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\BibleBook{The Book of Esther}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Book of }
\BibleMainTitle{Esther }
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\chapterNumber{1}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" about|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", (that|strong="H3117" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" who|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" ruler of|strong="H3117" a|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven divisions of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" kingdom, from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" as|strong="H5704" far|strong="H5704" as|strong="H5704" Ethiopia|strong="H3568":) 
\verseNumber{2}That|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H0834" ruling in|strong="H5921" Shushan, his|strong="H5921" strong town, 
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4427" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H4960" to|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650"; and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426" of|strong="H8141" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H5650" Media|strong="H4074", the|strong="H3605" great men|strong="H5650" and|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3605" kingdom, were|strong="H5650" present before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440"; 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H3967" for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H7200" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117", even|strong="H0853" a|strong="H7200" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" eighty|strong="H8084" days|strong="H3117", he|strong="H3117" let them|strong="H0853" see|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" wealth|strong="H6239" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" glory|strong="H8597" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" kingdom|strong="H4438" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" great|strong="H7227" power and|strong="H3967" honour which were|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" end of|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" time|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4672" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0428" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H4428" Shushan, the|strong="H3605" king's town, small|strong="H6996" as|strong="H5704" well as|strong="H5704" great|strong="H1419", for|strong="H3117" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" outer square of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" garden|strong="H1594" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's house. 
\verseNumber{6}There were|strong="H5921" fair hangings of|strong="H5921" white|strong="H2353" and|strong="H3701" green and|strong="H3701" blue|strong="H8504", fixed with|strong="H5921" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5921" purple|strong="H0713" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5921" best linen|strong="H8336" to|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" rings|strong="H1550" and|strong="H3701" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H5921" polished stone: the|strong="H5921" seats were|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" floor of|strong="H5921" red and|strong="H3701" white|strong="H2353" and|strong="H3701" yellow and|strong="H3701" black stone. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3027" they|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" them|strong="H3027" drink|strong="H8248" in|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" vessels|strong="H3627", every vessel|strong="H3627" being different, and|strong="H3027" wine|strong="H3196" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3027" kingdom|strong="H4438", freely given|strong="H8248" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" drinking|strong="H8360" was|strong="H0369" in|strong="H5921" keeping with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881"; no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0376" was|strong="H0369" forced: for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0369" given|strong="H3245" orders|strong="H3245" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chief servants|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3651" was|strong="H0369" pleasing to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" gave|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0834" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3820" glad with|strong="H0854" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H3117" gave|strong="H0559" orders|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Mehuman|strong="H4104", Biztha|strong="H0968", Harbona|strong="H2726", Bigtha|strong="H0903", and|strong="H4428" Abagtha|strong="H0005", Zethar|strong="H2242", and|strong="H4428" Carcas, the|strong="H0559" seven|strong="H7651" unsexed servants|strong="H8334" who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H3117" waiting before|strong="H6440" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{11}That|strong="H3588" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" was|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", crowned with|strong="H0935" her|strong="H7200" crown|strong="H3804", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H4436" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" captains|strong="H8269" see|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200": for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" very beautiful|strong="H3308". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" servants gave|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" king's order|strong="H3027", Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" said|strong="H1697" she|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" not come|strong="H0935": then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H7107", and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" heart was|strong="H0834" burning|strong="H1197" with|strong="H0935" wrath|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450", who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" times|strong="H6256", (for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3651" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's way|strong="H1697" with|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" expert|strong="H2450" in|strong="H4428" law|strong="H1881" and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" giving of|strong="H4428" decisions: 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H4428" second only to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" were|strong="H8269" Carshena|strong="H3771", Shethar|strong="H8369", Admatha|strong="H0133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Meres|strong="H4825", Marsena|strong="H4826", and|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074", who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H8269" friends of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" places in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4438":) 
\verseNumber{15}What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" by|strong="H5921" law|strong="H1881" to|strong="H5921" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436", because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", by|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" servants, gave|strong="H6213" her|strong="H5921" orders to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213"? 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H4428" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269", Memucan|strong="H4462" gave|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" answer|strong="H0559": Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H3605" wrong, not|strong="H3808" only|strong="H0905" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"; 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" news|strong="H0559" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" has|strong="H4428" done|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" ears of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" give|strong="H0935" respect|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0559" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1697" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0853", King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" gave|strong="H0559" orders|strong="H0559" for|strong="H3588" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" to|strong="H0559" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921" and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" wives of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074", hearing|strong="H8085" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" has|strong="H0834" done|strong="H3605", will|strong="H0834" say|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's captains|strong="H8269". So|strong="H0834" there|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1697" much|strong="H1697" shame and|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H7110". 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" pleasing|strong="H2895" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" order|strong="H1697" go|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" recorded|strong="H3789" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" laws|strong="H1881" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Persians and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" Medes|strong="H4074", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" may|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" changed, that|strong="H0834" Vashti|strong="H2060" is|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H6440" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"; and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5921" place|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0935" another|strong="H3808" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" order, given|strong="H5414" by|strong="H0802" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", is|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" public through|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" (for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419"), all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" will|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" honour to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167", great|strong="H1419" as|strong="H0834" well|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" small|strong="H6996". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4428" this|strong="H1697" suggestion seemed|strong="H3190" good|strong="H3190" to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" captains|strong="H8269"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" Memucan|strong="H4462" said|strong="H1697"; 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" division in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" commonly used|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" which|strong="H1004" was|strong="H1961" theirs, saying|strong="H1696" that|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" was|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ruler in|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3605" order was|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H1961" given out|strong="H7971" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king's feelings were|strong="H0834" calmer, the|strong="H0853" thought|strong="H2142" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060" and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" order|strong="H1697" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" against|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", came back|strong="H0310" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" mind|strong="H2142". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" were|strong="H5288" waiting on the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H1245", Let search|strong="H1245" be|strong="H4428" made|strong="H1245" for|strong="H1245" some fair young|strong="H5288" virgins|strong="H1330" for|strong="H1245" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{3}Let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" authority|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" certain men|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", to|strong="H0413" get together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fair young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" and|strong="H3027" send|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" Shushan, the|strong="H3605" king's town, to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" women's house|strong="H1004", under|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", the|strong="H3605" king's servant, the|strong="H3605" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802": and|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" needed for|strong="H0413" making|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" clean be|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413"; 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" let|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0834" girl|strong="H5291" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" pleasing|strong="H3190" to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" queen in|strong="H4428" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H0834" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1697" this|strong="H3651" suggestion; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{5}Now|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0376" Jew|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0376" Shushan named|strong="H8034" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027", a|strong="H1961" Benjamite|strong="H1145"; 
\verseNumber{6}Who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" from|strong="H1540" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" among|strong="H5973" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1540" prisoner with|strong="H5973" Jeconiah|strong="H3204", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", when|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894", had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H1540" him|strong="H5973" away|strong="H1540". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H0001" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" father|strong="H0001" to|strong="H1961" Hadassah|strong="H1919", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369" Esther|strong="H0635", the|strong="H0853" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" his|strong="H3947" father's brother: for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" no|strong="H0369" father|strong="H0001" or|strong="H0369" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H0001" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0369" very beautiful|strong="H3303"; and|strong="H0001" when|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0001" mother|strong="H0517" were|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4194", Mordecai|strong="H4782" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" order|strong="H3027" made|strong="H1961" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0413" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" publicly given|strong="H8085" out|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3027" a|strong="H1961" number of|strong="H4428" girls|strong="H5291" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" placed|strong="H3947" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king's house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H0413" Shushan, Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king's house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H3947" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", the|strong="H0413" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H0802" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" girl|strong="H5291" and|strong="H4428" was|strong="H0802" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5414" quickly|strong="H0926" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802" what|strong="H2896" was|strong="H0802" needed for|strong="H1004" making|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802" clean, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" things which|strong="H5869" were|strong="H0802" hers by|strong="H0802" right|strong="H5869", and|strong="H4428" seven|strong="H7651" servant-girls who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4428" hers from|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king's house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5414" had|strong="H4428" her|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4428" her|strong="H0802" servant-girls moved to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H2896" place|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" women's part of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" said what|strong="H0834" family or|strong="H3808" people|strong="H5971" she|strong="H0834" came from|strong="H5921", for|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046" orders|strong="H6680" not|strong="H3808" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6680" so|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1980" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" Mordecai|strong="H4782" took|strong="H0853" his|strong="H3605" walk|strong="H1980" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" square of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women's house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1980" see|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0802" and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" be|strong="H1004" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1980" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3117" girl|strong="H5291", when|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" turn|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935", had|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", after|strong="H7093" undergoing, for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H1961" space|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4428" twelve|strong="H6240" months|strong="H2320", what|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" ordered by|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" law|strong="H1881" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802" (for|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" necessary for|strong="H3588" making them|strong="H0413" clean, that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117", six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" oil|strong="H8081" of|strong="H4428" myrrh|strong="H4753" and|strong="H0935" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" sweet|strong="H1314" perfumes and|strong="H0935" such|strong="H3651" things|strong="H8147" as|strong="H1961" are|strong="H3117" needed for|strong="H3588" making women|strong="H0802" clean): 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" this|strong="H2088" way|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" girl|strong="H5291" went|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428"; whatever|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" desire for|strong="H0413" was|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3605" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" women's house|strong="H1004" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" day|strong="H1242" after|strong="H0413" she|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802", into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" keeping|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" Shaashgaz|strong="H8190", one|strong="H3808" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" king's unsexed servants who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" king's wives|strong="H0802": only|strong="H0518" if|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413" and|strong="H0935" sent|strong="H7725" for|strong="H3588" her|strong="H0413" by|strong="H3027" name|strong="H8034" did|strong="H3808" she|strong="H1931" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" again|strong="H5750". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" time|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" for|strong="H3588" Esther|strong="H0635", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Abihail|strong="H0032", his|strong="H3605" father's brother, whom|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" as|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", she|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1961" request|strong="H1697" for|strong="H3588" nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H0834" Hegai|strong="H1896", the|strong="H3605" king's servant and|strong="H0935" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", had|strong="H0834" given her|strong="H3605". And|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1961" looked|strong="H7200" on|strong="H0413" kindly by|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" saw|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3947" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1931" taken|strong="H3947" in|strong="H8141" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" in|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0413" month|strong="H2320" Tebeth|strong="H2887", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" rule|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0802" more pleasing to|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6440" his|strong="H3605" eyes she|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0802" fairer and|strong="H4428" more full|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" grace|strong="H2580" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" virgins|strong="H1330": so|strong="H5375" he|strong="H0853" put|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" crown|strong="H3804" on|strong="H8478" her|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3605" queen in|strong="H4428" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", even|strong="H0853" Esther's feast|strong="H4960"; and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H6213" gave|strong="H5414" orders through|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H5414" day of|strong="H4428" rest from|strong="H3027" work|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" wealth from|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" store. 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" virgins|strong="H1330" came together|strong="H6908" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" second|strong="H8145" house of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6908" women|strong="H1330", Mordecai|strong="H4782" took his|strong="H3427" seat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" doorway of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6908" king's house. 
\verseNumber{20}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" still said|strong="H3982" nothing|strong="H0369" of|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5046" family or|strong="H0369" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971", as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046" orders|strong="H6680"; for|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" said|strong="H3982", as|strong="H0834" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0369" living with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", while|strong="H3117" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H4428" seated|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" king's doorway, two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" king's servants, Bigthan|strong="H0904" and|strong="H3027" Teresh|strong="H8657", keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" door, being|strong="H8104" angry|strong="H7107", were|strong="H1992" looking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3027" a|strong="H7971" chance to|strong="H7971" make|strong="H3027" an|strong="H7971" attack on|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", having|strong="H4428" knowledge|strong="H3045" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3045" purpose|strong="H1697", sent|strong="H0559" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" it|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436"; and|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" gave|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" news|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Mordecai's name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" thing|strong="H1697" had|strong="H4428" been looked|strong="H1245" into|strong="H5921", it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" seen to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1697" true, and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" were|strong="H3117" put to|strong="H5921" death by|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" tree|strong="H6086": and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" put down|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" records|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" order|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", was|strong="H0834" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H5375" and|strong="H1121" given a|strong="H7760" position|strong="H3678" of|strong="H1121" honour and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7760" higher place|strong="H7760" than|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0428" captains|strong="H8269" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king's house went down|strong="H7812" to|strong="H5650" the|strong="H3605" earth before|strong="H3808" Haman|strong="H2001" and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" honour: for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H6680" orders|strong="H6680". But|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" go down|strong="H7812" before|strong="H3808" him|strong="H6680" or|strong="H3808" give|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" honour. 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king's servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's house said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782", Why|strong="H4069" do you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H5674" against the|strong="H0853" king's order|strong="H0559"? 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" this|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" day|strong="H3117" after|strong="H1961" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H0559" no|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H8085", they|strong="H1992" let|strong="H1961" Haman|strong="H2001" have|strong="H1961" news|strong="H0559" of|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1931", to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" if|strong="H3588" Mordecai's behaviour would|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" overlooked: for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" did|strong="H7812" not|strong="H0369" go down|strong="H7812" before him|strong="H7200" and|strong="H7200" give|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" honour, Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0369" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" wrath|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3588" enough|strong="H3027" for|strong="H3588" him|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" make|strong="H5046" an|strong="H3588" attack on|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782" only|strong="H0905"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" clear|strong="H3605" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" who|strong="H0834" Mordecai's people|strong="H5971" were|strong="H0834"; so|strong="H7971" Haman|strong="H2001" made|strong="H3605" it|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" purpose to|strong="H7971" put|strong="H7971" an|strong="H3588" end to|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", even|strong="H3588" Mordecai's people|strong="H5971", through|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H3027" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Nisan|strong="H5212", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" twelfth year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", from|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" to|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3117" went|strong="H6440" on|strong="H3117" looking for|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" sign given by|strong="H3117" Pur|strong="H6332" (that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931" chance) before|strong="H6440" Haman|strong="H2001", till the|strong="H6440" sign came|strong="H8141" out|strong="H6440" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" twelfth month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H0259" certain|strong="H0259" nation|strong="H5971" living here and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H0369" in|strong="H4428" small groups among|strong="H0996" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438"; their|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H1881" are|strong="H3426" different from|strong="H6504" those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0259" nation|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H0369" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king's laws|strong="H1881": for|strong="H3605" this|strong="H3605" reason it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" right for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" let them|strong="H0853" be|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" king's pleasure, let a|strong="H0518" statement ordering their|strong="H5921" destruction|strong="H0006" be|strong="H3027" put|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" writing|strong="H3789": and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H0006" to|strong="H0413" those|strong="H5921" responsible|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king's business|strong="H4399", ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king's store-house. 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H0853" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H0853" hater of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Haman|strong="H2001", The|strong="H0559" money|strong="H3701" is|strong="H4428" yours|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" whatever|strong="H2896" seems|strong="H5869" right|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3605" king's scribes|strong="H5608" were|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H6680" for|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H0834" put|strong="H6680" in|strong="H5921" writing|strong="H3789" Haman's orders|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971": for|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" commonly used|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H8034" theirs; it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H8034" signed|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" and|strong="H4428" stamped with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king's ring|strong="H2885". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H3027" letters|strong="H5612" were|strong="H0802" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" runners|strong="H7323" into|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" ordering the|strong="H3605" death and|strong="H3027" destruction|strong="H8045" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H3027" old|strong="H2205", little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3027" women|strong="H0802", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" day|strong="H3117", even|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" taking|strong="H0962" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" goods by|strong="H3027" force|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{14}A|strong="H1961" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791", to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5414" public in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" part of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" kingdom, was|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" might be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6264" when|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5414" runners|strong="H7323" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" quickly|strong="H7323" by|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" king's order|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5414" public statement was|strong="H4428" made|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3427" Shushan: and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" took|strong="H3318" wine together: but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" town|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Shushan was|strong="H4428" troubled. 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H1419" when|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" saw what|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", pulling off|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3605" robe, he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" haircloth, with|strong="H3847" dust|strong="H0665" on|strong="H3847" his|strong="H3605" head, and|strong="H1419" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892", crying|strong="H2199" out|strong="H3318" with|strong="H3847" a|strong="H0834" loud|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" bitter|strong="H4751" cry|strong="H2199". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" even|strong="H5704" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king's doorway; for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" might come|strong="H0935" inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king's door clothed|strong="H3830" in|strong="H0935" haircloth. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" part of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428", wherever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's word|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" order|strong="H1697" came|strong="H5060", there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419" sorrow|strong="H4553" among the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H4428" weeping|strong="H1065" and|strong="H4428" crying|strong="H1065" and|strong="H4428" going without food; and|strong="H4428" numbers of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5060" were|strong="H0834" stretched on|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3605" earth covered with|strong="H1697" dust|strong="H0665" and|strong="H4428" haircloth. 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" Esther's women|strong="H5291" and|strong="H0935" her|strong="H7971" servants came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" word|strong="H5046" of|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H0853" great|strong="H3966" was|strong="H5291" the|strong="H0853" grief of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436": and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H0635" sent|strong="H7971" robes|strong="H0899" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3808" his|strong="H5921" clothing|strong="H0899" of|strong="H5921" haircloth might|strong="H3966" be|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921"; but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" would|strong="H5291" not|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3808" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Esther|strong="H0635" sent|strong="H6680" for|strong="H5921" Hathach|strong="H2047", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king's unsexed servants whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" waiting on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" orders|strong="H6680" to|strong="H5921" go to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" and|strong="H4428" see|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" was|strong="H0834" and|strong="H4428" why|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3318" Hathach|strong="H2047" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4428" saw Mordecai|strong="H4782" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H6440" open|strong="H6440" square|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H8179" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king's doorway. 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" gave|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921" an|strong="H0559" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken place|strong="H3605", and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" amount|strong="H6575" of|strong="H4428" money|strong="H3701" which|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0559" put into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king's store for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" destruction|strong="H0006" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" order|strong="H6680" which|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" Shushan for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" destruction|strong="H8045", ordering him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" let|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" see|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" clear to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413"; and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" say to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", requesting his|strong="H5414" mercy|strong="H2603", and|strong="H0935" making|strong="H5414" prayer for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H0935" Hathach|strong="H2047" came|strong="H0935" back|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" gave|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" an|strong="H0935" account|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" what|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4782" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" sent|strong="H6680" Hathach|strong="H2047" to|strong="H0413" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Mordecai|strong="H4782": 
\verseNumber{11}It|strong="H7121" is|strong="H0834" common knowledge|strong="H3045" among|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" part|strong="H0905" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428", that|strong="H0834" if|strong="H0834" anyone|strong="H3605", man|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802", comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" room without|strong="H3808" being sent for|strong="H7121", there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" only|strong="H0905" one|strong="H0259" law|strong="H1881" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191"; only|strong="H0905" those|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's rod of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" is|strong="H0834" stretched out|strong="H3045" may|strong="H0376" keep|strong="H0935" their|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H2421": but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H0834" sent for|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" these|strong="H2088" thirty|strong="H7970" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1697" they said|strong="H1697" these words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sent|strong="H7725" this|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635": Do|strong="H0408" not|strong="H0408" have|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" idea that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king's house|strong="H1004" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H0408" safe from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" fate of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{14}If|strong="H0518" at|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6256" you|strong="H0859" say nothing|strong="H0518", then|strong="H0859" help and|strong="H1004" salvation will|strong="H4310" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" Jews|strong="H3064" from|strong="H0006" some|strong="H4725" other|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3045" father's family|strong="H1004" will|strong="H4310" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6256" destruction|strong="H0006": and|strong="H1004" who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" to|strong="H6256" say that|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" have|strong="H0001" not|strong="H0518" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4438" even|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" as|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" sent|strong="H7725" them|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Mordecai|strong="H4782" with|strong="H0413" this|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725": 
\verseNumber{16}Go|strong="H0935", get|strong="H0935" together|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Shushan, and|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" without|strong="H3808" food|strong="H0398" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", taking|strong="H0935" no|strong="H3808" food|strong="H0398" or|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" night|strong="H3915" or|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117": and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0398" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H0408" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3651"; and|strong="H0935" so|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881": and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0834" death is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3605" fate|strong="H3117", then|strong="H0853" let|strong="H0408" it|strong="H5921" come|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went away|strong="H3605" and|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" as|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" said. 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", Esther|strong="H0635" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" queen's robes|strong="H4438", and|strong="H4428" took|strong="H1961" her|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" room|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king's house|strong="H1004", facing the|strong="H5921" king's house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" seated|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" high seat|strong="H3678" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" king's house|strong="H1004", facing the|strong="H5921" doorway|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" waiting in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" inner room, looking|strong="H7200" kindly on|strong="H7200" her|strong="H7200" he|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5375" out|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" rod of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H7200". So|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H5375" her|strong="H7200" fingers on|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" rod. 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" desire, Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" in|strong="H5921" answer|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" seems good|strong="H2895" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", let the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" feast|strong="H4960" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" ready for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Let Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" quickly|strong="H4116", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" may|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H4960" which|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" ready. 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" were|strong="H4428" drinking|strong="H4960" wine|strong="H3196" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" prayer? for|strong="H4960" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? for|strong="H4960" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213", even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0559" answer|strong="H6030", My|strong="H0559" prayer and|strong="H0559" my|strong="H0559" request|strong="H1246" is|strong="H0559" this: 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king's approval, and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king's pleasure to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H0413" my|strong="H5414" prayer and|strong="H0935" do|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246", let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H4960" which|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" make|strong="H5414" ready for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4428" joy|strong="H5921" and|strong="H6965" glad|strong="H8056" in|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820"; but|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king's doorway, and|strong="H6965" he|strong="H1931" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" get|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet or|strong="H3808" give|strong="H7200" any|strong="H4480" sign of|strong="H4428" fear before|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5921", Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H1931" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H2534" against|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}But|strong="H0935" controlling himself|strong="H0413", he|strong="H0853" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7971" house|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H0157" and|strong="H0935" Zeresh|strong="H2238", his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" gave them|strong="H1992" an|strong="H5375" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" glories of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" wealth|strong="H6239", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" children|strong="H1121" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" ways in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" honoured by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" put|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" further, Truly|strong="H3588", Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" let|strong="H0637" no|strong="H3808" man but|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H4960" which|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" ready for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"; and|strong="H0935" tomorrow|strong="H4279" again I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" to|strong="H0413" be|strong="H3808" her|strong="H0413" guest with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H7200" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0369" nothing|strong="H0369" to|strong="H0369" me|strong="H7200" while|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" see|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" seated|strong="H3427" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king's doorway. 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0853" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H0157" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", Let|strong="H8056" a|strong="H0935" pillar, fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" ready for|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" get|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" give|strong="H0935" orders|strong="H0559" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hanging|strong="H8518" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782": then|strong="H0853" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" able to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H4960" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5973" a|strong="H0935" glad|strong="H8056" heart. And|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0802" pleased|strong="H3190" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" suggestion, and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" pillar made|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{6}That|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H1961" unable to|strong="H0559" get|strong="H0935" any|strong="H1961" sleep|strong="H8142"; and|strong="H0935" he|strong="H1931" sent|strong="H0559" for|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" books|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" records|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H0935" while|strong="H1961" some|strong="H3117" one|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" reading|strong="H7121" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{2}It|strong="H5921" came|strong="H4672" out|strong="H7971" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" recorded|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" book how|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" given|strong="H3027" word|strong="H5046" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" designs of|strong="H4428" Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H3027" Teresh|strong="H8657", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king's servants, keepers|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" door, by|strong="H5921" whom|strong="H0834" an|strong="H7971" attack on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" designed. 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", What|strong="H4100" honour and|strong="H4428" reward have|strong="H1697" been|strong="H3808" given to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088"? Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" were|strong="H1697" waiting on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Nothing|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" outer|strong="H2435" room|strong="H1004"? Now|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" outer|strong="H2435" room|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0559" get|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king's authority|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hanging|strong="H8518" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pillar which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3559" ready|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king's servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", See|strong="H2009", Haman|strong="H2001" is|strong="H2009" waiting in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" outer room. And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Let him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4480" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". And|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0935" honouring? Then|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" thought|strong="H0559" came|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" Haman's mind|strong="H3820", Whom|strong="H0834", more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" myself|strong="H3820", would|strong="H4310" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" have|strong="H0834" pleasure|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0935" honouring? 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", answering the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", said|strong="H0559", For|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H0413" honouring, 
\verseNumber{8}Let|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" take|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" robes|strong="H3830" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" generally puts|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" horse|strong="H5483" on|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" goes|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" crown|strong="H3804" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" head|strong="H7218": 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" robes|strong="H3830" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" horse|strong="H5483" be|strong="H0376" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king's most|strong="H4428" noble|strong="H6579" captains|strong="H8269", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" put|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H5921" honouring, and|strong="H3027" let|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" go on|strong="H5921" horseback|strong="H5483" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" streets|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" town|strong="H5892", with|strong="H3847" men|strong="H0376" crying|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", So|strong="H6213" let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H5921" honouring. 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Haman|strong="H2001", Go|strong="H5307" quickly|strong="H4116", and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" robes|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" even|strong="H3651" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" seated|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king's doorway: see|strong="H0834" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" everything|strong="H3605" as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3947" Haman|strong="H2001" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" robes|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" dressing Mordecai|strong="H4782" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" robes|strong="H3830", he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" him|strong="H0853" go on|strong="H3847" horseback|strong="H5483" through the|strong="H0853" streets|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" town|strong="H5892", crying|strong="H7121" out|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", So|strong="H6213" let it|strong="H7121" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H4428" honouring. 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king's doorway. But|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H7725" quickly|strong="H1765" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", sad and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H0802" Haman|strong="H2001" gave|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" and|strong="H0802" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H0157" an|strong="H3588" account|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" what|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H5608" place|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H0853" his|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" and|strong="H0802" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", If|strong="H0518" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" starting to|strong="H0559" get the|strong="H3605" better of|strong="H6440" you|strong="H0834", is|strong="H0834" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H0518" anything|strong="H3605" against|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" certainly|strong="H3588" go|strong="H2490" down|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H5750" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696", the|strong="H0853" king's servants came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" feast|strong="H4960" which|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" ready. 
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\chapterNumber{7}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" take|strong="H0935" wine with|strong="H5973" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0935" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" again|strong="H8145" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117", while|strong="H5704" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" drinking|strong="H4960", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" prayer, Queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? for|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? for|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1571" done|strong="H6213", even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436", answering, said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5414" approval, O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H5315" the|strong="H0559" king's pleasure, let|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" me|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" answer|strong="H6030" to|strong="H0559" my|strong="H5414" prayer, and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246": 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5650" given|strong="H5650" up|strong="H4428", I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H0369" destruction|strong="H8045" and|strong="H4428" death and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0369" be|strong="H4428" cut off|strong="H4428". If|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0369" been|strong="H0006" taken as|strong="H3588" men-servants and|strong="H4428" women-servants for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" price, I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H8198" have|strong="H0369" said nothing|strong="H0369", for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3588" trouble|strong="H6862" is|strong="H0369" little in|strong="H4428" comparison with|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" king's loss. 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436", Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H4428" where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088" evil thought|strong="H0559" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820"? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", Our|strong="H2088" hater and|strong="H4428" attacker is|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088" evil|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001". Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0376" full of|strong="H4428" fear before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" wrath|strong="H2534" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" feast|strong="H4960" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" garden|strong="H1594": and|strong="H6965" Haman|strong="H2001" got|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H5921" feet to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H7200" a|strong="H3588" prayer for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" king's purpose was|strong="H4428" evil|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" came|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0853" garden|strong="H1594" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" room|strong="H1004" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" drinking|strong="H4960"; and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0834" stretched out|strong="H3318" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" seat where|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0834". Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" taking the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" by|strong="H5921" force before|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5921" eyes in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004"? And|strong="H4428" while|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" were|strong="H0834" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king's lips|strong="H6310", they|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7725" a|strong="H0834" cloth over|strong="H5921" Haman's face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Harbonah|strong="H2726", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" unsexed servants waiting before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", said|strong="H0559", See|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" pillar fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", which|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" a|strong="H4480" good|strong="H2896" word|strong="H1696" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", is|strong="H0834" still|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" its|strong="H5921" place|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" Haman's house|strong="H1004". Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Put him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" death by|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0834" put|strong="H3559" to|strong="H5921" death by|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" pillar he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king's wrath|strong="H2534" became less. 
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\chapterNumber{8}That|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H0853" hater of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064", to|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436". And|strong="H0935" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", for|strong="H3588" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" made|strong="H5414" clear what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" put|strong="H5414" Mordecai|strong="H4782" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H1696" Esther|strong="H0635" again|strong="H3254" came|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", falling|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H1696" request|strong="H6440" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" weeping|strong="H1058", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" put a|strong="H1696" stop to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" purposes|strong="H4284" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" Agagite|strong="H0091" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" designs|strong="H4284" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H1696" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" put out|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" rod of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H6440" Esther|strong="H0635", and|strong="H6965" she|strong="H0635" got|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's pleasure and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" approval and|strong="H1121" this|strong="H1697" thing|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H3605" right|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" pleasing to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", then|strong="H0853" let letters|strong="H5612" be|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7725" giving|strong="H3787" orders|strong="H0559" against|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", sent|strong="H7725" out|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" destruction|strong="H0006" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" how|strong="H0349" is|strong="H0834" it|strong="H3588" possible for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H7200" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" to|strong="H3201" overtake|strong="H4672" my|strong="H7200" nation|strong="H5971"? how|strong="H0349" may|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" destruction|strong="H7451" of|strong="H4672" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971"? 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064", See|strong="H2009" now|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" come to|strong="H0559" his|strong="H5414" death by|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" made|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" attack on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H0834" now|strong="H3588" send a|strong="H3588" letter|strong="H3791" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064", writing|strong="H3789" whatever|strong="H0834" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H7725" you|strong="H0859", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" stamping it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's ring|strong="H2885": for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" writing|strong="H3789" signed|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's name|strong="H8034" and|strong="H4428" stamped with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king's ring|strong="H2885" may|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" be|strong="H8034" changed. 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4428" at|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" twenty-third|strong="H6242" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Sivan|strong="H5510", the|strong="H3605" king's scribes|strong="H5608" were|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H6680" for|strong="H7121"; and|strong="H3967" everything|strong="H3605" ordered|strong="H6680" by|strong="H0413" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H0834" put|strong="H6680" in|strong="H0413" writing|strong="H3789" and|strong="H3967" sent|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" to|strong="H0413" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", a|strong="H7121" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven divisions, to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" division in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" commonly used|strong="H3605" there|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" and|strong="H3967" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" were|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" and|strong="H1121" stamped with|strong="H3027" his|strong="H7971" ring|strong="H2885", and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H7323" were|strong="H1121" taken by|strong="H3027" men|strong="H1121" on|strong="H7392" horseback|strong="H5483", going on|strong="H7392" the|strong="H7971" quick-running horses|strong="H5483" used for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" king's business, the|strong="H7971" offspring|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7971" best horses|strong="H5483": 
\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H5921" these|strong="H3605" letters the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" authority|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" come together|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" make|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" fight for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" send|strong="H5414" death|strong="H5315" and|strong="H4428" destruction|strong="H8045" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" power of|strong="H4428" any|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" any|strong="H3605" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" attacking them|strong="H5414" or|strong="H0802" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945" or|strong="H0802" their|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H0962" their|strong="H3605" goods from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5921" force, 
\verseNumber{12}On|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", that|strong="H3605" is|strong="H1931", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth month|strong="H2320", the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{13}A|strong="H1961" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791", to|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" made|strong="H5414" public as|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" order in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" kingdom, was|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3605" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" might be|strong="H1961" ready when|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" punishment to|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" haters. 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" men went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" on|strong="H7392" the|strong="H5414" quick-running horses|strong="H7409" used|strong="H5414" on|strong="H7392" the|strong="H5414" king's business|strong="H1697", wasting no|strong="H5414" time|strong="H3318" and|strong="H4428" forced on|strong="H7392" by|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king's order|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" order|strong="H1697" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4428" Shushan, the|strong="H5414" king's town. 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", dressed|strong="H3830" in|strong="H4428" king-like robes|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" blue|strong="H8504" and|strong="H4428" white|strong="H2353", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" crown|strong="H5850" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H4428" clothing|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" purple|strong="H0713" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" best linen|strong="H0948": and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H1419" the|strong="H6440" town|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Shushan gave|strong="H8055" loud|strong="H1419" cries of|strong="H4428" joy|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H8057" the|strong="H1961" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H1961" light and|strong="H8057" joy|strong="H8057" and|strong="H8057" honour. 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" part|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892", wherever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king's letter and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" order|strong="H1697" came|strong="H5060", the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" were|strong="H0834" glad with|strong="H5921" great|strong="H7227" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H0776" had|strong="H0834" a|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H4960" and|strong="H0776" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H0776" a|strong="H3588" great|strong="H7227" number of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" became|strong="H1697" Jews|strong="H3064": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Now|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" twelfth month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" time|strong="H3117" came|strong="H5060" for|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" king's order|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1697" put into|strong="H2015" effect|strong="H3117", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" very day|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" haters of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" hoping to|strong="H3117" have|strong="H0834" rule|strong="H1697" over|strong="H7980" them|strong="H1992"; though|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0834" opposite|strong="H8147" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5060" about|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" rule|strong="H1697" over|strong="H7980" their|strong="H1992" haters; 
\verseNumber{2}On|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3588" day, the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" came|strong="H0376" together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" through|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" divisions of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" purpose of|strong="H4428" attacking all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0376" attempting evil|strong="H7451" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921": and|strong="H3027" everyone|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" give|strong="H5307" way|strong="H6440" before|strong="H6440" them|strong="H5921", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" come|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" chiefs|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" captains|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king's business|strong="H4399" gave|strong="H6213" support|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064"; because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H0376" great|strong="H1419" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" king's house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1980" word of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H3605" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3605" through|strong="H1980" every|strong="H3605" part of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" Mordecai|strong="H4782" became|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" overcame all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" attackers with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719" and|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3605" death and|strong="H2719" destruction|strong="H0012", and|strong="H2719" did|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" haters whatever|strong="H3605" they|strong="H7522" had|strong="H3064" a|strong="H5221" desire|strong="H7522" to|strong="H3605" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3967" in|strong="H0376" Shushan the|strong="H2026" Jews|strong="H3064" put to|strong="H0376" death five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}They put to|strong="H0853" death Parshandatha|strong="H6577", Dalphon|strong="H1813", Aspatha|strong="H0630", 
\verseNumber{8}Poratha|strong="H6334", Adalia|strong="H0118", Aridatha|strong="H0743", 
\verseNumber{9}Parmashta|strong="H6534", Arisai|strong="H0747", Aridai|strong="H0742", and|strong="H0853" Vaizatha|strong="H2055", 
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha, the|strong="H0853" hater of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" any|strong="H2026" of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H7971" goods. 
\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" had|strong="H4428" been put|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" death in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" town of|strong="H4428" Shushan was|strong="H1931" given to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436", The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H0376" put|strong="H5414" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" to|strong="H0559" death in|strong="H4428" Shushan, as|strong="H1121" well as|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001": what|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0853" have|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4428"! Now|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" prayer? for|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5750" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414"; what|strong="H4100" other|strong="H5750" request|strong="H1246" have|strong="H0376" you|strong="H5414"? and|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5750" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0853" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king's pleasure, let|strong="H5414" authority|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" Shushan to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279" as|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213" today|strong="H3117", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H5414" orders|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1571" given|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hanging|strong="H8518" of|strong="H1121" Haman's ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3651" this|strong="H3651" was|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" order|strong="H0559" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H0853" in|strong="H4428" Shushan, and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" hanging|strong="H8518" of|strong="H1121" Haman's ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" was|strong="H4428" effected. 
\verseNumber{15}For|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3117" Shushan came|strong="H0376" together|strong="H1571" again|strong="H7971" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" and|strong="H3967" put|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" death three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3117" Shushan; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" put|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3117" their|strong="H7971" goods. 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" other Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H4082" division of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" kingdom|strong="H4428" came together|strong="H5921", fighting for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H3027" got salvation from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" haters and|strong="H3027" put|strong="H7971" seventy-five|strong="H7657" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H5921" death|strong="H5315"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" put|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" goods. 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" did|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143"; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" same|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3117" took|strong="H0853" their|strong="H3117" rest|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5117" a|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H3117" Shushan came|strong="H5117" together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" thirteenth and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fifteenth day|strong="H3117" they|strong="H0834" took|strong="H0853" their|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5117" a|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{19}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" country|strong="H6521" places|strong="H3651" living|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" unwalled|strong="H6521" towns|strong="H5892" make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" a|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057" and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5921" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117", a|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" sending|strong="H4916" offerings one|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" another|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", near|strong="H7138" and|strong="H4428" far|strong="H7350", 
\verseNumber{21}Ordering them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1961" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" fifteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320", every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{22}As|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H5117" from|strong="H0376" their|strong="H1992" haters, and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" which|strong="H0834" for|strong="H3117" them|strong="H1992" was|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H2015" from|strong="H0376" sorrow|strong="H3015" to|strong="H0376" joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H0376" weeping to|strong="H0376" a|strong="H0834" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117": and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0376" keep|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" as|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" joy|strong="H8057", of|strong="H0376" sending|strong="H4916" offerings to|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453" and|strong="H3117" good|strong="H2896" things|strong="H1992" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" poor|strong="H0034". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" gave|strong="H6213" their|strong="H0834" word to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H2490" on|strong="H0413" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" doing|strong="H6213" and|strong="H0853" as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" given them|strong="H0413" orders in|strong="H0413" writing|strong="H3789"; 
\verseNumber{24}Because|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H3605" hater of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", had|strong="H3588" made|strong="H3605" designs for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" destruction|strong="H0006", attempting to|strong="H5921" get a|strong="H3588" decision by|strong="H5921" Pur|strong="H6332" (that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931", chance) with|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" view|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" putting an|strong="H3588" end to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" cutting them|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{25}But|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" business was|strong="H0834" put|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H0834" gave|strong="H0559" orders|strong="H0559" by|strong="H5921" letters|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" design|strong="H4284" which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H7725" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" was|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" turned|strong="H7725" against|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H6440"; and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" were|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" put|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" death by|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518". 
\verseNumber{26}So|strong="H3651" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0428" named|strong="H8034" Purim|strong="H6332", after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" Pur|strong="H6332". And|strong="H3117" so|strong="H3651", because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" letter|strong="H0107", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" in|strong="H5921" connection|strong="H5921" with|strong="H0413" this|strong="H2063" business|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3117" what|strong="H4100" had|strong="H3117" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{27}The|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H1961" rule and|strong="H6965" gave|strong="H1961" an|strong="H1961" undertaking, causing their|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233" and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1961" joined to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H0428", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" might be|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" force for|strong="H5921" ever, that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3605" keep|strong="H6213" those|strong="H0428" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117", as|strong="H1961" ordered in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H3791", at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" fixed time|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141"; 
\verseNumber{28}And|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0428" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3117" memory|strong="H2143" through|strong="H5674" every|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755" and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940", in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" division of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" kingdom and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" town|strong="H5892", that|strong="H3605" there|strong="H8432" might never|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3808" time|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" would|strong="H3605" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H6213" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", or|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" memory|strong="H2143" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H8432" would|strong="H3605" go|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" minds of|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436", daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abihail|strong="H0032", and|strong="H6965" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", sent a|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H0107" giving the|strong="H3605" force of|strong="H1323" their|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H8633" to|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" order about|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Purim|strong="H6332". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven divisions of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1697" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", with|strong="H0413" true|strong="H0571" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" peace|strong="H7965", 
\verseNumber{31}Giving the|strong="H0853" force of|strong="H3117" law to|strong="H5921" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" at|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" fixed times|strong="H3117", as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" ordered by|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064" and|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436", and|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" keeping with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" rules they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H0834" for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" seed|strong="H2233", in|strong="H5921" connection|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" going without food and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H2201" for|strong="H5921" help|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H1697" order|strong="H1697" given by|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" gave the|strong="H1697" force of|strong="H1697" law to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" rules about|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" Purim|strong="H6332"; and|strong="H6965" it|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1697" recorded|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1697" book|strong="H5612". 
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\chapterNumber{10}And|strong="H0776" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" put|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" tax on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" islands|strong="H0339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" power|strong="H1369" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1431" strength|strong="H1369" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" full|strong="H3117" story of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" high place|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" gave Mordecai|strong="H4782", are|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" recorded|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" history of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539"? 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" was|strong="H4428" second|strong="H4932" only|strong="H7965" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" among|strong="H0251" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H4428" respected|strong="H7230" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" body of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" countrymen|strong="H0251"; working for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" saying|strong="H1696" words of|strong="H4428" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233". 
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