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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus this is Ahasuerus whichwho reigned from India even unto Ethiopia over ana hundred and seven and twenty provinces: |
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Thatthat in those days when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom which was in Shushan the palace |
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Inin the third year of his reign he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him:; |
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Whenwhen he shewedshowed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honourhonor of his excellent majesty many days even ana hundred and fourscore days |
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And when these days were expiredfulfilled the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace both unto great and small seven days in the court of the garden of the kings palace; |
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WhereThere were hangings of white cloth of green and of blue hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the bedscouches were of gold and silver upon a pavement of red and bluewhite and whiteyellow and black marble |
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And they gave them drink in vessels of gold the vessels being diverse one from another and royal wine in abundance according to the statebounty of the king |
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And the drinking was according to the law; none didcould compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house that they should do according to every mans pleasure |
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On the seventh day when the heart of the king was merry with wine he commanded Mehuman Biztha Harbona Bigtha and Abagtha Zethar and Carcas the seven chamberlains that servedministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king |
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Toto bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal to shewshow the peoplepeoples and the princes her beauty:; for she was fair to look on |
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But the queen Vashti refused to come at the kings commandment by histhe chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth and his anger burned in him |
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Then the king said to the wise men whichwho knew the times for so was the kings manner toward all that knew law and judgment:; |
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Andand the next unto him waswere Carshena Shethar Admatha Tarshish Meres Marsena and Memucan the seven princes of Persia and Media whichwho saw the kings face and which sat the first in the kingdom; |
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What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law because she hath not performeddone the commandmentbidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains |
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And Memucan answered before the king and the princes Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only but also to all the princes and to all the peoplepeoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus |
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For this deed of the queen shallwill come abroad unto all women soto thatmake they shall despise their husbands contemptible in their eyes when it shall be reported The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him but she came not |
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LikewiseAnd shallthis day will the ladiesprincesses of Persia and Media saywho thishave dayheard untoof all the kingsdeed princesof whichthe havequeen heardsay of the deedlike ofunto all the queenkings Thusprinces shallSo will there arise too much contempt and wrath |
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If it please the king let there go forth a royal commandment from him and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes that it be not altered Thatthat Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she |
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And when the kings decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empirekingdom for it is great all the wives shallwill give to their husbands honourhonor both to great and small |
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Forfor he sent letters into all the kings provinces into every province according to the writing thereof and to every people after their language that every man should bear rule in his own house and that it should bespeak published according to the language of everyhis people |
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After these things when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeasedpacified he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what was decreed against her |
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Andand let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace to the house of the women unto the custody of HegeHegai the kings chamberlain keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:; |
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Andand let the maiden whichthat pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti And the thing pleased the king; and he did so |
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NowThere was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair the son of Shimei the son of Kish a Benjamite; |
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Whowho had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivitycaptives whichthat had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away |
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And he brought up Hadassah that is Esther his uncles daughter: for she had neither father nor mother and the maidmaiden was fair and beautiful; whomand Mordecai when her father and mother were dead Mordecai took her for his own daughter |
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So it came to pass when the kings commandment and his decree was heard and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace to the custody of Hegai that Esther was broughttaken alsointo unto the kings house to the custody of Hegai keeper of the women |
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And the maiden pleased him and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification with suchher thingsportions asand belongedthe to her and seven maidens whichwho were meet to be given her out of the kings house: and he preferredremoved her and her maidsmaidens untoto the best place of the house of the women |
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Esther had not shewedmade known her people nor her kindred:; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shewmake it known |
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And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the womens house to know how Esther did and what shouldwould become of her |
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Now when the turn of every maidsmaiden turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus after that sheit had been twelvedone monthsto her according to the mannerlaw offor the women twelve months for so were the days of their purifications accomplished to wit six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet odoursodors and with otherthe things for the purifying of the women; |
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Thenthen thusin this wise came everythe maiden unto the king;: whatsoeverWhatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the kings house |
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In the evening she went and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women to the custody of Shaashgaz the kings chamberlain whichwho kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more except the king delighted in her and that she were called by name |
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Now when the turn of Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her for his daughter was come to go in unto the king she required nothing but what Hegai the kings chamberlain the keeper of the women appointed And Esther obtained favourfavor in the sight of all them that looked upon her |
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And the king loved Esther above all the women and she obtained gracefavor and favourkindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti |
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Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants even Esthers feast; and he made a release to the provinces and gave gifts according to the statebounty of the king |
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And when the virgins were gathered together the second time then Mordecai satwas sitting in the kings gate |
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Esther had not yet shewedmade known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai like as when she was brought up with him |
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In those days while Mordecai satwas sitting in the kings gate two of the kings chamberlains Bigthan and Teresh of those whichthat kept the doorthreshold were wroth and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus |
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And the thing wasbecame known to Mordecai who toldshowed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certifiedtold the king thereof in Mordecais name |
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And when inquisition was made of the matter and it was found out;to thereforebe so they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king |
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And all the kings servants that were in the kings gate bowed down and reverenceddid reverence to Haman:; for the king had so commanded concerning him But Mordecai bowed not down nor did him reverence |
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Then the kings servants whichthat were in the kings gate said unto Mordecai Why transgressest thou the kings commandment |
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And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down nor did him reverence then was Haman full of wrath |
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AndBut he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewedmade known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus even the people of Mordecai |
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In the first month thatwhich is the month Nisan in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus they cast Pur that is the lot before Haman from day to day and from month to month to the twelfth month thatwhich is the month Adar |
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And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoplepeoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from allthose of every people; neither keep they the kings laws: therefore it is not for the kings profit to suffer them |
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If it please the king let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver tointo the hands of those that have the charge of the kings business to bring it into the kings treasuries |
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Then were the kings scribes called onin the thirteenthfirst daymonth ofon the firstthirteenth monthday thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the kings lieutenantssatraps and to the governors that were over every province and to the rulersprinces of every people ofto every province according to the writing thereof and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written and it was sealed with the kings ring |
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And the letters were sent by posts into all the kings provinces to destroy to killslay and to cause to perish all Jews both young and old little children and women in one day even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month which is the month Adar and to take the spoil of them for a prey |
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TheA copy of the writing forthat athe commandmentdecree toshould be given out in every province was published unto all peoplethe peoples that they should be ready against that day |
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The posts went outforth beingin hastenedhaste by the kings commandment and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed |
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WhenNow when Mordecai perceivedknew all that was done Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; |
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Andand he came even before the kings gate: for none might enter intowithin the kings gate clothed with sackcloth |
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SoAnd Esthers maidsmaidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; Thenand was the queen was exceedingly grieved;: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai and to take away his sackcloth from off him:; but he received it not |
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Then called Esther for HatachHathach one of the kings chamberlains whom he had appointed to attend upon her and gavecharged him ato commandmentgo to Mordecai to know what itthis was and why it was |
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So HatachHathach went forth to Mordecai unto the streetbroad place of the city which was before the kings gate |
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And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him and of the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the kings treasuries for the Jews to destroy them |
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Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given atout in Shushan to destroy them to shewshow it unto Esther and to declare it unto her and to charge her that she should go in unto the king to make supplication unto him and to make request before him for her people |
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And HatachHathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai |
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AgainThen Esther spake unto HatachHathach and gave him commandmenta message unto Mordecai; saying: |
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All the kings servants and the people of the kings provinces do know that whosoever whether man or womenwoman shall come unto the king into the inner court who is not called there is one law offor hishim tothat he be put him to death except suchthose to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days |
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Then Mordecai commandedbade tothem return answer unto Esther Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the kings house more than all the Jews |
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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time then shallwill thererelief enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy fathers house shallwill be destroyedperish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this |
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Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai this answer |
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Go gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast ye for me and neither eat nor drink three days night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewisein like manner; and so will I go in unto the king which is not according to the law: and if I perish I perish |
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Now it came to pass on the third day that Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the kings house over against the kings house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house over against the gateentrance of the house |
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And it was so when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court that she obtained favourfavor in his sight:; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand So Esther drew near and touched the top of the sceptre |
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Then said the king unto her What wilt thou queen Esther and what is thy request it shall be even given thee even to the half of the kingdom |
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And Esther answeredsaid If it seem good unto the king let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him |
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Then the king said Cause Haman to make haste that heit may dobe done as Esther hath said So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared |
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Then answered Esther and said My petition and my request is;: |
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If I have found favourfavor in the sight of the king and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them and I will do to morrow as the king hath said |
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Then went Haman forth that day joyful and withglad aof glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the kings gate that he stood not up nor moved for him he was fullfilled ofwith indignationwrath against Mordecai |
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Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and whenwent hehome; cameand home he sent and calledfetched for his friends and Zeresh his wife |
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And Haman toldrecounted unto them of the glory of his riches and the multitude of his children and all the things wherein the king had promoted him and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king |
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Haman said moreover Yea Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow also am I invited untoby her alsotogether with the king |
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Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high and toin morrowthe morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made |
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On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king |
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And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh two of the kings chamberlains theof keepersthose ofthat kept the doorthreshold who had sought to lay handhands on the king Ahasuerus |
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And the king said What honourhonor and dignity hath been donebestowed toon Mordecai for this Then said the kings servants that ministered unto him There is nothing done for him |
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So Haman came in And the king said unto him What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honourhonor Now Haman thoughtsaid in his heart To whom would the king delight to do honourhonor more than to myself |
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And Haman answeredsaid unto the king For the man whom the king delighteth to honourhonor |
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Letlet the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear and the horse that the king rideth upon and on the crownhead royalof which isa setcrown uponroyal hisis headset: |
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Andand let thisthe apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes that they may array the man withaltherewith whom the king delighteth to honourhonor and bringcause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city and proclaim before him Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honourhonor |
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Then took Haman the apparel and the horse and arrayed Mordecai and broughtcaused him onto horsebackride through the street of the city and proclaimed before him Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honourhonor |
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And Haman toldrecounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everyeverything thing that had befallen him Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him If Mordecai before whom thou hast begun to fall be of the seed of the Jews before whom thou hast begun to fall thou shalt not prevail against him but shalt surely fall before him |
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AndWhile while they were yet talking with him came the kings chamberlains and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared |
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And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine What is thy petition queen Esther and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request and it shall be performed even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed |
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Then Esther the queen answered and said If I have found favourfavor in thy 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 perish But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen I had held my tonguepeace although the enemyadversary could not countervailhave compensated for the kings damage |
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Then spake the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen Who is he and where is he that durst presume in his heart to do so |
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And Esther said TheAn adversary and an enemy iseven this wicked Haman Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen |
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And the king arisingarose in his wrath from the banquet of wine inand his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king |
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Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bedcouch whereon Esther was Then said the king Will he even force the queen also before me in the house As the word went out of the kings mouth they covered Hamans face |
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AndThen said Harbonah one of the chamberlains saidthat were before the king Behold also the gallows fifty cubits high which Haman hadhath made for Mordecai who spokenspake good for the king standeth in the house of Haman ThenAnd the king said Hang him thereon |
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Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre toward Esther So Esther arose and stood before the king |
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And she said If it please the king and if I have favourfound favor in his sight and the thing seem right before the king and I be pleasing in his eyes let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite which he wrote to destroy the Jews whichthat are in all the kings provinces: |
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Forfor how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred |
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Write ye also forto the Jews as it likethpleaseth you in the kings name and seal it with the kings ring:; for the writing which is written in the kings name and sealed with the kings ring may no man reverse |
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Then were the kings scribes called at that time in the third month thatwhich is the month Sivan on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews and to the lieutenantssatraps and the deputiesgovernors and rulersprinces of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia ana hundred twenty and seven provinces unto every province according to the writing thereof and unto every people after their language and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language |
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And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus name and sealed it with the kings ring and sent letters by posts on horseback andriding riders on mulesswift camelssteeds andthat youngwere dromedariesused in the kings service bred of the stud: |
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Whereinwherein the king granted the Jews whichthat were in every city to gather themselves together and to stand for their life to destroy to slay and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them boththeir little ones and women and to take the spoil of them for a prey |
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Uponupon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus namely upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month which is the month Adar |
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TheA copy of the writing forthat athe commandmentdecree toshould be given out in every province was published unto all peoplethe peoples and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies |
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So the posts that rode upon mulesswift andsteeds camelsthat were used in the kings service went out being hastened and pressed on by the kings commandment; Andand the decree was given atout in Shushan the palace |
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And Mordecai went outforth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white and with a great crown of gold and with a garmentrobe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoicedshouted and was glad |
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The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honourhonor |
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And in every province and in every city whithersoever the kings commandment and his decree came the Jews had joygladness and gladnessjoy a feast and a good day And many offrom among the peoplepeoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fellwas fallen upon them |
| 9:1 |
Now in the twelfth month thatwhich is the month Adar on the thirteenth day of the same when the kings commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution inon the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have powerrule over them thoughwhereas it was turned to the contrary that the Jews had rule over them that hated them; |
| 9:2 |
Thethe Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fellwas fallen upon all peoplethe peoples |
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And all the rulersprinces of the provinces and the lieutenantssatraps and the deputiesgovernors and officersthey ofthat did the kingkings business helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fellwas fallen upon them |
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For Mordecai was great in the kings house and his fame went outforth throughout all the provinces:; for thisthe man Mordecai waxed greater and greater |
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ThusAnd the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and with slaughter and destruction and did what they would unto thosethem that hated them |
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Andand Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha |
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Andand Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and VajezathaVaizatha |
| 9:10 |
Thethe ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Jews enemy of the Jews slew they; but on the spoil they laid they not their hand |
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And the king said unto Esther the queen The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace and the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the kings provinces nowNow what is thy petition and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further and it shall be done |
| 9:13 |
Then said Esther If it please the king let it be granted to the Jews whichthat are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this days decree and let Hamans ten sons be hanged upon the gallows |
| 9:14 |
And the king commanded it so to be done: and thea decree was given atout in Shushan; and they hanged Hamans ten sons |
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ForAnd the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar and slew three hundred men atin Shushan; but on the preyspoil they laid not their hand |
| 9:16 |
ButAnd the other Jews that were in the kings provinces gathered themselves together and stood for their lives and had rest from their enemies and slew of theirthem foesthat hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hands on the preyhand |
| 9:17 |
OnThis was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested they and made it a day of feasting and gladness |
| 9:18 |
But the Jews that were atin Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness |
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Therefore do the Jews of the villages that dweltdwell in the unwalled towns mademake the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting and a good day and of sending portions one to another |
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Toto stablishenjoin this among them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same yearly |
| 9:22 |
Asas the days wherein the Jews restedhad rest from their enemies and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joygladness and from mourning into a good day:; that they should make them days of feasting and joygladness and of sending portions one to another and gifts to the poor |
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Becausebecause Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite the enemy of all the Jews had devisedplotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur that is the lot to consume them and to destroy them; |
| 9:25 |
Butbut when Estherthe matter came before the king he commanded by letters that his wicked device which he had devised against the Jews should return upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows |
| 9:26 |
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur Therefore forbecause of all the words of this letter and of that which they had seen concerning this matter and that which had come unto them |
| 9:27 |
Thethe Jews ordained and took upon them and upon their seed and upon all such as joined themselves unto them so asthat it should not fail that they would keep these two days according to theirthe writing thereof and according to theirthe appointed time thereof every year; |
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Andand that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation every family every province and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews nor the memorialremembrance of them perish from their seed |
| 9:30 |
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth |
| 9:31 |
Toto confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times appointed according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them and as they had decreedordained for themselves and for their seed in the mattersmatter of the fastings and their cry |
| 9:32 |
And the decreecommandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book |
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And all the acts of his power and of his might and the declarationfull account of the greatness of Mordecai whereunto the king advanced him are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia |
| 10:3 |
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus and great among the Jews and accepted of the multitude of his brethren seeking the wealthgood of his people and speaking peace to all his seed |