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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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in 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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when 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 fulfilled, hethe king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the kings palace;. |
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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 bounty of the king. |
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to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shewshow the peoples and the princes her beauty:; for she was fair to look on. |
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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 judgementjudgment; |
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and 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 sat first in the kingdom:, |
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For this deed of the queen shallwill come abroad unto all women, to make 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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And this day shallwill the princesses of Persia and Media whichwho have heard of the deed of the queen say the like unto all the kings princes,. So shallwill there arise much contempt and wrath. |
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And when the kings decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, for it is great, all the wives shallwill give to their husbands honourhonor, both to great and small. |
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for 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 should publishspeak it according to the language of his people. |
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and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that young virgins unto Shushan the palace, they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the kings chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:; |
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and 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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There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;, |
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who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives whichthat had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar hethe king of Babylon had carried away. |
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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 her portions, and the seven maidens, whichwho were meet to be given her, out of the kings house: and he removed her and her maidens to 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 maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for 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 odours,odors and with the things for the purifying of the women, |
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then in this wise came the 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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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 shewedshowed it unto Esther the queen; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecais name. |
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And all the kings servants, that were in the kings gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman:; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence. |
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But 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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Then were the kings scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof,; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the kings satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people;, to 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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The posts went forth in haste by the kings commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace:. andAnd the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed. |
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Now when Mordecai knew 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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And Esthers maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him:; but he received it not. |
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Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out 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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All the kings servants, and the people of the kings provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put 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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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shallwill relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy fathers house shallwill perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? |
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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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And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall hebe granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. |
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Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;: |
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ifIf 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 tomorrowto morrow as the king hath said. |
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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 tomorrowto morrow also am I invited by her together 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 in the 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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And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings chamberlains, of those that kept the doorthreshold, who had sought to lay hands 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 said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honourhonor more than to myself? |
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And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honourhonor, |
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and let the 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 cause 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 caused him to ride 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 recounted 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, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. |
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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 hebe granted thee: and what is thy request? 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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And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favourfavor 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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Write ye also to 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, which 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 satraps, and the governors and princes 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, and sealed it with the kings ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the kings service, bred of the stud: |
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wherein 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, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, |
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And Mordecai went forth frontfrom the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. |
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The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honourhonor. |
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Now in the twelfth month, which 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 rule over them; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;, |
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For Mordecai was great in the kings house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces:; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. |
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Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews whichthat are in Shushan to do tomorrowto morrow also according unto this days decree, and let Hamans ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. |
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as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day:; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. |
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because 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; |
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but when the 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 hebe hanged on the gallows. |
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the 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 the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year; |
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and 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. |
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For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren;, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. |