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\BibleBook{The Book of Esther}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Esther }
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\chapterNumber{1}And|strong="H3967" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" (that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H5704" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" that|strong="H3117" reigned|strong="H4427" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", over|strong="H5704" a|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven provinces|strong="H4082"), 
\verseNumber{2}in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" sat|strong="H7675" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4438", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Shushan the|strong="H0834" fortress|strong="H1002", 
\verseNumber{3}in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3605" reign|strong="H4427", he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H4960" to|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650"; the|strong="H3605" power of|strong="H8141" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H5650" Media|strong="H4074", the|strong="H3605" nobles|strong="H6579" and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" being before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"; 
\verseNumber{4}when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" shewed the|strong="H0853" glorious|strong="H8597" wealth|strong="H6239" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" kingdom|strong="H4438" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" splendid magnificence of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" grandeur many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117", a|strong="H7200" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" eighty|strong="H8084" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3117" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0428" expired|strong="H4390", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4672" feast|strong="H4960" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0428" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H4428" Shushan the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H1002", both|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4428" small|strong="H6996", seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" garden|strong="H1594" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's palace|strong="H1055". 
\verseNumber{6}White|strong="H2353", green, and|strong="H3701" blue|strong="H8504" [hangings] were|strong="H5921" fastened|strong="H0270" with|strong="H5921" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5921" byssus and|strong="H3701" purple|strong="H0713" to|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" rings|strong="H1550" and|strong="H3701" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H5921" white|strong="H2353" marble; couches|strong="H4296" of|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" [lay|strong="H0270"] upon|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" pavement|strong="H7531" of|strong="H5921" red and|strong="H3701" white|strong="H2353" marble, and|strong="H3701" alabaster|strong="H8336", and|strong="H3701" black marble. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" drink|strong="H8248" in|strong="H4428" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" (the|strong="H3027" vessels|strong="H3627" being diverse one|strong="H4428" from|strong="H3027" another), and|strong="H3027" royal|strong="H4438" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="H4428" abundance, according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" king's bounty|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" drinking|strong="H8360" was|strong="H0369", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" commandment, without|strong="H0369" constraint; for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0369" appointed|strong="H3245" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" magnates of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" man's pleasure|strong="H7522". 
\verseNumber{9}Also|strong="H1571" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0834" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H1004" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" king's heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H3820" merry with|strong="H0854" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H0559" Mehuman|strong="H4104", Biztha|strong="H0968", Harbona|strong="H2726", Bigtha|strong="H0903", and|strong="H4428" Abagtha|strong="H0005", Zethar|strong="H2242", and|strong="H4428" Carcas, the|strong="H0559" seven|strong="H7651" chamberlains that|strong="H3117" served|strong="H8334" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", 
\verseNumber{11}to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" to|strong="H0935" shew the|strong="H0853" peoples|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" her|strong="H7200" beauty|strong="H3308"; for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" of|strong="H4428" beautiful|strong="H3308" countenance|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" [sent|strong="H3027"] by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" chamberlains; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" wroth, and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" fury|strong="H2534" burned|strong="H1197" in|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" times|strong="H6256" (for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's business|strong="H1697" [conducted] before|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" law|strong="H1881" and|strong="H4428" judgment|strong="H1779"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" were|strong="H8269" Carshena|strong="H3771", Shethar|strong="H8369", Admatha|strong="H0133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Meres|strong="H4825", Marsena|strong="H4826", [and|strong="H4428"] Memucan|strong="H4462", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074", who|strong="H3427" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" king's face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" who|strong="H3427" sat|strong="H3427" first|strong="H7223" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4438"), 
\verseNumber{15}What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" law|strong="H1881", because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" performed the|strong="H0853" word of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" chamberlains? 
\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" Memucan|strong="H4462" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", The|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" has|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3605" wrong to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" only|strong="H0905", but|strong="H3588" also|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" act|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" will|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" abroad to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", so|strong="H3808" as|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" render|strong="H1697" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" contemptible in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H3808" say|strong="H0559", The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808"! 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" princesses|strong="H8282" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" queen's act|strong="H1697", will|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" it|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1697" contempt|strong="H0963" and|strong="H4428" anger enough|strong="H1767". 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" order|strong="H1697" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" laws|strong="H1881" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Persians and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" Medes|strong="H4074", that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" may|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" pass|strong="H5674", That|strong="H0834" Vashti|strong="H2060" come|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H4480" before|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"; and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" estate to|strong="H0935" another|strong="H3808" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H0834"; 
\verseNumber{20}and|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king's edict|strong="H6599" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" make|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H0802" be|strong="H4428" heard|strong="H8085" throughout|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" realm|strong="H4438" — for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419" — all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" shall|strong="H0802" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" honour, from|strong="H8085" the|strong="H3605" greatest|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" least. 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" saying|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" princes|strong="H8269"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0376" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" into|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's provinces|strong="H4082", into|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" thereof, and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", That|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" should|strong="H0376" bear rule|strong="H8323" in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" should|strong="H0376" speak|strong="H1696" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" fury|strong="H2534" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H0834" appeased, he|strong="H0834" remembered|strong="H2142" Vashti|strong="H2060", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" decreed|strong="H1504" against|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king's servants|strong="H5288" that|strong="H0559" attended|strong="H8334" upon him|strong="H1245", Let there be|strong="H4428" maidens|strong="H5291", virgins|strong="H1330" of|strong="H4428" beautiful|strong="H4758" countenance, sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428"; 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" appoint|strong="H6485" officers|strong="H6485" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" may|strong="H4428" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" of|strong="H4428" beautiful|strong="H4758" countenance to|strong="H0413" Shushan the|strong="H3605" fortress|strong="H1002", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", unto the|strong="H3605" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896" the|strong="H3605" king's chamberlain, keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H0413" purification be|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" let|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0834" maiden that|strong="H0834" pleaseth the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" queen instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" in|strong="H0376" Shushan the|strong="H1961" fortress|strong="H1002" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0376" Jew|strong="H3064", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027", a|strong="H1961" Benjaminite|strong="H1145", 
\verseNumber{6}who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" from|strong="H1540" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" captives|strong="H1540" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" with|strong="H5973" Jeconiah|strong="H3204" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", whom|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0001" he|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" up|strong="H0853" Hadassah|strong="H1919", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369", Esther|strong="H0635", his|strong="H3947" uncle's daughter|strong="H1323"; for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" neither|strong="H0369" father|strong="H0001" nor|strong="H0369" mother|strong="H0517" — and|strong="H0001" the|strong="H0853" maiden was|strong="H0369" fair|strong="H3303" and|strong="H0001" beautiful|strong="H3303" — and|strong="H0001" when|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0001" mother|strong="H0517" were|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4194", Mordecai|strong="H4782" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" king's commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H8104" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" maidens|strong="H5291" were|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" unto Shushan the|strong="H0413" fortress|strong="H1002", unto the|strong="H0413" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", that|strong="H8085" Esther|strong="H0635" also|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H3947" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king's house|strong="H1004", unto the|strong="H0413" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" maiden pleased|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" obtained|strong="H5375" favour before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5414" speedily gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802" her|strong="H0802" things for|strong="H1004" purification, and|strong="H4428" her|strong="H0802" portions|strong="H4490", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" maidens|strong="H5291" selected|strong="H7200" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802", out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5414" removed|strong="H5375" her|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4428" her|strong="H0802" maids|strong="H5291" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H2896" [place|strong="H5414"] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{10}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" made|strong="H0834" known|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" nor|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5046" birth|strong="H4138"; for|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" charged|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" known|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1980" Mordecai|strong="H4782" walked|strong="H1980" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women's house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1980" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" become|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" every|strong="H3117" maiden's turn|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" after|strong="H7093" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" treated for|strong="H3588" twelve|strong="H6240" months|strong="H2320", according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" manner|strong="H3651" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802" (for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3588" purification accomplished|strong="H4390" — six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" oil|strong="H8081" of|strong="H4428" myrrh|strong="H4753", and|strong="H0935" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" spices|strong="H1314", and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H4390" things|strong="H8147" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" purifying of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802", 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="H0935" thus|strong="H2088" came|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" maiden in|strong="H0935" unto the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"), whatever|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" desired|strong="H0559" was|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3605" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king's house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" morrow she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802", unto the|strong="H3588" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Shaashgaz|strong="H8190", the|strong="H3588" king's chamberlain, keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" concubines|strong="H6370". She|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750", unless|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" delighted in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" were|strong="H0802" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3027" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H0935" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" turn|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Abihail|strong="H0032" the|strong="H3605" uncle|strong="H1730" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", she|strong="H0834" required|strong="H1697" nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H0834" Hegai|strong="H1896" the|strong="H3605" king's chamberlain, keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", appointed. And|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" obtained|strong="H5375" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3947" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1931" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320", that|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H0413" month|strong="H2320" Tebeth|strong="H2887", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" reign|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" loved|strong="H0157" Esther|strong="H0635" above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H0635" obtained|strong="H5375" grace|strong="H2580" and|strong="H4428" favour in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440" more than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" virgins|strong="H1330", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0853" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" upon|strong="H0802" her|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3605" queen instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" to|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", Esther's feast|strong="H4960"; and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" release to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" presents according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king's bounty|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" virgins|strong="H1330" were|strong="H3427" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" the|strong="H6908" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" king's gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{20}(Esther|strong="H0635", as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" charged|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046", had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" yet|strong="H0369" made|strong="H6213" known|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" birth|strong="H4138" nor|strong="H0369" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971"; for|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046", like|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0369" brought|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921".) 
\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", while|strong="H3117" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" king's gate|strong="H8179", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" king's chamberlains, Bigthan|strong="H0904" and|strong="H3027" Teresh|strong="H8657", of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" which kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3117" threshold, were|strong="H1992" wroth, and|strong="H3027" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" thing|strong="H1697" became|strong="H1697" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0559" related|strong="H5046" it|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436", and|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Mordecai's name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" matter|strong="H1697" was|strong="H4428" investigated|strong="H1245" and|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" tree|strong="H6086". And|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" chronicles|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" promoted|strong="H1431" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", and|strong="H1121" advanced|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3678" above|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's servants|strong="H5650" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's gate|strong="H8179" bowed|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4428" did|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" reverence, for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" so|strong="H3651" commanded|strong="H6680" concerning|strong="H3605" him|strong="H6680". But|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" bowed|strong="H7812" not|strong="H3808", nor|strong="H3808" did|strong="H0834" [him|strong="H6680"] reverence. 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king's servants|strong="H5650", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's gate|strong="H8179", said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782", Why|strong="H4069" transgressest thou the|strong="H0853" king's commandment|strong="H4687"? 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" spoke|strong="H0559" daily|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" hearkened not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" informed|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001", to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" Mordecai's matters|strong="H1697" would|strong="H0559" stand|strong="H5975"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" bowed|strong="H7812" not|strong="H0369", nor|strong="H0369" did|strong="H7812" him|strong="H7200" reverence, Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0369" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" fury|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" scorned to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782" alone|strong="H0905"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" known|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782"; therefore|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" destroy|strong="H8045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5869" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H3027" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" — the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Nisan|strong="H5212", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" twelfth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", they|strong="H3117" cast|strong="H5307" Pur|strong="H6332", that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H6440" lot|strong="H1486", before|strong="H6440" Haman|strong="H2001" for|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3117" each|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" twelfth [month|strong="H2320"], that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H0259" people|strong="H5971" scattered|strong="H6340" abroad and|strong="H4428" dispersed|strong="H6504" among|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" thy kingdom|strong="H4438"; and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H1881" are|strong="H3426" diverse from|strong="H6504" [those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428"] every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0559" keep|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" the|strong="H3605" king's laws|strong="H1881"; and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's profit to|strong="H0559" suffer them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", let it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H3027" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0518" may|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3027" destroyed|strong="H0006", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H8254" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0518" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" affairs, to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" [it|strong="H0518"] into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" king's treasuries|strong="H1595". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H0853" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H0853" Jews' enemy|strong="H6887". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Haman|strong="H2001", The|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" thee, the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" thee. 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4428" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's scribes|strong="H5608" called|strong="H7121", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" [month|strong="H2320"], and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" commanded|strong="H6680" unto the|strong="H3605" king's satraps|strong="H0323", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" over|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" thereof, and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956": in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H8034" it|strong="H5921" written|strong="H3789", and|strong="H4428" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king's ring|strong="H2885". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" were|strong="H0802" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" couriers|strong="H7323" into|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's provinces|strong="H4082", to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H8045", to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" cause to|strong="H0413" perish|strong="H0006", all|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", both|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H3027" old|strong="H2205", little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3027" women|strong="H0802", in|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117", upon|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth month|strong="H2320", that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H3027" [to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H0962"] the|strong="H3605" spoil|strong="H7998" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H0413" for|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7971" prey|strong="H0962". 
\verseNumber{14}That|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" might be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", a|strong="H1961" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" was|strong="H1961" published|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6264" against|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5414" couriers|strong="H7323" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", being hastened|strong="H1765" by|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" king's commandment|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" Shushan the|strong="H5414" fortress|strong="H1002". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5414" drink|strong="H8354"; but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Shushan was|strong="H4428" in|strong="H3427" consternation. 
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\chapterNumber{4}And|strong="H1419" when|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" knew|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", Mordecai|strong="H4782" rent his|strong="H3605" garments|strong="H0899", and|strong="H1419" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" sackcloth|strong="H8242" with|strong="H3847" ashes|strong="H0665", and|strong="H1419" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1419" cried|strong="H2199" with|strong="H3847" a|strong="H0834" loud|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" bitter|strong="H4751" cry|strong="H2199", 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" even|strong="H5704" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king's gate|strong="H8179"; for|strong="H3588" none|strong="H0369" might enter|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" king's gate|strong="H8179" clothed|strong="H3830" with|strong="H0413" sackcloth|strong="H8242". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", wherever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419" mourning|strong="H0060" among the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H4428" fasting|strong="H6685", and|strong="H4428" weeping|strong="H1065", and|strong="H4428" wailing|strong="H4553": many|strong="H7227" lay|strong="H3331" in|strong="H4428" sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H4428" ashes|strong="H0665". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" Esther's maids|strong="H5291" and|strong="H0935" her|strong="H7971" chamberlains came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" [it|strong="H5921"] her|strong="H7971"; and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" was|strong="H5291" exceedingly|strong="H3966" grieved: and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0635" sent|strong="H7971" raiment to|strong="H0935" clothe|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5921" sackcloth|strong="H8242" from|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" received|strong="H0935" [it|strong="H5921"] not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Esther|strong="H0635" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" Hatach, [one|strong="H2088"] of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king's chamberlains, whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" wait|strong="H5975" upon|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" a|strong="H7121" commandment|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834", and|strong="H4428" why|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" Hatach went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Mordecai|strong="H4782", unto the|strong="H6440" public place of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king's gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sum of|strong="H4428" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" pay|strong="H8254" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king's treasuries|strong="H1595" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", to|strong="H0559" destroy|strong="H0006" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H5414" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" writing|strong="H3791" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" decree|strong="H1881" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" at|strong="H0413" Shushan to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" shew [it|strong="H5414"] to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" declare|strong="H5046" [it|strong="H5414"] to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" charge|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" should|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" unto the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H5414" supplication to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1245" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413", for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" Hatach came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Hatach, and|strong="H0559" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0413" commandment|strong="H6680" unto Mordecai|strong="H4782": 
\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's provinces|strong="H4082" do|strong="H0589" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" whoever|strong="H3605", whether man|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802", shall|strong="H0376" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121", there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleBD{\+w one|strong="H0259"\+w*} law|strong="H1881", to|strong="H0413" put|strong="H4191" [him|strong="H0413"] to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191", except|strong="H3808" [such|strong="H2088"] to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H0376" hold out|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre, that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" live|strong="H2421"; and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" unto the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" these|strong="H2088" thirty|strong="H7970" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1697" they told|strong="H5046" Mordecai|strong="H4782" Esther's words|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" bade to|strong="H0413" answer|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635": Imagine|strong="H1819" not|strong="H0408" in|strong="H0413" thy heart|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" thou shalt escape|strong="H4422" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king's house|strong="H1004", more|strong="H5315" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" thou altogether holdest thy peace at|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6256", then|strong="H0859" shall|strong="H1004" there|strong="H5975" arise|strong="H5975" relief|strong="H7305" and|strong="H1004" deliverance|strong="H2020" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" Jews|strong="H3064" from|strong="H0006" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725"; but|strong="H3588" thou and|strong="H1004" thy father's house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" perish|strong="H0006". And|strong="H1004" who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" whether|strong="H0518" thou art [not|strong="H0518"] come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4438" for|strong="H3588" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" as|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635" bade to|strong="H0413" answer|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782": 
\verseNumber{16}Go|strong="H0935", gather|strong="H3664" together|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Shushan, and|strong="H0935" fast|strong="H6684" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" neither|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" nor|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", night|strong="H3915" or|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117": I|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3605" maidens|strong="H5291" will|strong="H0834" fast|strong="H6684" likewise|strong="H3651", and|strong="H0935" so|strong="H3651" will|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" unto the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881"; and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" perish|strong="H0006", I|strong="H0589" perish|strong="H0006". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H3605" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" Esther|strong="H0635" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3847", and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king's house|strong="H1004", over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king's house|strong="H1004". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" throne|strong="H3678" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004", over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H7126" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H2691", that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" obtained|strong="H5375" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" sight|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" held|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027"; and|strong="H3027" Esther|strong="H0635" drew|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126", and|strong="H3027" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" sceptre. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5414", What|strong="H4100" wilt thou, queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy request|strong="H1246"? it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" thee even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" seem good|strong="H2895" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", let the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" this|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Hasten|strong="H4116" Haman|strong="H2001", that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H6213" may|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy petition|strong="H7596"? and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" granted|strong="H5414" thee; and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy request|strong="H1246"? even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4438" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", My|strong="H0559" petition|strong="H7596" and|strong="H0559" my|strong="H0559" request|strong="H1246" is|strong="H0559", 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" grant|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" perform|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246", let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" prepare|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to-morrow according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king's word|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H6965" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" joyful|strong="H8056" and|strong="H6965" glad|strong="H8056" of|strong="H4428" heart|strong="H3820"; but|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king's gate|strong="H8179", that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H6965" not|strong="H3808" up|strong="H6965" nor|strong="H3808" moved|strong="H3318" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4428" fury|strong="H2534" against|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" controlled|strong="H0662" himself|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" came|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" called for|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H0157", and|strong="H0935" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" told|strong="H5608" them|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" riches|strong="H6239", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" wherein|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" promoted|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" advanced|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559", Yea|strong="H3588", Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" let|strong="H0637" no|strong="H3808" man come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213" but|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589"; and|strong="H0935" to-morrow also|strong="H1571" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" invited|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}Yet|strong="H0369" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" of|strong="H4428" no|strong="H0369" avail to|strong="H0369" me|strong="H7200" so|strong="H0834" long as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" see|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king's gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H0157" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Let|strong="H8056" a|strong="H0935" gallows|strong="H6086" be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" Mordecai|strong="H4782" may|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921": then|strong="H0853" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" merrily with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Haman|strong="H2001"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" gallows|strong="H6086" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{6}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" sleep|strong="H8142" fled|strong="H5074" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" bring|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" chronicles|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" read|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3027" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" written|strong="H3789", that|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" of|strong="H4428" Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H3027" Teresh|strong="H8657", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king's chamberlains, keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" threshold, who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" honour and|strong="H4428" dignity|strong="H1420" has|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088"? And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king's servants|strong="H5288" that|strong="H1697" attended|strong="H8334" upon|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", Nothing|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H2691"? Now|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" outward court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0559" speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" hang|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king's servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Behold|strong="H2009", Haman|strong="H2001" is|strong="H2009" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" court|strong="H2691". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Let him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4480" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" with|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0559" honour? Now|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" thought|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820", To|strong="H0559" whom|strong="H0834" would|strong="H4310" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" honour more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H4480"? 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" answered|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", For|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0413" honour, 
\verseNumber{8}let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0834" royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3830" be|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H0935" with|strong="H3847" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" arrays himself, and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" horse|strong="H5483" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" rides|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" is|strong="H0834" set|strong="H5414"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" apparel|strong="H3830" and|strong="H3027" horse|strong="H5483" be|strong="H0376" delivered|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's most|strong="H4428" noble|strong="H6579" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" array|strong="H3847" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" honour, and|strong="H3027" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" horse|strong="H5483" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3027" proclaim|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", Thus|strong="H3602" shall|strong="H0376" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" honour! 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Haman|strong="H2001", Make|strong="H6213" haste|strong="H4116", take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" apparel|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483", as|strong="H0834" thou hast said|strong="H0559", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", who|strong="H0834" sits|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king's gate|strong="H8179": let|strong="H0408" nothing|strong="H0408" fail|strong="H5307" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" thou hast said|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" apparel|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" arrayed|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H4428" caused|strong="H0834" him|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0376" ride|strong="H7392" through the|strong="H0853" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" proclaimed|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", Thus|strong="H3602" shall|strong="H0376" it|strong="H7121" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0376" honour! 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0413" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king's gate|strong="H8179". But|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" hasted to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", mourning|strong="H0057" and|strong="H4428" having|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0802" Haman|strong="H2001" recounted|strong="H5608" to|strong="H0559" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H0157" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" befallen him|strong="H0853". Then|strong="H0853" said|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" and|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", If|strong="H0518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" be|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" thou hast begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0559" fall|strong="H5307", thou shalt not|strong="H3808" prevail|strong="H3201" against|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", but|strong="H3588" wilt certainly|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H5750" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" yet|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", the|strong="H0853" king's chamberlains came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" hasted to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{7}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" drink|strong="H8354" with|strong="H5973" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0935" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" again|strong="H8145" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy petition|strong="H7596", queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1571" granted|strong="H5414" thee; and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy request|strong="H1246"? even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4438" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1571" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" thy sight|strong="H5869", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"; 
\verseNumber{4}for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5650" sold|strong="H4376", I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H0369" be|strong="H4428" destroyed|strong="H8045", to|strong="H0369" be|strong="H4428" slain|strong="H2026", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0369" perish|strong="H0006". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0369" been|strong="H0006" sold|strong="H4376" for|strong="H3588" bondmen and|strong="H4428" bondwomen, I|strong="H0589" had|strong="H0369" held my|strong="H3588" tongue, although|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" adversary could|strong="H5971" not|strong="H0369" compensate the|strong="H3588" king's damage. 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" spoke|strong="H0559" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436", Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834", and|strong="H4428" where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" filled|strong="H4390" his|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651"? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", The|strong="H0559" adversary and|strong="H4428" enemy|strong="H0341" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001". Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0376" terrified|strong="H1204" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" wrath|strong="H2534" rose|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", [and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965"] into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594"; but|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" stayed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H7200" request|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5975" was|strong="H4428" evil|strong="H7451" determined|strong="H3615" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" palace|strong="H1004" garden|strong="H1594" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" couch|strong="H4296" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0834". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Will|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" even|strong="H1571" force the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004"? The|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0834" covered|strong="H2645" Haman's face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" Harbonah|strong="H2726", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" chamberlains, said|strong="H0559" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", Behold|strong="H2009", also|strong="H1571", the|strong="H0559" gallows|strong="H6086" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", that|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", stands|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Hang|strong="H8518" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"! 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's wrath|strong="H2534" was|strong="H0834" appeased. 
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\chapterNumber{8}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" did|strong="H4100" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" Jews' oppressor to|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436". And|strong="H0935" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"; for|strong="H3588" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" set|strong="H7760" Mordecai|strong="H4782" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" spoke|strong="H1696" yet|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H4428" besought him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" tears to|strong="H1696" put away|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" mischief of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" Agagite|strong="H0091", and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" device which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" devised|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" held out|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre toward|strong="H6440" Esther|strong="H0635". And|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" please the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" grace|strong="H2580" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" seem|strong="H5869" right|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" be|strong="H1121" pleasing in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869", let it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0559" reverse|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" devised|strong="H4284" by|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" wrote|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0559" destroy|strong="H0006" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's provinces|strong="H4082". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" how|strong="H0349" shall|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" endure|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0834" befall|strong="H4672" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971"? and|strong="H7200" how|strong="H0349" shall|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" endure|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" destruction|strong="H7451" of|strong="H4672" my|strong="H7200" kindred|strong="H4138"? 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064", Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H3027" him|strong="H5414" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" stretched|strong="H7971" forth|strong="H7971" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}Write|strong="H3789" ye then|strong="H0859" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" as|strong="H0834" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0859", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" seal|strong="H2856" [it|strong="H5921"] with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's ring|strong="H2885". For|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" writing|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's ring|strong="H2885", cannot|strong="H0369" be|strong="H8034" reversed. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4428" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's scribes|strong="H5608" called|strong="H7121" at|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834", the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Sivan|strong="H5510", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H3967" twentieth|strong="H6242" [day|strong="H2320"] thereof; and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" commanded|strong="H6680", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" satraps|strong="H0323", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" which|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0413" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", a|strong="H7121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven provinces|strong="H4082", to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" thereof, and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" and|strong="H3967" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H7971" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H1121" sealed|strong="H2856" [it|strong="H7971"] with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" king's ring|strong="H2885", and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" by|strong="H3027" couriers|strong="H7323" on|strong="H7392" horseback|strong="H5483" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392" coursers, horses|strong="H5483" of|strong="H1121" blood reared in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H7971" breeding studs: 
\verseNumber{11}[stating] that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" granted|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" gather|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5315" together|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" stand|strong="H5975" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315", to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H8045", to|strong="H5921" slay|strong="H2026", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" perish|strong="H0006", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" power of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" province|strong="H4082" that|strong="H0834" might|strong="H0834" assault them|strong="H5414", [their|strong="H3605"] little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4428" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" [take|strong="H0962"] the|strong="H3605" spoil|strong="H7998" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" prey|strong="H0962", 
\verseNumber{12}upon one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", upon the|strong="H3605" thirteenth of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth month|strong="H2320", that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{13}That|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" might be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", a|strong="H1961" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" was|strong="H1961" published|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" ready against|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" avenge|strong="H5358" themselves on|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H5414" couriers|strong="H7323" mounted|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392" coursers [and|strong="H4428"] horses|strong="H7409" of|strong="H4428" blood went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", being hastened|strong="H1765" and|strong="H4428" pressed on|strong="H7392" by|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king's commandment|strong="H1697". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" at|strong="H4428" Shushan the|strong="H5414" fortress|strong="H1002". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" blue|strong="H8504" and|strong="H4428" white|strong="H2353", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" crown|strong="H5850" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" mantle|strong="H8509" of|strong="H4428" byssus and|strong="H4428" purple|strong="H0713"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Shushan shouted|strong="H6670" and|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" glad|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1961" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H1961" light, and|strong="H8057" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H8057" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H8057" honour. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", wherever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" joy|strong="H8057" and|strong="H0776" gladness|strong="H8057", a|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H4960" and|strong="H0776" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H0776" many|strong="H7227" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" became|strong="H1697" Jews|strong="H3064"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" twelfth month|strong="H2320", that|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834", the|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" thereof, when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" king's commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" decree|strong="H1881" drew|strong="H5060" near|strong="H5060" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1697" put in|strong="H4428" execution, in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" hoped to|strong="H3117" have|strong="H0834" power over|strong="H7980" them|strong="H1992" (but|strong="H1992" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" contrary, that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" power over|strong="H7980" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H1992"), 
\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H7451" together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", to|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" such|strong="H3605" as|strong="H0376" sought|strong="H1245" their|strong="H3605" hurt. And|strong="H3027" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" could|strong="H0376" withstand|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" satraps|strong="H0323", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H4428" officers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", helped the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H0376" great|strong="H1419" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" king's house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" fame|strong="H8089" went|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" Mordecai|strong="H4782" became|strong="H1980" continually|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" smote|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stroke of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" slaughter|strong="H4347" and|strong="H2719" destruction|strong="H0012", and|strong="H2719" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7522" they|strong="H7522" would|strong="H3605" to|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3967" in|strong="H0376" Shushan the|strong="H2026" fortress|strong="H1002" the|strong="H2026" Jews|strong="H3064" slew|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3967" destroyed|strong="H0006" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0853" Parshandatha|strong="H6577", and|strong="H0853" Dalphon|strong="H1813", and|strong="H0853" Aspatha|strong="H0630", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H0853" Poratha|strong="H6334", and|strong="H0853" Adalia|strong="H0118", and|strong="H0853" Aridatha|strong="H0743", 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H0853" Parmashta|strong="H6534", and|strong="H0853" Arisai|strong="H0747", and|strong="H0853" Aridai|strong="H0742", and|strong="H0853" Vajezatha, 
\verseNumber{10}the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha, the|strong="H0853" oppressor of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064", they|strong="H3808" slew|strong="H2026"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" laid|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" prey. 
\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" slain|strong="H2026" in|strong="H0935" Shushan the|strong="H6440" fortress|strong="H1002" was|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436", The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H0376" slain|strong="H2026" and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H0006" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H4428" Shushan the|strong="H0853" fortress|strong="H1002", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001"; what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king's provinces|strong="H4082"? And|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy petition|strong="H7596"? and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" granted|strong="H5414" thee; and|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy request|strong="H1246" further|strong="H5750"? and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H1121" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1571" granted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Shushan to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" to-morrow also|strong="H1571" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H0834" day's decree|strong="H1881", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H5414" Haman's ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1571" hanged|strong="H8518" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H0559" it|strong="H5414" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213": and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" at|strong="H4428" Shushan; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman's ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3117" Shushan gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H6950" together|strong="H1571" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H3967" slew|strong="H2026" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" at|strong="H3117" Shushan; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" prey. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" other Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king's provinces|strong="H4082" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5315" together|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" stood|strong="H5975" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3027" had|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H7605" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341"; and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0834" slew|strong="H2026" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H0853" that|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H0853" seventy-five|strong="H7657" thousand|strong="H0505" (but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" prey), 
\verseNumber{17}on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143"; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" they|strong="H3117" rested|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5117" a|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" at|strong="H3117" Shushan gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5117" together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" thirteenth [day|strong="H3117"] thereof, and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth thereof; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fifteenth of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" they|strong="H0834" rested|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5117" a|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H6519" that|strong="H3117" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H6521" towns|strong="H5892" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" a|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" joy|strong="H8057" and|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960", and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H4960" they|strong="H3651" send portions|strong="H4490" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" another|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" wrote|strong="H3789" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" near|strong="H7138" and|strong="H4428" far|strong="H7350" that|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", 
\verseNumber{21}to|strong="H1961" establish|strong="H6965" [this|strong="H3117"] among|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" fifteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0853", yearly|strong="H3117", 
\verseNumber{22}as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" rested|strong="H5117" from|strong="H0376" their|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H0376" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H0376" sorrow|strong="H3015" to|strong="H0376" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H0376" mourning|strong="H0060" into|strong="H2015" a|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117"; that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H0376" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" sending|strong="H4916" portions|strong="H4490" one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", and|strong="H3117" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" poor|strong="H0034". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" undertook|strong="H6901" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" begun|strong="H2490", and|strong="H0853" as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H3605" oppressor of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", had|strong="H3588" devised|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H0006" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" cast|strong="H5307" Pur|strong="H6332", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H3605" lot|strong="H1486", to|strong="H5921" consume them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H0006" them|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{25}and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H0834" [Esther] came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H0559" by|strong="H5921" letters|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7451" device, which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" devised|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064", should|strong="H0559" return|strong="H7725" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H6440" head|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" called|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" Pur|strong="H6332". Therefore|strong="H3651", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" letter|strong="H0107", and|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" matter|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" had|strong="H3117" happened|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{27}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" ordained and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H0853" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H6965" upon|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233", and|strong="H6965" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" such|strong="H0428" as|strong="H1961" joined themselves|strong="H0428" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H5674", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3605" observe|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" and|strong="H6965" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" fixed time|strong="H3117", every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141"; 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" should|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" remembered|strong="H2142" and|strong="H3117" observed|strong="H6213" throughout|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755", in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940", every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3117" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" memorial of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H8432" cease from|strong="H3117" among|strong="H8432" their|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{29}And|strong="H6965" queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abihail|strong="H0032", and|strong="H6965" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", wrote|strong="H3789" with|strong="H0854" all|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H8633" to|strong="H6965" confirm|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2063" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H0107" of|strong="H1323" Purim|strong="H6332". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1697" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3967" truth|strong="H0571", 
\verseNumber{31}to|strong="H5921" confirm|strong="H6965" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" fixed times|strong="H3117", according|strong="H5921" as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064" and|strong="H6965" queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" enjoined them|strong="H0853", and|strong="H6965" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" decreed for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" seed|strong="H2233", as|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" matters|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fastings and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H2201". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H1697" decree|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" confirmed|strong="H6965" these|strong="H0428" matters|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Purim|strong="H6332"; and|strong="H6965" it|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1697" book|strong="H5612". 
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\chapterNumber{10}And|strong="H0776" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" laid|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" tribute|strong="H4522" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H5921" isles|strong="H0339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" power|strong="H1369" and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" declaration of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" greatness|strong="H1420" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", to|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" advanced|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921", are|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539"? 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" was|strong="H4428" second|strong="H4932" to|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" among|strong="H0251" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H4428" accepted|strong="H7521" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" brethren|strong="H0251", seeking|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3605" welfare|strong="H7965" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" speaking|strong="H1696" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233". 
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