber of his childrensons and all the thingspromotions whereinwith which the king had promotedhonored him and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king |
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And Haman saidadded moreoverEven YeaQueen Esther the queen did let no manone come in with the king untoto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; andAnd totomorrow morrow also I am I invited by her together with the king |
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Yet all this availethdoes me nothingno good so long as I see MordecaiMor′decai the Jew sitting at the kings gate |
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Then said Zeresh his wife Zeresh and all his friends untosaid to him Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high be made and in the morning speaktell thou unto the king thatto Mordecaihave mayMor′decai be hanged thereon:upon it; then go thou in merrily with the king untoto the banquetdinner AndThis thecounsel thing pleased Haman; and he causedhad the gallows to be made |
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On that night the king could not the king sleep; and he commandedgave orders to bring the book of recordsmemorable ofdeeds the chronicles and they were read before the king |
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And it was found written thathow MordecaiMor′decai had told ofabout Bigthana and Teresh two of the kings chamberlainseunuchs ofwho thoseguarded that kept the threshold and who had sought to lay hands onupon theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus |
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And the king said What honor andor dignity hathhas been bestowed on MordecaiMor′decai for this ThenThe said the kings servants thatwho ministeredattended unto him Theresaid isNothing nothinghas been done for him |
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And the king said Who is in the court Now Haman washad comejust intoentered the outwardouter court of the kings housepalace to speak untoto the king toabout hanghaving MordecaiMor′decai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him |
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AndSo the kings servants saidtold unto him Behold Haman standethis there standing in the court And the king said Let him come in |
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So Haman came in Andand the king said untoto him What shall be done untoto the man whom the king delightethdelights to honor NowAnd Haman said into hishimself heartWhom To whom would the king delight to do honor more than tome myself |
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And Haman said untoto the king For the man whom the king delightethdelights to honor |
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let royal apparelrobes be brought which the king usethhas toworn wear and the horse thatwhich the king ridethhas uponridden and on thewhose head ofa whichroyal a crown royal is set:; |
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and let the apparelrobes and the horse be deliveredhanded over to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes; thatlet theyhim may array the man therewith whom the king delightethdelights to honor and causelet him toconduct ridethe man on horseback through the streetopen square of the city andproclaiming proclaim before him: Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delightethdelights to honor |
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Then the king said to Haman Make haste and take the apparelrobes and the horse as thouyou hasthave said and do even so to MordecaiMor′decai the Jew thatwho sittethsits at the kings gate: letLeave out nothing fail of all that thouyou hasthave spokenmentioned |
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ThenSo Haman took Haman the apparelrobes and the horse and he arrayed MordecaiMor′decai and causedmade him to ride through the streetopen square of the city andproclaiming proclaimed before him Thus shall it be done untoto the man whom the king delightethdelights to honor |
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AndThen MordecaiMor′decai camereturned again to the kings gate But Haman hastedhurried to his house mourning and havingwith his head covered |
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And Haman recountedtold unto Zeresh his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had befallen him Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife untoZeresh said to him If MordecaiMor′decai before whom thouyou hasthave begun to fall beis of the seedJewish ofpeople theyou Jewswill thou shalt not prevail against him but shaltwill surely fall before him |
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While they were yet talking with him came the kings chamberlainseunuchs arrived and hastedbrought toHaman bringin Hamanhaste untoto the banquet that Esther had prepared |
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So the king and Haman camewent in to banquetfeast with Queen Esther the queen |
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And on the kingsecond saidday againas untothey Estherwere ondrinking wine the secondking dayagain atsaid theto banquetEsther 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 themy kingdom it shall be performedfulfilled |
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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 at my petition and my people at my request: |
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forFor we are sold I and my people to be destroyed to be slain and to perishbe Butannihilated ifIf we had been sold formerely bondmenas slaves men and bondwomenwomen I hadwould have held my peace; althoughfor theour adversaryaffliction couldis not haveto compensatedbe forcompared with the kingsloss damageto the king |
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Then spakeKing theAhasu kinge′rus Ahasuerussaid andto saidQueen unto Esther the queen Who is he and where is he that durstwould presume in his heart to do sothis |
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And Esther said AnA adversaryfoe and an enemy evenThis this wicked Haman Then Haman was afraidin terror before the king and the queen |
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And the king aroserose in his wrath from the banquetfeast ofin winewrath 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 thereevil was evil determined against him by the king |
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ThenAnd the king returned outfrom of the palace garden intoto the place ofwhere thethey banquetwere ofdrinking wine; andas Haman was fallenfalling uponon the couch whereonwhere Esther was; Thenand said the king said Will he even forceassault the queen beforein memy presence in themy own house As the wordwords wentleft outthe mouth of the kingsking mouth they covered Hamans face |
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Then said HarbonahHarbo′na one of the chamberlainseunuchs thatin wereattendance beforeon the king BeholdMoreover also the gallows fifty cubits high which Haman hathhas madeprepared for MordecaiMor′decai whowhose spakeword goodsaved for the king standethis standing in theHamans house offifty Hamancubits Andhigh the king said Hang him thereon |
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And the king said Hang him on that So they hanged Haman on the gallows thatwhich he had prepared for MordecaiMor′decai Then wasthe anger of the kingsking wrath pacifiedabated |
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On that day didKing theAhasu kinge′rus Ahasuerusgave giveto Queen Esther the house of Haman the Jews enemy untoof Esther the queenJews And MordecaiMor′decai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was untoto her; |
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Andand the king took off his signet ring which he had taken from Haman and gave it untoto MordecaiMor′decai And Esther set MordecaiMor′decai over the house of Haman |
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AndThen Esther spakespoke yet again beforeto the king; andshe fell down at his feet and besought him with tears to putavert away the mischiefevil design of Haman the AgagiteAg′agite and histhe deviceplot thatwhich he had devised against the Jews |
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ThenAnd the king held out to Esther the golden sceptrescepter Soto Esther arose and stood before the king |
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and Esther rose and stood before the king And she said If it please the king and if I have found favor in his sight and if the thing seem right before the king and I be pleasing in his eyes let itan order be written to reverserevoke the letters devised by Haman the Ag′agite the son of HammedathaHammeda′tha the Agagite which he wrote to destroy the Jews thatwho are in all the kings provinces: of the king |
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forFor how can I endure to see the evilcalamity that shallis comecoming untoto my people orOr how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred |
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Then theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus said untoto Queen Esther the queen and to MordecaiMor′decai the Jew Behold I have given Esther the house of Haman and him they have hanged uponhim on the gallows because he laidwould hislay handhands uponon the Jews |
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WriteAnd yeyou alsomay write as you please with regard to the Jews asin itthe pleasethname youof in the kingsking name and seal it with the kings ring; for thean writingedict which is written in the kings name of the king and sealed with the kings ring maycannot nobe man reverserevoked |
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ThenThe werekings thesecretaries kingswere scribessummoned called at that time in the third month which is the month of Sivan on the threetwenty andthird twentieth day thereof; and itan edict was written according to all that MordecaiMor′decai commanded untoconcerning the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the princes of the provinces which are from India untoto Ethiopia a hundred and twenty and seven provinces untoto every province accordingin toits theown writingscript thereof and untoto every people afterin theirits own language and also to the Jews accordingin to their writingscript and according to their language |
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AndThe hewriting wrotewas in the name of kingKing AhasuerusAhasu e′rus and sealed it with the kings ring and letters were sent letters by postsmounted oncouriers horseback riding on swift steedshorses that were used in the kings service bred offrom the royal stud: |
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whereinBy these the king grantedallowed the Jews thatwho were in every city to gather themselves together and todefend stand for their lifelives to destroy to slay and to causeannihilate toany perisharmed allforce the power of theany people andor province that wouldmight assaultattack them with their littlechildren ones and women and to takeplunder thetheir spoilgoods of them for a prey |
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upon one day inthroughout all the provinces of kingKing AhasuerusAhasu namelye′rus uponon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month which is the month of Adar |
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A copy of thewhat writingwas thatwritten thewas decreeto should be givenissued outas a decree in every province wasand publishedby untoproclamation to all the peoples and that the Jews shouldwere to be ready againston that day to avenge themselves onupon their enemies |
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So the postscouriers thatmounted rodeon upontheir swift steedshorses that were used in the kings service wentrode out beingin hastenedhaste andurged pressed on by the kings commandmentcommand; and the decree was givenissued out in ShushanSusa the palacecapital |
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AndThen MordecaiMor′decai went forthout from the presence of the king in royal apparelrobes of blue and white and with a great golden crown of gold and with a robemantle of fine linen and purple: andwhile the city of ShushanSusa shouted and wasrejoiced glad |
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And in every province and in every city whithersoeverwherever the kings commandmentcommand and his decreeedict came thethere Jewswas had gladness and joy among the Jews a feast and a goodholiday day And many from among the peoples of the landcountry becamedeclared themselves Jews; for the fear of the Jews washad fallen upon them |
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Now in the twelfth month which is the month of Adar on the thirteenth day of the same when the kings commandmentcommand and hisedict decreewere drewabout near to be putexecuted in execution on the very day thatwhen the enemies of the Jews hoped to haveget rulethe mastery over them whereasbut itwhich washad turnedbeen changed to thea contraryday thatwhen the Jews hadshould ruleget overthe themmastery thatover hatedtheir themfoes |
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the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus to lay handhands on such as sought their hurt: andAnd no manone could withstandmake a stand against them; for the fear of them washad fallen upon all the peoples |
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AndAll all the princes of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and theythe thatroyal didofficials thealso kings business helped the Jews; becausefor the fear of MordecaiMor′decai washad fallen upon them |
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For MordecaiMor′decai was great in the kings house and his fame wentspread forth throughout all the provinces; for the man MordecaiMor′decai waxedgrew greatermore and greatermore powerful |
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AndSo the Jews smote all their enemies with the strokesword ofslaughtering the sword and withdestroying slaughterthem and destruction and did whatas they wouldpleased untoto themthose thatwho hated them |
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AndIn inSusa Shushan the palacecapital itself the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men |
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Andand Parshandathaalso slew Parshan da′tha and Dalphon and AspathaAspa′tha |
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and PorathaPora′tha and AdaliaAda′lia and AridathaArida′tha |
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and ParmashtaParmash′ta and ArisaiAr′isai and AridaiAr′idai and VaizathaVaiza′tha |
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the ten sons of Haman the son of HammedathaHammeda′tha the Jews enemy slewof theythe Jews; but onthey thelaid spoilno theyhand laidon notthe their handplunder |
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OnThat thatvery day the number of those that were slain in ShushanSusa the palacecapital was broughtreported beforeto the king |
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And the king said untoto Queen Esther In Susa the queencapital Thethe Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men inand Shushanalso the palace and the ten sons of Haman; whatWhat then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces Now what is thyyour petition andIt it shall be granted thee:you orAnd what further is thyyour request furtherIt and it shall be donefulfilled |
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ThenAnd Esther said Esther If it please the king let it be granted to the Jews thatwho are in ShushanSusa tobe doallowed tomorrow also to morrowdo also according untoto this days decreeedict andAnd let Hamansthe ten sons of Haman be hanged uponon the gallows |
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AndSo the king commanded itthis so to be done:; and a decree was givenissued out in Shushan;Susa and theythe hanged Hamans ten sons of Haman were hanged |
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AndThe the Jews thatwho were in ShushanSusa gathered themselvesalso together on the fourteenth day also of the month of Adar and they slew three hundred men in ShushanSusa; but on the spoil they laid notno theirhands handon the plunder |
| 9:16 |
AndNow the other Jews thatwho were in the kings provinces also gathered themselvesto togetherdefend and stood for their lives and hadgot restrelief from their enemies and slew seventy five thousand of themthose thatwho hated them; seventybut andthey fivelaid thousand;no buthands on the spoilplunder they laid not their hand |
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This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested and made itthat a day of feasting and gladness |
| 9:18 |
But the Jews thatwho were in ShushanSusa assembledgathered together on the thirteenth day thereof and on the fourteenth thereof; and rested on the fifteenth day ofmaking thethat same they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness |
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Therefore do the Jews of the villages thatwho dwelllive in the unwalledopen towns makehold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day offor gladness and feasting and holiday making and a good day andon ofwhich sendingthey send choice portions to one to another |
| 9:20 |
And MordecaiMor′decai wroterecorded these things and sent letters untoto all the Jews thatwho were in all the provinces of theKing kingAhasu Ahasueruse′rus both nighnear and far |
| 9:21 |
toenjoining enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same yearlyyear by year |
| 9:22 |
as the days whereinon which the Jews hadgot restrelief from their enemies and as the month whichthat washad been turned untofor them from sorrow tointo gladness and from mourning into a good dayholiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness anddays offor sending choice portions to one to another and gifts to the poor |
| 9:23 |
AndSo the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as MordecaiMor′decai had written untoto them; |
| 9:24 |
becauseFor Haman the Ag′agite the son of HammedathaHammeda′tha the Agagite the enemy of all the Jews had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur that is the lot to consumecrush them and to destroy them; |
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but when theEsther matter came before the king he commandedgave byorders lettersin writing that his wicked deviceplot which he had devised against the Jews should returncome upon 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 nameterm of Pur ThereforeAnd therefore because of all thethat wordswas ofwritten in this letter and of thatwhat which they had seenfaced concerningin this matter and thatof whichwhat had comebefallen unto them |
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the Jews ordained and took it upon themthemselves and upon their seeddescendants and upon all suchwho as joined themselves unto them so that itwithout should not fail that they would keep these two days according to thewhat writingwas thereofwritten and accordingat to the appointed time thereofappointed every year; |
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and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation in every family every province and every city; and that these days of Purim should notnever failfall frominto disuse among the Jews nor should the remembrancecommemoration of themthese perishdays fromcease among their seeddescendants |
| 9:29 |
Then Queen Esther the queen the daughter of AbihailAb′ihail and MordecaiMor′decai the Jew wrotegave withfull allwritten authority toconfirming confirm this second letter ofabout Purim |
| 9:30 |
AndLetters hewere sent lettersto unto all the Jews to the hundred and twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of AhasuerusAhasu withe′rus in words of peace and truth |
| 9:31 |
tothat confirm these days of Purim inshould be observed at their appointed timesseasons according as MordecaiMor′decai the Jew and Queen Esther theenjoined queenupon hadthe enjoinedJews them and as they had ordainedlaid down for themselves and for their seeddescendants inwith theregard matterto oftheir thefasts fastings and their crylamenting |
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AndThe thecommand commandment of Queen Esther confirmedfixed these matterspractices of Purim; and it was writtenrecorded in the bookwriting |
| 10:1 |
AndKing theAhasu kinge′rus Ahasuerus laid a tribute uponon the land and uponon the islescoastlands of the sea |
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And all the acts of his power and of his might and the full account of the greatnesshigh honor of MordecaiMor′decai whereuntoto which the king advanced him are they not written in the bookBook of the chroniclesChronicles of the kings of Media and Persia |
| 10:3 |
For MordecaiMor′decai the Jew was next untoin kingrank Ahasuerusto King Ahasu e′rus and he was great among the Jews and acceptedpopular ofwith the multitude of his brethren seekingfor he sought the goodwelfare of his people and speakingspoke peace to all his seedpeople |