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\BibleBook{Esther}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of Esther, the queen of Persia, protecting the Jewish people from Haman, who wanted to destroy them. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Esther }

\BibleSectionHeading{The king of Persia deposed his queen }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The king of Persia deposed his queen }
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\chapterNumber{1}King|strong="H4427" Xerxes ruled|strong="H4427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* empirewhich \+w had|strong="H1961"\+w*} 127 provinces|strong="H4082". It|strong="H1931" extended|strong="H1961" from|strong="H3117" India|strong="H1912" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w east|strong="H6921"\+w*} to|strong="H5704" Ethiopia|strong="H3568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w west|strong="H3220"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3117" ruled|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" empire|strong="H4438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" capital|strong="H3805" city|strong="H5892", Susa|strong="H7800". 
\verseNumber{3}During|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H6213" ruled|strong="H4427" his|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438", he|strong="H6213" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" administrators|strong="H6486" and|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" big|strong="H0931" banquet|strong="H4960"/feast|strong="H4960". He|strong="H6213" invited|strong="H7121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" commanders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" armies|strong="H6635" of|strong="H8141" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H5650" Media|strong="H4074" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960". He|strong="H6213" also|strong="H6213" invited|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5650" other|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} lasted|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3117" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320". During|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" time|strong="H3117" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" showed|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" guests|strong="H7121" all|strong="H7200" his|strong="H7200" wealth|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3967" other|strong="H0312" things|strong="H1420" that|strong="H7200" showed|strong="H7200" how|strong="H4100" great|strong="H7227" his|strong="H7200" kingdom|strong="H4438" was|strong="H3117" (OR|strong="H3117", how|strong="H4100" great|strong="H7227" a|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117"). 
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\verseNumber{5}At|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" end|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" invited|strong="H7121" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5704" another|strong="H0312" banquet|strong="H4960". He|strong="H3117" invited|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H1419" who|strong="H3605" worked|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1002", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" important|strong="H5704" jobs and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" unimportant jobs. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w celebration|strong="H8057"\+w*} lasted|strong="H1961" for|strong="H5704" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". It|strong="H6213" was|strong="H3117" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1002" in|strong="H6213" Susa|strong="H7800". 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w courtyard|strong="H2691"\+w*} were|strong="H5921" beautiful|strong="H3303" blue|strong="H8504" and|strong="H3701" white|strong="H2353" curtains|strong="H3407" that|strong="H3701" were|strong="H5921" fastened|strong="H8628" by|strong="H5921" white|strong="H2353" and|strong="H3701" purple|strong="H8504" cords|strong="H2256"/ribbons to|strong="H5921" rings|strong="H1550" that|strong="H3701" were|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" pillars|strong="H5982" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{expensive \+w white|strong="H2353"\+w* \+w stone|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w called|strong="H7121"\+w*} marble|strong="H8336". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w guests|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w on|strong="H5921"\+w*} gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" couches|strong="H4296". The|strong="H5921" couches|strong="H4296" were|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" pavement|strong="H7531"/floor|strong="H1637" which|strong="H2091" had|strong="H3068" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5982" it|strong="H5921" designs|strong="H4284" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H5921" various|strong="H2921" kinds|strong="H2178" of|strong="H5982" expensive stones|strong="H7531". 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w guests|strong="H7121"\+w*} drank|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196" from|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091" cups|strong="H1375". Each|strong="H0376" cup|strong="H3563" had|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3027" different|strong="H8133" design|strong="H6699" on|strong="H3027" it|strong="H3627". 
\verseNumber{8}There|strong="H3605" was|strong="H4428" a|strong="H6213" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654" the|strong="H3605" guests|strong="H7121" to|strong="H5921" drink|strong="H8354" as|strong="H6213" much|strong="H7227" as|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654". But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" told|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H6213" force|strong="H2394" anyone|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5921" drink|strong="H8354" more|strong="H7227" than|strong="H5921" he|strong="H3588" wanted|strong="H2654". 
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\verseNumber{9}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w At|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w same|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w time|strong="H6256"\+w*, \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*,} Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060", invited|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6213" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" men|strong="H6213" who|strong="H4428" worked|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" palace|strong="H1004" to|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w another|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w in|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w palace|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" last|strong="H0314"/seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" banquets|strong="H4960", when|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes was|strong="H3820" partially drunk|strong="H3196" from|strong="H6440" drinking|strong="H8354" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} seven|strong="H7651" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H6440" personal|strong="H6440" servants|strong="H8334". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" Mehuman|strong="H4104", Biztha|strong="H0968", Harbona|strong="H2726", Bigtha|strong="H0903", Abagtha|strong="H0005", Zethar|strong="H2242", and|strong="H4428" Carcas|strong="H3752". 
\verseNumber{11}He|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" bring|strong="H0935" Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" to|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", wearing|strong="H2296" her|strong="H7200" crown|strong="H3804". He|strong="H1931" wanted|strong="H2654" his|strong="H6440" guests|strong="H7121" to|strong="H6440" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" very|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H2896". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3027" those|strong="H1992" servants|strong="H5650" told|strong="H1697" Vashti|strong="H2060" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" wanted|strong="H2654", she|strong="H1931" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3985" go|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3985" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3985"\+w* \+w display|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w her|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w beauty|strong="H3308"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w front|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* half-drunk \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w*}. 
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So|strong="H3966" that|strong="H1697" caused|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3985" become|strong="H1197" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H7107". 
\verseNumber{13-14}Immediately|strong="H6965" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" a|strong="H1961" meeting|strong="H4150" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" seven|strong="H7651" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" most|strong="H6944" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H3967" Media|strong="H4074". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" often|strong="H1767" asked|strong="H7592" ◄for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" advice|strong="H6098"/what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213"►. And|strong="H3967" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H0834" knew|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" customs|strong="H2708" and|strong="H3967" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*}. Their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H0834" Carshena|strong="H3771", Shethar|strong="H8369", Admatha|strong="H0133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Meres|strong="H4825", Marsena|strong="H4826", and|strong="H3967" Memucan|strong="H4462". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H3982" to|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921", “Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" has|strong="H4428" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921" when|strong="H6213" I|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w come|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w here|strong="H5921"\+w*}. What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" our|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H1881" say|strong="H0559" that|strong="H4428" we|strong="H6213" should|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" someone|strong="H0376" who|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w acts|strong="H6213"\+w*/\+w behaves|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w like|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*}?” 
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\verseNumber{16}While|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H5971" present|strong="H7126", Memucan|strong="H4462" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{“\+w Your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*}, Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" has|strong="H4428" ◄insulted|strong="H3637"/done|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H5753" against|strong="H5921"► you|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" also|strong="H4428" insulted|strong="H3637" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" everyone|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3808" ◄in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438"/that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" rule|strong="H4428" over|strong="H5921"►. 
\verseNumber{17}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w throughout|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*} will|strong="H4428" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" she|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" say|strong="H1697", ‘The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" to|strong="H3318" come|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" him|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H3588" refused|strong="H3808".’ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w obey|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w husbands|strong="H1167"\+w*. \+w Instead|strong="H3588"\+w*,} they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" begin|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808" respect|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167". 
\verseNumber{18}Before|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" ends|strong="H7098", the|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H3117" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" will|strong="H4428" hear|strong="H8085" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" did|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" also|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3117" obey|strong="H8085" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167". They|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H2088" respect|strong="H6437" us|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H1697" us|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" angry|strong="H7110". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H4480" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H2895" you|strong="H5414", O|strong="H3069" king|strong="H4428", you|strong="H5414" should|strong="H4428" write|strong="H3789" a|strong="H5414" law|strong="H1881". Like|strong="H3318" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" laws|strong="H1881" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074", it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H5414" law|strong="H1881" that|strong="H1697" ◄no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" can|strong="H3808" change|strong="H5162"/cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" changed|strong="H8133".► Write|strong="H3789" a|strong="H5414" law|strong="H1881" that|strong="H1697" states that|strong="H1697" Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" will|strong="H4428" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3318" see|strong="H7200" you|strong="H5414" again|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w continue|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w queen|strong="H4436"\+w*}. Then|strong="H3318" you|strong="H5414" can|strong="H3808" choose|strong="H0977" another|strong="H7468" woman|strong="H0802" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" queen|strong="H4436", a|strong="H5414" woman|strong="H0802" who|strong="H4428" deserves|strong="H1288" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" queen|strong="H4436" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" Vashti|strong="H2060" does|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="H5414", when|strong="H3588" everyone|strong="H3605" in|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438" hears|strong="H8085" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5414" commanded|strong="H6680", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", including|strong="H5704" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7227" important|strong="H5704" and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H7227" not|strong="H6213" important|strong="H5704", will|strong="H4428" respect|strong="H6437" and|strong="H4428" obey|strong="H8085" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167".” 
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\verseNumber{21}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" liked|strong="H5869" what|strong="H1697" Memucan|strong="H4462" suggested|strong="H5414", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w did|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1697"\+w*. \+w He|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w* \+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w law|strong="H8451"\+w*} proclaiming|strong="H7121" that|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{22}Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", stating that|strong="H5971" all|strong="H3605" men|strong="H5971" should|strong="H4428" have|strong="H1961" complete|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H3027" over|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" and|strong="H7971" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3605" wrote|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" in|strong="H1004" every|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H7971" type of|strong="H4428" writing|strong="H3791"/alphabet that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H1961" used|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1004" each|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esther became the new queen }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Esther became the new queen }
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H5921" a|strong="H6213" while|strong="H5921", King|strong="H4428" Xerxes quit|strong="H5355" being|strong="H1961" so|strong="H6213" angry|strong="H2534". He|strong="H6213" thought|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" Vashti|strong="H2060", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H6213" thought|strong="H1697" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" law|strong="H8451" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" she|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w wife|strong="H0802"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3651" his|strong="H1245" personal|strong="H8334" servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4428" him|strong="H1245", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*,} you|strong="H1245" should|strong="H4428" send|strong="H7971" some|strong="H4480" men|strong="H5288" to|strong="H4428" search|strong="H1245" throughout|strong="H5291" the|strong="H1245" empire|strong="H4438" for|strong="H4428" some|strong="H4480" beautiful|strong="H2896" young|strong="H5288" women|strong="H1330"/virgins|strong="H1330" for|strong="H4428" you|strong="H1245". 
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\verseNumber{15-16}Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" liked|strong="H7521" her|strong="H3605". After|strong="H0310" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H1961" ruling|strong="H4910" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" years|strong="H8141", it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" Esther’s|strong="H0635" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H1980" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H5414". When|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H3068" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" winter|strong="H2779". She|strong="H1931" wore|strong="H3830" only|strong="H0389" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Hegai|strong="H1896" suggested|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{19}Later|strong="H0310" all|strong="H6908" those|strong="H3427" women|strong="H1330" who|strong="H3427" had|strong="H4428" spent|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3427" night|strong="H3915" with|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" king|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3427" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" again|strong="H8145". By|strong="H3427" that|strong="H4428" time|strong="H8145" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1961" an|strong="H3427" official|strong="H8269" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" palace|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{21}One|strong="H8147" day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H3117" doing|strong="H3027" his|strong="H8104" work|strong="H3027" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8104" palace|strong="H1004", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8104" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631" were|strong="H3117" there|strong="H3427". Their|strong="H1245" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H3117" Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H7971" Teresh|strong="H8657". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8104" guards|strong="H8104" who|strong="H3427" stood|strong="H4428" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H8104" king’s|strong="H4428" own|strong="H3027" rooms|strong="H2315". They|strong="H1992" became|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8104"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}, and|strong="H7971" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3117" planning|strong="H2803" how|strong="H4100" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" assassinate/kill|strong="H2026" him|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{22}But|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" heard|strong="H5046" about|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1697" planning|strong="H2803", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4428" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635". Then|strong="H4428" she|strong="H1931" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" investigated|strong="H1245" and|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H3117" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" report|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" true|strong="H0571". So|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3117" those|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" be|strong="H1697" hanged|strong="H8518". When|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1697" done|strong="H1697", ◄an|strong="H4672" official|strong="H8269" wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H4672" report|strong="H1697"/a|strong="H4672" report|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789"► about|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" book|strong="H5612" called|strong="H7121" ‘The|strong="H6440" book|strong="H5612" that|strong="H3117" records|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H4672" while|strong="H3117" Xerxes was|strong="H1697" king’. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Haman planned to kill to the Jews }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Haman planned to kill to the Jews }
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\chapterNumber{3}Some|strong="H1697" time|strong="H5921" later|strong="H0310", King|strong="H4428" Xerxes ◄promoted|strong="H1431"/gave|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" most|strong="H4428" important|strong="H5704" job|strong="H0347"/work|strong="H1697" to|strong="H5921"► Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099", who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" a|strong="H7760" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Agag|strong="H0090". Haman|strong="H2001" became|strong="H1431" more|strong="H5921" important|strong="H5704" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Only|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w more|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w*.} 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H5650" had|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H4428" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w walked|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3808"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H4428" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". 
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\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5674" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} officials|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8179"\+w*} asked|strong="H7592" Mordecai|strong="H4782", “Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H4428" disobey|strong="H0854" what|strong="H4687" the|strong="H5674" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H4687"?” 
\verseNumber{4}Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w bow|strong="H7198"\+w* \+w down|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w only|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w*}. Day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8085" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" spoke|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1961" Mordecai|strong="H4782" about|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" still|strong="H5975" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" obey|strong="H8085". So|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" would|strong="H1697" tolerate|strong="H3201" it|strong="H1931". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3588" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200", he|strong="H3588" became|strong="H7200" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w found|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w Jew|strong="H3064"\+w*,} he|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H3027" enough|strong="H3027" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H3027" only|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782". He|strong="H3588" decided|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7971" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" area|strong="H1508" that|strong="H3588" Xerxes ruled|strong="H4427". 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1931", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" twelfth|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3117" Xerxes was|strong="H1931" ruling|strong="H4910", during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" April, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6440"\+w* advisors \+w to|strong="H6440"\+w*} ◄cast|strong="H5307" lots|strong="H1486"/throw|strong="H5307" small|strong="H6996" marked|strong="H8104" stones|strong="H0068"► to|strong="H6440" determine|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H2459" month|strong="H2320" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H2459" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6440" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064". Haman’s|strong="H2001" advisors did|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1931" selected|strong="H0977" was|strong="H1931" March|strong="H1980" 7th \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w during|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w following|strong="H0310"\+w*/\+w next|strong="H4283"\+w* \+w year|strong="H8141"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6213"\+w*}, “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*,} there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H6213" many|strong="H7227" areas|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w your|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*} whose|strong="H3605" customs|strong="H2708" are|strong="H5971" different|strong="H8133" from|strong="H5971" ours|strong="H6440". They|strong="H6213" even|strong="H6213" refuse|strong="H3985" to|strong="H6213" obey|strong="H6213" your|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H1881". So|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H3426" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" liked|strong="H7521" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*, \+w so|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w confirm|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w what|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w decided|strong="H3289"\+w*}, he|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" official|strong="H8269" seal|strong="H2368" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001", who|strong="H1121" now|strong="H5414" hated|strong="H8130" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064". 
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\verseNumber{12-13}On|strong="H5921" April 17th Haman|strong="H2001" summoned|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" secretaries|strong="H5613", and|strong="H3967" he|strong="H0834" dictated|strong="H6310" a|strong="H1961" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H5414" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w translated|strong="H8638"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H3967" administrators|strong="H6486" and|strong="H3967" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H8269" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082". They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" copies of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H5612" in|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1121" writing|strong="H3791"/alphabet that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H3068" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438". They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w including|strong="H5704"\+w*} young|strong="H5288" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3967" old|strong="H1121" people|strong="H5971", women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" children|strong="H1121", had|strong="H3068" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" killed|strong="H2026" on|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117". That|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" March|strong="H1980" 7th of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" following|strong="H0310" year|strong="H8141". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" wrote|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w who|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*} could|strong="H3201" take|strong="H3947" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w signed|strong="H7560"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" sealed|strong="H2856" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H5973"\+w* \+w wax|strong="H1749"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H3967"\+w* \+w stamped|strong="H7554"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w wax|strong="H1749"\+w* \+w by|strong="H0801"\+w*} using|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885". Then|strong="H0227" they|strong="H1992" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" swiftly|strong="H7031" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438", 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Mordecai requested help from Esther }

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\chapterNumber{4}When|strong="H3318" Mordecai|strong="H4782" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3318" about|strong="H6213" those|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w so|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w anguished|strong="H6862"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} he|strong="H6213" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H3847" and|strong="H1419" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rough|strong="H8181"\+w*} sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w threw|strong="H7993"\+w*} ashes|strong="H0665" over|strong="H3318" himself|strong="H6213". Then|strong="H3318" he|strong="H6213" went|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", crying|strong="H2199" very|strong="H1419" loudly|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" stood|strong="H4428" outside|strong="H2351" the|strong="H6440" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004", because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6440" one|strong="H3588" who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" wearing|strong="H2296" sackcloth|strong="H8242" was|strong="H4428" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" enter|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004". 
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\verseNumber{4}When|strong="H7971" Esther’s|strong="H0635" maids|strong="H5291" and|strong="H7971" other|strong="H0312" officials|strong="H5631" came|strong="H3847" to|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H7971" what|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4782" done|strong="H6213", she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5291" very|strong="H3966" distressed|strong="H6887". So|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w good|strong="H3966"\+w*} clothes|strong="H3847" to|strong="H7971" wear|strong="H3847" instead|strong="H3808" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sackcloth|strong="H8242", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Esther|strong="H0635" summoned|strong="H7121" Hathach|strong="H2047", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" help|strong="H5826" take|strong="H3045" care|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635". She|strong="H7121" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w*} to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H5921" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H4428" distressing|strong="H7451" him|strong="H6440" and|strong="H4428" why|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w he|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w wearing|strong="H2296"\+w* \+w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H3045"\+w*} that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" grieving|strong="H5110". 
\verseNumber{6}Hathach|strong="H2047" went|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H4428" was|strong="H5892" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" plaza|strong="H7339" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{7}Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" happened|strong="H7136". He|strong="H3605" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H4428" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" government|strong="H4951" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" be|strong="H4428" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{8}Mordecai|strong="H4782" also|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Hathach|strong="H2047" a|strong="H5414" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" decree|strong="H1881" that|strong="H5971" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5046" read|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w which|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* stated} that|strong="H5971" all|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H5414" killed|strong="H2026". He|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" copy|strong="H6572" to|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635". He|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H5921" explain|strong="H5046" to|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" what|strong="H7200" ◄it|strong="H5414" meant|strong="H2803"/would|strong="H5971" happen|strong="H1961"►. Then|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" urge|strong="H6293" her|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" request|strong="H1245" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" act|strong="H6213" mercifully to|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1697" Hathach|strong="H2047" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" and|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" what|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6680" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H6680" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H6680" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6680"\+w*} Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4782"\+w*} tell|strong="H5046" this|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w him|strong="H6680"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{11}“There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H7121" law|strong="H1881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w going|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w*}. All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438" know|strong="H3045" this|strong="H2088" law|strong="H1881". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w In|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w law|strong="H1881"\+w* \+w it|strong="H7121"\+w* states \+w that|strong="H3045"\+w*} anyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" goes|strong="H1980" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" without|strong="H3808" having|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" summoned|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". Only|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" to|strong="H4191" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" extended|strong="H3447" his|strong="H3605" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294" will|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H4191" executed|strong="H4191". And|strong="H4428" a|strong="H7121" month|strong="H2320" has|strong="H4428" passed|strong="H5971" since|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H4428" summoned|strong="H7121" me|strong="H7121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w what|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w will|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w try|strong="H0974"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w see|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w him|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w doesn’t|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w to|strong="H4191"\+w* \+w see|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w me|strong="H7121"\+w*?}” 
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H1697" Hathach|strong="H2047" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w went|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1697"\+w*} Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H1697"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H5046"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4782" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}Mordecai|strong="H4782" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Go|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w back|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w*} tell|strong="H3605" this|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635": 'Do not|strong="H7725" think|strong="H1819" that|strong="H3605" just|strong="H3605" because|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" live|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3605" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H4422" when|strong="H7725" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w killed|strong="H2026"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" nothing|strong="H2790" now|strong="H3588", someone|strong="H4310" from|strong="H3064" some|strong="H6256" other|strong="H2063" place|strong="H4725" will|strong="H4310" rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1004"\+w*} us|strong="H3045" Jews|strong="H3064", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3045" relatives|strong="H0251" will|strong="H4310" be|strong="H1004" killed|strong="H2026". Furthermore|strong="H1571", ◄perhaps|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H4310"\+w*}/who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" if|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H4310"\+w*}► has|strong="H4310" put|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" here|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w queen|strong="H4436"\+w*} ◄for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" situation|strong="H4186" like|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063"/to|strong="H6256" prevent|strong="H6923" this|strong="H2063" from|strong="H3064" happening to|strong="H6256" us|strong="H3045"►!' ” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H0310"\+w* \+w Hathach|strong="H2047"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w this|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w*} Esther|strong="H0635", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w she|strong="H1931"\+w* } told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782" and|strong="H7725" say|strong="H7725" this|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725": 
\verseNumber{16}“Gather|strong="H3664" together|strong="H3664" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" here|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" ◄fast|strong="H6684"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899"► for|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3605" sake|strong="H5921". Tell|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" not|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" anything|strong="H3605" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4428" nights|strong="H3915". My|strong="H3605" maids|strong="H5291" and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" also|strong="H1571" fast|strong="H6684". Then|strong="H3651", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3651" ◄I|strong="H3117" am|strong="H1961" executed|strong="H6213"/they|strong="H3117" execute|strong="H6213" me|strong="H5921"► for|strong="H5921" disobeying the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w seeing|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w when|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w does|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w hold|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w out|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w scepter|strong="H7626"\+w*/\+w staff|strong="H4294"\+w* \+w toward|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5921"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w am|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w willing|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3212"\+w* \+w happen|strong="H4672"\+w*”}. 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Hathach|strong="H2047"\+w* \+w told|strong="H6680"\+w* \+w this|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w*,} Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H5674" and|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Esther invited Haman and the king to a banquet }

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\chapterNumber{5}Three|strong="H7992" days|strong="H3117" later|strong="H1961", Esther|strong="H0635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w prepared|strong="H3559"\+w* \+w a|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w big|strong="H0931"\+w* \+w banquet|strong="H4960"\+w*/\+w feast|strong="H2282"\+w*. \+w Then|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w she|strong="H5921"\+w* } put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" robes|strong="H4438" that|strong="H3117" showed|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" queen|strong="H4436", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H5921" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004", across|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961". He|strong="H3117" was|strong="H1961" sitting|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678", facing|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w room|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" courtyard|strong="H2691", he|strong="H3027" extended|strong="H3447" the|strong="H7200" gold|strong="H2091" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294" toward|strong="H3027" her|strong="H5375" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w signal|strong="H5251"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w he|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w would|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w glad|strong="H8055"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w talk|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w her|strong="H5375"\+w*}. So|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" came|strong="H1961" close|strong="H5060" and|strong="H4428" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H7200" tip|strong="H8571" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" her|strong="H5414", “Esther|strong="H0635", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270"? Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270", even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" ask|strong="H4428" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438"!” 
\verseNumber{4}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Your|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*,} if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" pleases|strong="H2895" you|strong="H5921", you|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w his|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w*}, “Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H6213" come|strong="H0935" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" has|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6213"!” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}While|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H4428" drinking|strong="H4960" wine|strong="H3196", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5704" Esther|strong="H0635", “Tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w really|strong="H2088"\+w*} want|strong="H4270". I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414", even|strong="H5704" if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438".” 
\verseNumber{7-8}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w you|strong="H0859"\+w*} what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" want|strong="H4270" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w most|strong="H6944"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*. \+w Your|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w majesty|strong="H1926"\+w*}, if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3967" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" what|strong="H4100" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H1961" requesting, please|strong="H4994" come|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} tomorrow|strong="H4279" to|strong="H0413" another|strong="H0312" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" prepare|strong="H3559" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H1121" you|strong="H0859". Then|strong="H0227" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" tell|strong="H5046" you|strong="H0859" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w I|strong="H0589"\+w* \+w really|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w want|strong="H4270"\+w*”}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Haman|strong="H2001" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" Mordecai|strong="H4782" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Haman|strong="H2001" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" Mordecai|strong="H4782" }
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\verseNumber{9}Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H3820" feeling very|strong="H2896" happy|strong="H8056" as|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" left|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960". But|strong="H3808" then|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". Mordecai|strong="H4782" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" tremble|strong="H2111" fearfully|strong="H3372" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", so|strong="H4480" Haman|strong="H2001" became|strong="H7200" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{10}However|strong="H0389", he|strong="H1004" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" show|strong="H7200" that|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1004" angry|strong="H2734"; he|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3512"\+w*} went|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" gathered|strong="H6960" together|strong="H3162" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H7971" his|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H7453", 
\verseNumber{11}and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3605" boasted|strong="H1431" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" about|strong="H5921" being|strong="H1121" very|strong="H7230" rich|strong="H1431", and|strong="H1121" about|strong="H5921" having|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7230" children|strong="H1121". He|strong="H3605" also|strong="H4428" boasted|strong="H1431" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" greatly|strong="H7230" honored|strong="H3519" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" ◄promoted|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921"/given|strong="H5650" him|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" second-most important|strong="H5704" job|strong="H0347" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438"►, so|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H3605"\+w*} the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" had|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" respect|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H1571" Haman|strong="H2001" added|strong="H3254", “And|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" all|strong="H6213"! Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" invited|strong="H7121" just|strong="H6213" two|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6213", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" me|strong="H7121", to|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" she|strong="H3588" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117". And|strong="H4428" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1571" inviting \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w only|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H3588" two|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" another|strong="H1571" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" prepare|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279"!” 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559", “But|strong="H7200" those|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" ◄mean|strong="H2823" nothing|strong="H3605" to|strong="H6256" me|strong="H7200"/do|strong="H3605" not|strong="H2088" make|strong="H7200" me|strong="H7200" happy|strong="H0835"► while|strong="H2088" I|strong="H7200" keep|strong="H3427" seeing|strong="H7200" that|strong="H7200" Jew|strong="H3064", Mordecai|strong="H4782", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3605"\+w*} sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* ignoring \+w me|strong="H7200"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H6213" Haman’s|strong="H2001" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w there|strong="H3605"\+w*} suggested|strong="H5414", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Why|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w don’t|strong="H0408"\+w* \+w you|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w quickly|strong="H4116"\+w*} set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5921" ◄a|strong="H6213" gallows|strong="H6086"/posts|strong="H5982" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" hang|strong="H8518" someone|strong="H0376"►. Make|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" 75 feet|strong="H7272" tall|strong="H7311". Then|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H1242" morning|strong="H1242" ask|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" hang|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605", you|strong="H6440" can|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3190" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" cheerful|strong="H3190".” That|strong="H3605" idea|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Haman|strong="H2001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w very|strong="H3190"\+w* \+w much|strong="H1697"\+w*}, so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w men|strong="H6213"\+w*} orders|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" set|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" gallows|strong="H6086"/posts|strong="H5982". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The king honored Mordecai }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The king honored Mordecai }
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\chapterNumber{6}That|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" unable|strong="H3808" to|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142", so|strong="H1961" he|strong="H1931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w summoned|strong="H7121"\+w*} a|strong="H1961" servant|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H4428"\+w* } told|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w him|strong="H6440"\+w* } to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" had|strong="H1961" happened|strong="H1961" during|strong="H3117" all|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w records|strong="H1697"\+w*} and|strong="H4428" read|strong="H7121" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w servant|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H7971" Teresh|strong="H8657", the|strong="H5921" two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H8147" who|strong="H8104" had|strong="H4428" guarded|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" rooms|strong="H2315". He|strong="H8147" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" when|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" planned|strong="H3289" to|strong="H7971" assassinate the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w he|strong="H8147"\+w* \+w had|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w it|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5288"\+w*}, “What|strong="H4100" did|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" reward|strong="H7939" Mordecai|strong="H4782" or|strong="H3808" show|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1697" we|strong="H6213" appreciate what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213"?” The|strong="H5921" servants|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" anything|strong="H1697" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".” 
\verseNumber{4}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" moment|strong="H7281", Haman|strong="H2001" entered|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" outer|strong="H2435" courtyard|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H1004" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w just|strong="H3512"\+w*} set|strong="H3559" up|strong="H5921". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w out|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w there|strong="H8033"\+w*} in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" courtyard|strong="H2691"?” 
\verseNumber{5}His|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" replied|strong="H0559", “That|strong="H4428" is|strong="H2009" Haman|strong="H2001" standing|strong="H5975" there|strong="H2009" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5975" courtyard|strong="H2691".” The|strong="H5975" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H0935" him|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H2009"\+w*}!” 
\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H4428" in|strong="H6213", the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" him|strong="H6213", “What|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H3820" whom|strong="H4310" I|strong="H4100" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366"?” Haman|strong="H2001" thought|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" himself|strong="H3820", “◄Whom|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"?/I|strong="H4100" think|strong="H3820" there|strong="H4480" is|strong="H3820" no|strong="H6213" one|strong="H4480" whom|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" would|strong="H4310" like|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480"!►” [RHQ] 
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" he|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2001" king|strong="H4428", “If|strong="H0518" there|strong="H8033" is|strong="H4428" someone|strong="H0376" you|strong="H4428" wish|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4428" honor|strong="H3366", 
\verseNumber{8}you|strong="H5414" should|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w your|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w servants|strong="H5650"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w*} bring|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" robes|strong="H3830" you|strong="H5414" wear|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{yo \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w show|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5483"\+w*} the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". Also|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" bring|strong="H5414" one|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H5483" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5414" ridden|strong="H7392". Tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" put|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" fancy headdress on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" horse’s|strong="H5483" head|strong="H7218" to|strong="H5921" show|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" belongs|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H5414" very|strong="H6213" important|strong="H5704" officials|strong="H8269" to|strong="H6213" put|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" robe|strong="H3830" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366", and|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5414" man|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" sit|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" then|strong="H5414" lead|strong="H7392" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" streets|strong="H7339". And|strong="H4428" tell|strong="H5046" that|strong="H5414" official|strong="H8269" to|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" shouting|strong="H8643", ‘This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3027" what|strong="H6213" ◄the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" does|strong="H6213"/is|strong="H3027" doing|strong="H6213"► for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366"!’” 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" replied|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Haman|strong="H2001", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Fine|strong="H6213"\+w*}! Go|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" said|strong="H1696" immediately|strong="H4116"! Get|strong="H3947" my|strong="H3605" robe|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" just|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" suggested|strong="H5414"! Do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1697" sitting|strong="H3427" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w outside|strong="H2351"\+w*} at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004". Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H6213" forget|strong="H7911" anything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" suggested|strong="H5414"!” 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H7121". He|strong="H6213" got|strong="H3947" the|strong="H6440" robe|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483". He|strong="H6213" put|strong="H3847" the|strong="H6440" robe|strong="H3830" on|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H4428" as|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H2001" on|strong="H3847" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483", Haman|strong="H2001" led|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483" through|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" streets|strong="H7339" proclaiming|strong="H7121" “This|strong="H6213" is|strong="H5892" what|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" ◄does|strong="H6213"/is|strong="H5892" doing|strong="H6213"► for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" wants|strong="H2656" to|strong="H6213" honor|strong="H3366"!” 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H7725", Mordecai|strong="H4782" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w sat|strong="H2001"\+w*} at|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7725" gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7725" palace|strong="H1004". But|strong="H7725" Haman|strong="H2001" hurried|strong="H1765" home|strong="H1004", covering|strong="H4372" his|strong="H7725" face|strong="H6440" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w felt|strong="H4959"\+w*} completely|strong="H3617" disgraced|strong="H0954"/humiliated|strong="H3637". 
\verseNumber{13}He|strong="H3588" told|strong="H5608" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H3201" him|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117". Then|strong="H5307" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3201" him|strong="H6440", “Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H2450" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5307" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3201" be|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3605" disgraced|strong="H0954"/humiliated|strong="H6440", is|strong="H3605" a|strong="H3588" Jew|strong="H3064". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w clear|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w God|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w whom|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w* \+w worship|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w fighting|strong="H3898"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w them|strong="H6440"\+w*.} So|strong="H3808" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" defeat|strong="H5221" Mordecai|strong="H4782". He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" defeat|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588"!” 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4428" while|strong="H5750" they|strong="H6213" were|strong="H4428" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" king’s|strong="H4428" officials|strong="H5631" arrived|strong="H5060" to|strong="H1696" take|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" quickly|strong="H4116" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960"/feast|strong="H4960" that|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Haman was executed }

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\chapterNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5973" second|strong="H8145" banquet|strong="H8354"/feast|strong="H2282" that|strong="H4428" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559". 
\verseNumber{2}As|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" drinking|strong="H4960" wine|strong="H3196", the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H4100" again|strong="H8145", “Esther|strong="H0635", what|strong="H4100" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*? \+w Tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H4428"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414". Even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H0518" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w me|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5704"\+w*} half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{3}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H6030", “O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6030" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H5414" are|strong="H5971" willing|strong="H0014" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5869" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1246"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w ask|strong="H4428"\+w*}, save|strong="H5315" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6030" save|strong="H5315" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". That|strong="H5971" is|strong="H5315" what|strong="H1246" I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H5315" you|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H5869" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} I|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w cattle|strong="H4735"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*} have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" slaughtered|strong="H7819". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w It|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w as|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w*} we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H4428" completely|strong="H8045" destroy|strong="H8045" us|strong="H3588". If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3588" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" to|strong="H4428" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H4428" become|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3588" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" anything|strong="H3605", because|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" been|strong="H5971" a|strong="H3588" matter|strong="H1697" too|strong="H4480" small|strong="H6862" to|strong="H4428" bother|strong="H5060" you|strong="H3588", the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428".” 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" King|strong="H4428" Xerxes asked|strong="H7592" her|strong="H4390", “Who|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" such|strong="H2088" a|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w terrible|strong="H6213"\+w*} thing|strong="H2088"? Where|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931"?” 
\verseNumber{6}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w man|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w is|strong="H2088"\+w*} our|strong="H2088" enemy|strong="H6862" is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451" man|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001"!” Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H4428" terrified|strong="H1204" as|strong="H6440" he|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H2001" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" became|strong="H7200" extremely|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2534". He|strong="H3588" immediately|strong="H6965" left|strong="H5975" his|strong="H5921" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H6965" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H4428" outside|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w decide|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w what|strong="H7451"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. But|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" stayed|strong="H5975", in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H5921" plead|strong="H1245" with|strong="H5921" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" would|strong="H5315" spare|strong="H2550" his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H1004" threw|strong="H5307" himself|strong="H6440" down|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" couch|strong="H4296" where|strong="H1004" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1697" reclining. But|strong="H1571" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H1697" moment|strong="H7281" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" garden|strong="H1594" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H1004" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" eating|strong="H0398". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w He|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w saw|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w Haman|strong="H2001"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H7725"\+w* assumed \+w he|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w preparing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w rape|strong="H3533"\+w* \+w Esther|strong="H0635"\+w*}. He|strong="H1004" exclaimed|strong="H0559", “Are|strong="H1697" you|strong="H6440" going|strong="H3318" to|strong="H7725" rape|strong="H3533" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H4436" while|strong="H5973" she|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1571" here|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" own|strong="H5973" palace|strong="H1004"?” As|strong="H1697" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697", some|strong="H1697" officials|strong="H8269" covered|strong="H2645" Haman’s|strong="H2001" head|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w as|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w did|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1571"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w were|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w hanged|strong="H8518"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Harbona|strong="H2726", one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" personal|strong="H6440" officials|strong="H5631", said|strong="H1696", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Outside|strong="H4480"\+w*,} near|strong="H6440" Haman’s|strong="H2001" house|strong="H1004", there|strong="H2009" is|strong="H1571" a|strong="H6213" ◄gallows|strong="H6086"/set|strong="H5975" of|strong="H4428" poles|strong="H0905" for|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" someone|strong="H0376"►. It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1571" 75 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H1364". Haman|strong="H2001" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H2896" who|strong="H4428" spared|strong="H2550" your|strong="H5921" life|strong="H4480"!” The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", “Hang|strong="H8518" him|strong="H6440" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782"! And|strong="H4428" then|strong="H4428" ◄the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" anger|strong="H2534" cooled off|strong="H5921"/the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" so|strong="H5921" angry|strong="H2534"►. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The king issued a decree to save the Jews }

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\chapterNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Later|strong="H0310"\+w*} on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", King|strong="H4428" Xerxes declared|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064", owned|strong="H3426", would|strong="H4100" now|strong="H3117" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5414" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635". Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H1931" her|strong="H5414" cousin. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w When|strong="H3588"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w heard|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w*, \+w he|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w sent|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w a|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w*} Mordecai|strong="H4782" to|strong="H5414" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H5674" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H5674" in|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5414" official|strong="H8269" seal|strong="H2368" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" that|strong="H5414" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* indicate \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w now|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w his|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w most|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w important|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w official|strong="H8269"\+w*}. And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" appointed|strong="H5414" Mordecai|strong="H4782" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001". 
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\verseNumber{3}Esther|strong="H0635" again|strong="H3254" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w came|strong="H5674"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} talk|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". She|strong="H5921" prostrated|strong="H7812" herself|strong="H5921" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" feet|strong="H7272", crying|strong="H1058". She|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} plead|strong="H7378" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" stop|strong="H2308" what|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H4428" planned|strong="H2803", to|strong="H1696" kill|strong="H2026" all|strong="H1058" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" held|strong="H4428" out|strong="H3447" his|strong="H6440" gold|strong="H2091" scepter|strong="H8275"/staff|strong="H4294" toward|strong="H6440" Esther|strong="H0635", so|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" arose|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697", “Your|strong="H3605" majesty|strong="H1926", if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" are|strong="H1121" pleased|strong="H5869" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H6440", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" you|strong="H6440" think|strong="H5869" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" right|strong="H3787" thing|strong="H1697" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H5869", make|strong="H7725" a|strong="H4672" new|strong="H2319" law|strong="H8451" to|strong="H7725" cancel what|strong="H1697" Haman|strong="H2001" decreed|strong="H3789", that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438" should|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" killed|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{6}I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3201" bear|strong="H5375" seeing|strong="H7200" all|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" family|strong="H4940" and|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w all|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5971"\+w*} my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971" killed|strong="H2026".” 
\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Xerxes replied|strong="H0559" to|strong="H7971" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635" and|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782", “Because|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001" tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7971" Esther|strong="H0635" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5414" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7971" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H7971" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" ordered|strong="H7971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} to|strong="H7971" hang|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H7725" now|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" also|strong="H8034" permitting you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H7725" write|strong="H3789" other|strong="H0312" letters|strong="H5612", to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w save|strong="H3467"\+w*} your|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5869". You|strong="H3588" may|strong="H4428" put|strong="H7725" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w letters|strong="H5612"\+w*}, and|strong="H7725" use|strong="H4399" my|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" to|strong="H7725" seal|strong="H2856" them|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" letter|strong="H3791" that|strong="H3588" has|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921" and|strong="H7725" which|strong="H3064" is|strong="H8034" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" ring|strong="H2885" can|strong="H5869" ever|strong="H7725" be|strong="H8034" changed|strong="H8133".” 
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\verseNumber{10-11}They|strong="H1992" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H0935" those|strong="H1992" letters|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" were|strong="H0834" permitted|strong="H5117" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162" to|strong="H0413" protect|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" were|strong="H0834" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" any|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" of|strong="H1121" soldiers|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414". They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3967" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" who|strong="H0834" attacked|strong="H5221" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" killed|strong="H2026". 
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\verseNumber{13}Copies of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" law|strong="H1881" were|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" nailed to|strong="H1961" posts|strong="H5982" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" and|strong="H3117" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", in|strong="H3117" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" would|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1961" ◄get|strong="H3947" revenge|strong="H5358" on|strong="H3117"/fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H3605"► their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" on|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" 7th. 
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\chapterNumber{9}The|strong="H6213" first|strong="H3117" law|strong="H1881" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" was|strong="H1931" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" effective on|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" 7th. On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" enemies|strong="H8130" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" hoped|strong="H7663" to|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6213" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992". But|strong="H1992" instead|strong="H8478", on|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" defeated|strong="H5221" their|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H8130". 
\verseNumber{2}Throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438", the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" gathered|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" to|strong="H7971" attack|strong="H5221" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" get|strong="H3027" rid|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" could|strong="H5971" fight|strong="H3898" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", because|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" areas|strong="H0776" where|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" lived|strong="H3427" were|strong="H5971" afraid|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w so|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w did|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w want|strong="H1245"\+w* \+w to|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w anyone|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w attacked|strong="H5307"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3064"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H6213" Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635", “The|strong="H5414" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" 500 people|strong="H1121" here|strong="H6311" in|strong="H6213" Susa|strong="H7800", including|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001"! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w think|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5414"\+w*} they|strong="H4100" must|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1121" killed|strong="H2026" many|strong="H4100" more|strong="H5750" people|strong="H1121" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" my|strong="H5414" empire|strong="H4438" [RHQ]! \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H5750"\+w* okay}, now|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" else|strong="H5750" do|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" you|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" tell|strong="H5046" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3967" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414".” 
\verseNumber{13}Esther|strong="H0635" replied|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H5921" you|strong="H5414", allow|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" again|strong="H1571" tomorrow|strong="H4279" what|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H5414"\+w*} commanded|strong="H1571" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*} to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117". And|strong="H1121" command|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" bodies|strong="H6297" of|strong="H1121" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086"/poles|strong="H0905".” 
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\verseNumber{21}He|strong="H3117" told|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H8141" celebrate|strong="H6213" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" 8th and|strong="H6965" 9th of|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980", 
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