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\BibleBook{The Book of Esther}

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\BibleMainTitle{The Book of Esther }
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\chapterNumber{1}Now it came to pass in the days|strong="H3117" of Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", (this \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" which reigned|strong="H4427", from India|strong="H1912" even unto Ethiopia|strong="H3568", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{over} an hundred|strong="H3967" and seven|strong="H7651" and twenty|strong="H6242" provinces|strong="H4082":) 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{That} in those days|strong="H3117", when the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" sat|strong="H3427" on the throne|strong="H3678" of his kingdom|strong="H4438", which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002", 
\verseNumber{3}In the third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of his reign|strong="H4427", he made|strong="H6213" a feast|strong="H4960" unto all his princes|strong="H8269" and his servants|strong="H5650"; the power|strong="H2428" of Persia|strong="H6539" and Media|strong="H4074", the nobles|strong="H6579" and princes|strong="H8269" of the provinces|strong="H4082", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{being} before|strong="H6440" him: 
\verseNumber{4}When he shewed|strong="H7200" the riches|strong="H6239" of his glorious|strong="H3519" kingdom|strong="H4438" and the honour|strong="H3366" of his excellent|strong="H8597" majesty|strong="H1420" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} an hundred|strong="H3967" and fourscore|strong="H8084" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{5}And when these days|strong="H3117" were expired|strong="H4390", the king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a feast|strong="H4960" unto all the people|strong="H5971" that were present|strong="H4672" in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002", both unto great|strong="H1419" and small|strong="H6996", seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", in the court|strong="H2691" of the garden|strong="H1594" of the king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1055";\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.5  }present: Heb. found} 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Where were} white|strong="H2353", green|strong="H3768", and blue|strong="H8504", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{hangings}, fastened|strong="H0270" with cords|strong="H2256" of fine linen|strong="H0948" and purple|strong="H0713" to silver|strong="H3701" rings|strong="H1550" and pillars|strong="H5982" of marble|strong="H8336": the beds|strong="H4296" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were of} gold|strong="H2091" and silver|strong="H3701", upon a pavement|strong="H7531" of red|strong="H0923", and blue|strong="H8504", and white|strong="H1858", and black|strong="H5508", marble|strong="H8336".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.6  }blue, hangings: or, violet, etc}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.6  of red…: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour} 
\verseNumber{7}And they gave \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them} drink|strong="H8248" in vessels|strong="H3627" of gold|strong="H2091", (the vessels|strong="H3627" being diverse|strong="H8138" one from another|strong="H3627",) and royal|strong="H4438" wine|strong="H3196" in abundance|strong="H7227", according to the state|strong="H3027" of the king|strong="H4428".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.7  }royal…: Heb. wine of the kingdom}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.7  state: Heb. hand} 
\verseNumber{8}And the drinking|strong="H8360" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} according to the law|strong="H1881"; none did compel|strong="H0597": for so the king|strong="H4428" had appointed|strong="H3245" to all the officers|strong="H7227" of his house|strong="H1004", that they should do|strong="H6213" according to every man’s|strong="H0376" pleasure|strong="H7522". 
\verseNumber{9}Also Vashti|strong="H2060" the queen|strong="H4436" made|strong="H6213" a feast|strong="H4960" for the women|strong="H0802" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{in} the royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004" which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{belonged} to king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
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\verseNumber{10}¶ On the seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", when the heart|strong="H3820" of the king|strong="H4428" was merry|strong="H2896" with wine|strong="H3196", he commanded|strong="H0559" Mehuman|strong="H4104", Biztha|strong="H0968", Harbona|strong="H2726", Bigtha|strong="H0903", and Abagtha|strong="H0005", Zethar|strong="H2242", and Carcas|strong="H3752", the seven|strong="H7651" chamberlains|strong="H5631" that served|strong="H8334" in the presence|strong="H6440" of Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" the king|strong="H4428",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.10  }chamberlains: or, eunuchs} 
\verseNumber{11}To bring|strong="H0935" Vashti|strong="H2060" the queen|strong="H4436" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428" with the crown|strong="H3804" royal|strong="H4438", to shew|strong="H7200" the people|strong="H5971" and the princes|strong="H8269" her beauty|strong="H3308": for she \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} fair|strong="H2896" to look on|strong="H4758".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.11  }fair…: Heb. good of countenance} 
\verseNumber{12}But the queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" refused|strong="H3985" to come|strong="H0935" at the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{his} chamberlains|strong="H5631": therefore was the king|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" wroth|strong="H7107", and his anger|strong="H2534" burned|strong="H1197" in him.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.12  }by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs} 
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\verseNumber{13}¶ Then the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to the wise men|strong="H2450", which knew|strong="H3045" the times|strong="H6256", (for so \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} the king’s|strong="H4428" manner|strong="H1697" toward|strong="H6440" all that knew|strong="H3045" law|strong="H1881" and judgment|strong="H1779": 
\verseNumber{14}And the next|strong="H7138" unto him \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} Carshena|strong="H3771", Shethar|strong="H8369", Admatha|strong="H0133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Meres|strong="H4825", Marsena|strong="H4826", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} Memucan|strong="H4462", the seven|strong="H7651" princes|strong="H8269" of Persia|strong="H6539" and Media|strong="H4074", which saw|strong="H7200" the king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} which sat|strong="H3427" the first|strong="H7223" in the kingdom|strong="H4438";) 
\verseNumber{15}What shall we do|strong="H6213" unto the queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" according to law|strong="H1881", because she hath not performed|strong="H6213" the commandment|strong="H3982" of the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" by|strong="H3027" the chamberlains|strong="H5631"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.15  }What…: Heb. What to do} 
\verseNumber{16}And Memucan|strong="H4462" answered|strong="H0559" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428" and the princes|strong="H8269", Vashti|strong="H2060" the queen|strong="H4436" hath not done wrong|strong="H5753" to the king|strong="H4428" only, but also to all the princes|strong="H8269", and to all the people|strong="H5971" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} in all the provinces|strong="H4082" of the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{17}For \BibleCharacterStyleADD{this} deed|strong="H1697" of the queen|strong="H4436" shall come abroad|strong="H3318" unto all women|strong="H0802", so that they shall despise|strong="H0959" their husbands|strong="H1167" in their eyes|strong="H5869", when it shall be reported|strong="H0559", The king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" commanded|strong="H0559" Vashti|strong="H2060" the queen|strong="H4436" to be brought in|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" him, but she came|strong="H0935" not. 
\verseNumber{18}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Likewise} shall the ladies|strong="H8282" of Persia|strong="H6539" and Media|strong="H4074" say|strong="H0559" this day|strong="H3117" unto all the king’s|strong="H4428" princes|strong="H8269", which have heard|strong="H8085" of the deed|strong="H1697" of the queen|strong="H4436". Thus \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall there arise} too much|strong="H1767" contempt|strong="H0963" and wrath|strong="H7110". 
\verseNumber{19}If it please|strong="H2895" the king|strong="H4428", let there go|strong="H3318" a royal|strong="H4438" commandment|strong="H1697" from him|strong="H6440", and let it be written|strong="H3789" among the laws|strong="H1881" of the Persians|strong="H6539" and the Medes|strong="H4074", that it be not altered|strong="H5674", That Vashti|strong="H2060" come|strong="H0935" no more before|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"; and let the king|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" her royal estate|strong="H4438" unto another|strong="H7468" that is better|strong="H2896" than she.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.19  }If it…: Heb. If it be good with the king}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.19  unto…: Heb. unto her companion}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.19  from him: Heb. from before him}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.19  be not…: Heb. pass not away} 
\verseNumber{20}And when the king’s|strong="H4428" decree|strong="H6599" which he shall make|strong="H6213" shall be published|strong="H8085" throughout all his empire|strong="H4438", (for it is great|strong="H7227",) all the wives|strong="H0802" shall give|strong="H5414" to their husbands|strong="H1167" honour|strong="H3366", both to great|strong="H1419" and small|strong="H6996". 
\verseNumber{21}And the saying|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the king|strong="H4428" and the princes|strong="H8269"; and the king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" according to the word|strong="H1697" of Memucan|strong="H4462":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.21  }pleased…: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king} 
\verseNumber{22}For he sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" into all the king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", into every province|strong="H4082" according to the writing|strong="H3791" thereof, and to every people|strong="H5971" after their language|strong="H3956", that every man|strong="H0376" should bear rule|strong="H8323" in his own house|strong="H1004", and that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} should be published|strong="H1696" according to the language|strong="H3956" of every people|strong="H5971".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.22  }that it…: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people} 
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H0310" these things|strong="H1697", when the wrath|strong="H2534" of king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was appeased|strong="H7918", he remembered|strong="H2142" Vashti|strong="H2060", and what she had done|strong="H6213", and what was decreed|strong="H1504" against her. 
\verseNumber{2}Then said|strong="H0559" the king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" that ministered|strong="H8334" unto him, Let there be fair|strong="H2896" young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" sought|strong="H1245" for the king|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{3}And let the king|strong="H4428" appoint|strong="H6485" officers|strong="H6496" in all the provinces|strong="H4082" of his kingdom|strong="H4438", that they may gather together|strong="H6908" all the fair|strong="H2896" young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" unto Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002", to the house|strong="H1004" of the women|strong="H0802", unto the custody|strong="H3027" of Hege|strong="H1896" the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlain|strong="H5631", keeper|strong="H8104" of the women|strong="H0802"; and let their things for purification|strong="H8562" be given|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them:}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.3  }unto the…: Heb. unto the hand}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.3  Hege: also called, Hegai} 
\verseNumber{4}And let the maiden|strong="H5291" which pleaseth|strong="H3190" the king|strong="H4428" be queen|strong="H4427" instead of Vashti|strong="H2060". And the thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the king|strong="H4428"; and he did so|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{5}¶ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Now} in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002" there was a certain|strong="H0376" Jew|strong="H3064", whose name|strong="H8034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} Mordecai|strong="H4782", the son|strong="H1121" of Jair|strong="H2971", the son|strong="H1121" of Shimei|strong="H8096", the son|strong="H1121" of Kish|strong="H7027", a Benjamite|strong="H1145"; 
\verseNumber{6}Who had been carried away|strong="H1540" from Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with the captivity|strong="H1473" which had been carried away|strong="H1540" with Jeconiah|strong="H3204" king|strong="H4428" of Judah|strong="H3063", whom Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" the king|strong="H4428" of Babylon|strong="H0894" had carried away|strong="H1540".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.6  }Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin} 
\verseNumber{7}And he brought up|strong="H0539" Hadassah|strong="H1919", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, Esther|strong="H0635", his uncle’s|strong="H1730" daughter|strong="H1323": for she had neither father|strong="H0001" nor mother|strong="H0517", and the maid|strong="H5291" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} fair|strong="H3303" and beautiful|strong="H2896"; whom Mordecai|strong="H4782", when her father|strong="H0001" and mother|strong="H0517" were dead|strong="H4194", took|strong="H3947" for his own daughter|strong="H1323".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.7  }brought…: Heb. nourished}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.7  fair…: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance} 
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\verseNumber{8}¶ So it came to pass, when the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and his decree|strong="H1881" was heard|strong="H8085", and when many|strong="H7227" maidens|strong="H5291" were gathered together|strong="H6908" unto Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002", to the custody|strong="H3027" of Hegai|strong="H1896", that Esther|strong="H0635" was brought|strong="H3947" also unto the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", to the custody|strong="H3027" of Hegai|strong="H1896", keeper|strong="H8104" of the women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{9}And the maiden|strong="H5291" pleased|strong="H3190" him, and she obtained|strong="H5375" kindness|strong="H2617" of him|strong="H6440"; and he speedily|strong="H0926" gave|strong="H5414" her her things for purification|strong="H8562", with such things as belonged|strong="H4490" to her, and seven|strong="H7651" maidens|strong="H5291", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which were} meet|strong="H7200" to be given|strong="H5414" her, out of the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004": and he preferred|strong="H8138" her and her maids|strong="H5291" unto the best|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{place} of the house|strong="H1004" of the women|strong="H0802".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.9  }such…: Heb. her portions}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.9  preferred: Heb. changed} 
\verseNumber{10}Esther|strong="H0635" had not shewed|strong="H5046" her people|strong="H5971" nor her kindred|strong="H4138": for Mordecai|strong="H4782" had charged|strong="H6680" her that she should not shew|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it}. 
\verseNumber{11}And Mordecai|strong="H4782" walked|strong="H1980" every day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" the court|strong="H2691" of the women’s|strong="H0802" house|strong="H1004", to know|strong="H3045" how Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H7965", and what should become|strong="H6213" of her.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.11  }to know…: Heb. to know the peace} 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ Now when every maid’s|strong="H5291" turn|strong="H8447" was come|strong="H5060" to go in|strong="H0935" to king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", after|strong="H7093" that she had been twelve|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", according to the manner|strong="H1881" of the women|strong="H0802", (for so were the days|strong="H3117" of their purifications|strong="H4795" accomplished|strong="H4390", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{to wit}, six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with oil|strong="H8081" of myrrh|strong="H4753", and six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with sweet odours|strong="H1314", and with \BibleCharacterStyleADD{other} things for the purifying|strong="H8562" of the women|strong="H0802";) 
\verseNumber{13}Then thus came|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{every} maiden|strong="H5291" unto the king|strong="H4428"; whatsoever she desired|strong="H0559" was given|strong="H5414" her to go|strong="H0935" with her out of the house|strong="H1004" of the women|strong="H0802" unto the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}In the evening|strong="H6153" she went|strong="H0935", and on the morrow|strong="H1242" she returned|strong="H7725" into the second|strong="H8145" house|strong="H1004" of the women|strong="H0802", to the custody|strong="H3027" of Shaashgaz|strong="H8190", the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlain|strong="H5631", which kept|strong="H8104" the concubines|strong="H6370": she came in|strong="H0935" unto the king|strong="H4428" no more, except the king|strong="H4428" delighted|strong="H2654" in her, and that she were called|strong="H7121" by name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{15}¶ Now when the turn|strong="H8447" of Esther|strong="H0635", the daughter|strong="H1323" of Abihail|strong="H0032" the uncle|strong="H1730" of Mordecai|strong="H4782", who had taken|strong="H3947" her for his daughter|strong="H1323", was come|strong="H5060" to go in|strong="H0935" unto the king|strong="H4428", she required|strong="H1245" nothing|strong="H1697" but what Hegai|strong="H1896" the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlain|strong="H5631", the keeper|strong="H8104" of the women|strong="H0802", appointed|strong="H0559". And Esther|strong="H0635" obtained|strong="H5375" favour|strong="H2580" in the sight|strong="H5869" of all them that looked|strong="H7200" upon her. 
\verseNumber{16}So Esther|strong="H0635" was taken|strong="H3947" unto king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" into his house|strong="H1004" royal|strong="H4438" in the tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320", which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the month|strong="H2320" Tebeth|strong="H2887", in the seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of his reign|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{17}And the king|strong="H4428" loved|strong="H0157" Esther|strong="H0635" above all the women|strong="H0802", and she obtained|strong="H5375" grace|strong="H2580" and favour|strong="H2617" in his sight|strong="H6440" more than all the virgins|strong="H1330"; so that he set|strong="H7760" the royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" upon her head|strong="H7218", and made her queen|strong="H4427" instead of Vashti|strong="H2060".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.17  }favour: or, kindness}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.17  in his…: Heb. before him} 
\verseNumber{18}Then the king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a great|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" unto all his princes|strong="H8269" and his servants|strong="H5650", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} Esther’s|strong="H0635" feast|strong="H4960"; and he made|strong="H6213" a release|strong="H2010" to the provinces|strong="H4082", and gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4864", according to the state|strong="H3027" of the king|strong="H4428".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.18  }release: Heb. rest} 
\verseNumber{19}And when the virgins|strong="H1330" were gathered together|strong="H6908" the second time|strong="H8145", then Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H3427" in the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{20}Esther|strong="H0635" had not \BibleCharacterStyleADD{yet} shewed|strong="H5046" her kindred|strong="H4138" nor her people|strong="H5971"; as Mordecai|strong="H4782" had charged|strong="H6680" her: for Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H6213" the commandment|strong="H3982" of Mordecai|strong="H4782", like as when she was brought up|strong="H0545" with him. 
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\verseNumber{21}¶ In those days|strong="H3117", while Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H3427" in the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", two|strong="H8147" of the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", Bigthan|strong="H0904" and Teresh|strong="H8657", of those which kept|strong="H8104" the door|strong="H5592", were wroth|strong="H7107", and sought|strong="H1245" to lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.21  }Bigthan: also called, Bigthana}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.21  the door: Heb. the threshold} 
\verseNumber{22}And the thing|strong="H1697" was known|strong="H3045" to Mordecai|strong="H4782", who told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} unto Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436"; and Esther|strong="H0635" certified|strong="H0559" the king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thereof} in Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{23}And when inquisition|strong="H1245" was made of the matter|strong="H1697", it was found out|strong="H4672"; therefore they were both|strong="H8147" hanged|strong="H8518" on a tree|strong="H6086": and it was written|strong="H3789" in the book|strong="H5612" of the chronicles|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428". 
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\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" these things|strong="H1697" did king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" promote|strong="H1431" Haman|strong="H2001" the son|strong="H1121" of Hammedatha|strong="H4099" the Agagite|strong="H0091", and advanced|strong="H5375" him, and set|strong="H7760" his seat|strong="H3678" above all the princes|strong="H8269" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} with him. 
\verseNumber{2}And all the king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} in the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", bowed|strong="H3766", and reverenced|strong="H7812" Haman|strong="H2001": for the king|strong="H4428" had so commanded|strong="H6680" concerning him. But Mordecai|strong="H4782" bowed|strong="H3766" not, nor did \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him} reverence|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{3}Then the king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650", which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} in the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", said|strong="H0559" unto Mordecai|strong="H4782", Why transgressest|strong="H5674" thou the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H4687"? 
\verseNumber{4}Now it came to pass, when they spake|strong="H0559" daily|strong="H3117" unto him, and he hearkened|strong="H8085" not unto them, that they told|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001", to see|strong="H7200" whether Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" matters|strong="H1697" would stand|strong="H5975": for he had told|strong="H5046" them that he \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} a Jew|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{5}And when Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that Mordecai|strong="H4782" bowed|strong="H3766" not, nor did him reverence|strong="H7812", then was Haman|strong="H2001" full|strong="H4390" of wrath|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}And he thought|strong="H5869" scorn|strong="H0959" to lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on Mordecai|strong="H4782" alone; for they had shewed|strong="H5046" him the people|strong="H5971" of Mordecai|strong="H4782": wherefore Haman|strong="H2001" sought|strong="H1245" to destroy|strong="H8045" all the Jews|strong="H3064" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} throughout the whole kingdom|strong="H4438" of Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} the people|strong="H5971" of Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ In the first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, the month|strong="H2320" Nisan|strong="H5212", in the twelfth|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" of king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", they cast|strong="H5307" Pur|strong="H6332", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, the lot|strong="H1486", before|strong="H6440" Haman|strong="H2001" from day|strong="H3117" to day|strong="H3117", and from month|strong="H2320" to month|strong="H2320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{to} the twelfth|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{month}, that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
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\verseNumber{8}¶ And Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" unto king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", There is|strong="H3426" a certain|strong="H0259" people|strong="H5971" scattered abroad|strong="H6340" and dispersed|strong="H6504" among the people|strong="H5971" in all the provinces|strong="H4082" of thy kingdom|strong="H4438"; and their laws|strong="H1881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} diverse|strong="H8138" from all people|strong="H5971"; neither keep|strong="H6213" they the king’s|strong="H4428" laws|strong="H1881": therefore it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} not for the king’s|strong="H4428" profit|strong="H7737" to suffer|strong="H3240" them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.8  }for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc} 
\verseNumber{9}If it please|strong="H2895" the king|strong="H4428", let it be written|strong="H3789" that they may be destroyed|strong="H0006": and I will pay|strong="H8254" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" talents|strong="H3603" of silver|strong="H3701" to the hands|strong="H3027" of those that have the charge|strong="H6213" of the business|strong="H4399", to bring|strong="H0935" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} into the king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H1595".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.9  }that they…: Heb. to destroy them}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.9  pay: Heb. weigh} 
\verseNumber{10}And the king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" his ring|strong="H2885" from his hand|strong="H3027", and gave|strong="H5414" it unto Haman|strong="H2001" the son|strong="H1121" of Hammedatha|strong="H4099" the Agagite|strong="H0091", the Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.10  }enemy: or, oppressor} 
\verseNumber{11}And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto Haman|strong="H2001", The silver|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} given|strong="H5414" to thee, the people|strong="H5971" also, to do|strong="H6213" with them as it seemeth|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to thee. 
\verseNumber{12}Then were the king’s|strong="H4428" scribes|strong="H5608" called|strong="H7121" on the thirteenth|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" of the first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", and there was written|strong="H3789" according to all that Haman|strong="H2001" had commanded|strong="H6680" unto the king’s|strong="H4428" lieutenants|strong="H0323", and to the governors|strong="H6346" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} over every province|strong="H4082", and to the rulers|strong="H8269" of every people|strong="H5971" of every province|strong="H4082" according to the writing|strong="H3791" thereof, and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{to} every people|strong="H5971" after their language|strong="H3956"; in the name|strong="H8034" of king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was it written|strong="H3789", and sealed|strong="H2856" with the king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.12  }scribes: or, secretaries} 
\verseNumber{13}And the letters|strong="H5612" were sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" posts|strong="H7323" into all the king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", to destroy|strong="H8045", to kill|strong="H2026", and to cause to perish|strong="H0006", all Jews|strong="H3064", both young|strong="H5288" and old|strong="H2205", little children|strong="H2945" and women|strong="H0802", in one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} upon the thirteenth|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{day} of the twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320", which is the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{to take} the spoil|strong="H7998" of them for a prey|strong="H0962". 
\verseNumber{14}The copy|strong="H6572" of the writing|strong="H3791" for a commandment|strong="H1881" to be given|strong="H5414" in every province|strong="H4082" was published|strong="H1540" unto all people|strong="H5971", that they should be ready|strong="H6264" against that day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}The posts|strong="H7323" went out|strong="H3318", being hastened|strong="H1765" by the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697", and the decree|strong="H1881" was given|strong="H5414" in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002". And the king|strong="H4428" and Haman|strong="H2001" sat down|strong="H3427" to drink|strong="H8354"; but the city|strong="H5892" Shushan|strong="H7800" was perplexed|strong="H0943". 
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\chapterNumber{4}When Mordecai|strong="H4782" perceived|strong="H3045" all that was done|strong="H6213", Mordecai|strong="H4782" rent|strong="H7167" his clothes|strong="H0899", and put on|strong="H3847" sackcloth|strong="H8242" with ashes|strong="H0665", and went out|strong="H3318" into the midst|strong="H8432" of the city|strong="H5892", and cried|strong="H2199" with a loud|strong="H1419" and a bitter|strong="H4751" cry|strong="H2201"; 
\verseNumber{2}And came|strong="H0935" even before|strong="H6440" the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179": for none \BibleCharacterStyleADD{might} enter|strong="H0935" into the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179" clothed|strong="H3830" with sackcloth|strong="H8242". 
\verseNumber{3}And in every province|strong="H4082", whithersoever|strong="H4725" the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and his decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there was} great|strong="H1419" mourning|strong="H0060" among the Jews|strong="H3064", and fasting|strong="H6685", and weeping|strong="H1065", and wailing|strong="H4553"; and many|strong="H7227" lay|strong="H3331" in sackcloth|strong="H8242" and ashes|strong="H0665".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.3  }many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many} 
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\verseNumber{4}¶ So Esther’s|strong="H0635" maids|strong="H5291" and her chamberlains|strong="H5631" came|strong="H0935" and told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} her. Then was the queen|strong="H4436" exceedingly|strong="H3966" grieved|strong="H2342"; and she sent|strong="H7971" raiment|strong="H0899" to clothe|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and to take away|strong="H5493" his sackcloth|strong="H8242" from him: but he received|strong="H6901" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} not.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.4  }chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs} 
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\verseNumber{5}Then called|strong="H7121" Esther|strong="H0635" for Hatach|strong="H2047", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{one} of the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", whom he had appointed|strong="H5975" to attend|strong="H6440" upon her, and gave him a commandment|strong="H6680" to Mordecai|strong="H4782", to know|strong="H3045" what it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was}, and why it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.5  }appointed…: Heb. set before her} 
\verseNumber{6}So Hatach|strong="H2047" went forth|strong="H3318" to Mordecai|strong="H4782" unto the street|strong="H7339" of the city|strong="H5892", which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} before|strong="H6440" the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{7}And Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" him of all that had happened|strong="H7136" unto him, and of the sum|strong="H6575" of the money|strong="H3701" that Haman|strong="H2001" had promised|strong="H0559" to pay|strong="H8254" to the king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H1595" for the Jews|strong="H3064", to destroy|strong="H0006" them. 
\verseNumber{8}Also he gave|strong="H5414" him the copy|strong="H6572" of the writing|strong="H3791" of the decree|strong="H1881" that was given|strong="H5414" at Shushan|strong="H7800" to destroy|strong="H8045" them, to shew|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} unto Esther|strong="H0635", and to declare|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} unto her, and to charge|strong="H6680" her that she should go in|strong="H0935" unto the king|strong="H4428", to make supplication|strong="H2603" unto him, and to make request|strong="H1245" before|strong="H6440" him for her people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}And Hatach|strong="H2047" came|strong="H0935" and told|strong="H5046" Esther|strong="H0635" the words|strong="H1697" of Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
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\verseNumber{10}¶ Again Esther|strong="H0635" spake|strong="H0559" unto Hatach|strong="H2047", and gave him commandment|strong="H6680" unto Mordecai|strong="H4782"; 
\verseNumber{11}All the king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650", and the people|strong="H5971" of the king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", do know|strong="H3045", that whosoever, whether man|strong="H0376" or woman|strong="H0802", shall come|strong="H0935" unto the king|strong="H4428" into the inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691", who is not called|strong="H7121", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} one|strong="H0259" law|strong="H1881" of his to put \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him} to death|strong="H4191", except|strong="H0905" such to whom the king|strong="H4428" shall hold out|strong="H3447" the golden|strong="H2091" sceptre|strong="H8275", that he may live|strong="H2421": but I have not been called|strong="H7121" to come in|strong="H0935" unto the king|strong="H4428" these thirty|strong="H7970" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{12}And they told|strong="H5046" to Mordecai|strong="H4782" Esther’s|strong="H0635" words|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}Then Mordecai|strong="H4782" commanded|strong="H0559" to answer|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635", Think|strong="H1819" not with thyself|strong="H5315" that thou shalt escape|strong="H4422" in the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", more than all the Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{14}For if thou altogether|strong="H2790" holdest thy peace|strong="H2790" at this time|strong="H6256", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{then} shall there enlargement|strong="H7305" and deliverance|strong="H2020" arise|strong="H5975" to the Jews|strong="H3064" from another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725"; but thou and thy father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" shall be destroyed|strong="H0006": and who knoweth|strong="H3045" whether thou art come|strong="H5060" to the kingdom|strong="H4438" for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{such} a time|strong="H6256" as this?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.14  }enlargement: Heb. respiration} 
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\verseNumber{15}¶ Then Esther|strong="H0635" bade|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them} return|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{this answer}, 
\verseNumber{16}Go|strong="H3212", gather together|strong="H3664" all the Jews|strong="H3064" that are present|strong="H4672" in Shushan|strong="H7800", and fast|strong="H6684" ye for me, and neither eat|strong="H0398" nor drink|strong="H8354" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", night|strong="H3915" or day|strong="H3117": I also and my maidens|strong="H5291" will fast|strong="H6684" likewise; and so|strong="H3651" will I go|strong="H0935" in unto the king|strong="H4428", which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} not according to the law|strong="H1881": and if I perish|strong="H0006", I perish|strong="H0006".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.16  }present: Heb. found} 
\verseNumber{17}So Mordecai|strong="H4782" went his way|strong="H5674", and did|strong="H6213" according to all that Esther|strong="H0635" had commanded|strong="H6680" him.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.17  }went…: Heb. passed} 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now it came to pass on the third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", that Esther|strong="H0635" put on|strong="H3847" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{her} royal|strong="H4438" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{apparel}, and stood|strong="H5975" in the inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" of the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", over against|strong="H5227" the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004": and the king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" upon his royal|strong="H4438" throne|strong="H3678" in the royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004", over against|strong="H5227" the gate|strong="H6607" of the house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}And it was so, when the king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436" standing|strong="H5975" in the court|strong="H2691", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} she obtained|strong="H5375" favour|strong="H2580" in his sight|strong="H5869": and the king|strong="H4428" held out|strong="H3447" to Esther|strong="H0635" the golden|strong="H2091" sceptre|strong="H8275" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} in his hand|strong="H3027". So Esther|strong="H0635" drew near|strong="H7126", and touched|strong="H5060" the top|strong="H7218" of the sceptre|strong="H8275". 
\verseNumber{3}Then said|strong="H0559" the king|strong="H4428" unto her, What wilt thou, queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? and what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy request|strong="H1246"? it shall be even given|strong="H5414" thee to the half|strong="H2677" of the kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{4}And Esther|strong="H0635" answered|strong="H0559", If \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it seem} good|strong="H2895" unto the king|strong="H4428", let the king|strong="H4428" and Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" this day|strong="H3117" unto the banquet|strong="H4960" that I have prepared|strong="H6213" for him. 
\verseNumber{5}Then the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Cause Haman|strong="H2001" to make haste|strong="H4116", that he may do|strong="H6213" as Esther|strong="H0635" hath said|strong="H1697". So the king|strong="H4428" and Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to the banquet|strong="H4960" that Esther|strong="H0635" had prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{6}¶ And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto Esther|strong="H0635" at the banquet|strong="H4960" of wine|strong="H3196", What \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy petition|strong="H7596"? and it shall be granted|strong="H5414" thee: and what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy request|strong="H1246"? even to the half|strong="H2677" of the kingdom|strong="H4438" it shall be performed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}Then answered|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635", and said|strong="H0559", My petition|strong="H7596" and my request|strong="H1246" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is;} 
\verseNumber{8}If I have found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in the sight|strong="H5869" of the king|strong="H4428", and if it please|strong="H2895" the king|strong="H4428" to grant|strong="H5414" my petition|strong="H7596", and to perform|strong="H6213" my request|strong="H1246", let the king|strong="H4428" and Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" to the banquet|strong="H4960" that I shall prepare|strong="H6213" for them, and I will do|strong="H6213" to morrow|strong="H4279" as the king|strong="H4428" hath said|strong="H1697".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.8  }perform: Heb. do} 
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\verseNumber{9}¶ Then went|strong="H3318" Haman|strong="H2001" forth|strong="H3318" that day|strong="H3117" joyful|strong="H8056" and with a glad|strong="H2896" heart|strong="H3820": but when Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" in the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", that he stood not up|strong="H6965", nor moved|strong="H2111" for him, he|strong="H2001" was full|strong="H4390" of indignation|strong="H2534" against Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}Nevertheless Haman|strong="H2001" refrained|strong="H0662" himself: and when he came|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004", he sent|strong="H7971" and called|strong="H0935" for his friends|strong="H0157", and Zeresh|strong="H2238" his wife|strong="H0802".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.10  }called…: Heb. caused to come} 
\verseNumber{11}And Haman|strong="H2001" told|strong="H5608" them of the glory|strong="H3519" of his riches|strong="H6239", and the multitude|strong="H7230" of his children|strong="H1121", and all \BibleCharacterStyleADD{the things} wherein the king|strong="H4428" had promoted|strong="H1431" him, and how he had advanced|strong="H5375" him above the princes|strong="H8269" and servants|strong="H5650" of the king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" moreover, Yea, Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436" did let no man come in|strong="H0935" with the king|strong="H4428" unto the banquet|strong="H4960" that she had prepared|strong="H6213" but myself; and to morrow|strong="H4279" am I invited|strong="H7121" unto her also with the king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}Yet all this availeth|strong="H7737" me nothing, so long as|strong="H6256" I see|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the Jew|strong="H3064" sitting|strong="H3427" at the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
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\verseNumber{14}¶ Then said|strong="H0559" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his wife|strong="H0802" and all his friends|strong="H0157" unto him, Let a gallows|strong="H6086" be made|strong="H6213" of fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", and to morrow|strong="H1242" speak|strong="H0559" thou unto the king|strong="H4428" that Mordecai|strong="H4782" may be hanged|strong="H8518" thereon: then go|strong="H0935" thou in merrily|strong="H8056" with the king|strong="H4428" unto the banquet|strong="H4960". And the thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Haman|strong="H2001"; and he caused|strong="H6213" the gallows|strong="H6086" to be made|strong="H6213".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.14  }gallows: Heb. tree} 
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\chapterNumber{6}On that night|strong="H3915" could not|strong="H5074" the king|strong="H4428" sleep|strong="H8142", and he commanded|strong="H0559" to bring|strong="H0935" the book|strong="H5612" of records|strong="H2146" of the chronicles|strong="H1697"; and they were read|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.1  }could…: Heb. the king’s sleep fled away} 
\verseNumber{2}And it was found|strong="H4672" written|strong="H3789", that Mordecai|strong="H4782" had told|strong="H5046" of Bigthana|strong="H0904" and Teresh|strong="H8657", two|strong="H8147" of the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", the keepers|strong="H8104" of the door|strong="H5592", who sought|strong="H1245" to lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.2  }Bigthana: also called, Bigthan}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.2  door: Heb. threshold} 
\verseNumber{3}And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", What honour|strong="H3366" and dignity|strong="H1420" hath been done|strong="H6213" to Mordecai|strong="H4782" for this? Then said|strong="H0559" the king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" that ministered|strong="H8334" unto him, There is nothing|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" for him. 
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\verseNumber{4}¶ And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Who \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in the court|strong="H2691"? Now Haman|strong="H2001" was come|strong="H0935" into the outward|strong="H2435" court|strong="H2691" of the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", to speak|strong="H0559" unto the king|strong="H4428" to hang|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on the gallows|strong="H6086" that he had prepared|strong="H3559" for him. 
\verseNumber{5}And the king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" unto him, Behold, Haman|strong="H2001" standeth|strong="H5975" in the court|strong="H2691". And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Let him come in|strong="H0935". 
\verseNumber{6}So Haman|strong="H2001" came in|strong="H0935". And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto him, What shall be done|strong="H6213" unto the man|strong="H0376" whom the king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to honour|strong="H3366"? Now Haman|strong="H2001" thought|strong="H0559" in his heart|strong="H3820", To whom would the king|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" to do|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3366" more|strong="H3148" than to myself?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.6  }whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth} 
\verseNumber{7}And Haman|strong="H2001" answered|strong="H0559" the king|strong="H4428", For the man|strong="H0376" whom the king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to honour|strong="H3366",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.7  }whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth} 
\verseNumber{8}Let the royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3830" be brought|strong="H0935" which the king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{useth} to wear|strong="H3847", and the horse|strong="H5483" that the king|strong="H4428" rideth|strong="H7392" upon, and the crown|strong="H3804" royal|strong="H4438" which is set|strong="H5414" upon his head|strong="H7218":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.8  }Let…: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.8  which the king…: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself} 
\verseNumber{9}And let this apparel|strong="H3830" and horse|strong="H5483" be delivered|strong="H5414" to the hand|strong="H3027" of one|strong="H0376" of the king’s|strong="H4428" most noble|strong="H6579" princes|strong="H8269", that they may array|strong="H3847" the man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{withal} whom the king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to honour|strong="H3366", and bring|strong="H7392" him on horseback|strong="H5483" through the street|strong="H7339" of the city|strong="H5892", and proclaim|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him, Thus shall it be done|strong="H6213" to the man|strong="H0376" whom the king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to honour|strong="H3366".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.9  }bring…: Heb. cause him to ride} 
\verseNumber{10}Then the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to Haman|strong="H2001", Make haste|strong="H4116", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} take|strong="H3947" the apparel|strong="H3830" and the horse|strong="H5483", as thou hast said|strong="H1696", and do|strong="H6213" even so to Mordecai|strong="H4782" the Jew|strong="H3064", that sitteth|strong="H3427" at the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179": let nothing|strong="H1697" fail|strong="H5307" of all that thou hast spoken|strong="H1696".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.10  }let…: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall} 
\verseNumber{11}Then took|strong="H3947" Haman|strong="H2001" the apparel|strong="H3830" and the horse|strong="H5483", and arrayed|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and brought him on horseback|strong="H7392" through the street|strong="H7339" of the city|strong="H5892", and proclaimed|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him, Thus shall it be done|strong="H6213" unto the man|strong="H0376" whom the king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to honour|strong="H3366". 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ And Mordecai|strong="H4782" came again|strong="H7725" to the king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". But Haman|strong="H2001" hasted|strong="H1765" to his house|strong="H1004" mourning|strong="H0057", and having his head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645". 
\verseNumber{13}And Haman|strong="H2001" told|strong="H5608" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his wife|strong="H0802" and all his friends|strong="H0157" every \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thing} that had befallen|strong="H7136" him. Then said|strong="H0559" his wise men|strong="H2450" and Zeresh|strong="H2238" his wife|strong="H0802" unto him, If Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{be} of the seed|strong="H2233" of the Jews|strong="H3064", before|strong="H6440" whom thou hast begun|strong="H2490" to fall|strong="H5307", thou shalt not prevail|strong="H3201" against him, but shalt surely|strong="H5307" fall|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" him. 
\verseNumber{14}And while they \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} yet talking|strong="H1696" with him, came|strong="H5060" the king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", and hasted|strong="H0926" to bring|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" unto the banquet|strong="H4960" that Esther|strong="H0635" had prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{7}So the king|strong="H4428" and Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to banquet|strong="H8354" with Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.1  }to banquet: Heb. to drink} 
\verseNumber{2}And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" again unto Esther|strong="H0635" on the second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" at the banquet|strong="H4960" of wine|strong="H3196", What \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy petition|strong="H7596", queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? and it shall be granted|strong="H5414" thee: and what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy request|strong="H1246"? and it shall be performed|strong="H6213", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} to the half|strong="H2677" of the kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{3}Then Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436" answered|strong="H6030" and said|strong="H0559", If I have found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in thy sight|strong="H5869", O king|strong="H4428", and if it please|strong="H2895" the king|strong="H4428", let my life|strong="H5315" be given|strong="H5414" me at my petition|strong="H7596", and my people|strong="H5971" at my request|strong="H1246": 
\verseNumber{4}For we are sold|strong="H4376", I and my people|strong="H5971", to be destroyed|strong="H8045", to be slain|strong="H2026", and to perish|strong="H0006". But if|strong="H0432" we had been sold|strong="H4376" for bondmen|strong="H5650" and bondwomen|strong="H8198", I had held my tongue|strong="H2790", although the enemy|strong="H6862" could not countervail|strong="H7737" the king’s|strong="H4428" damage|strong="H5143".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.4  }to be destroyed…: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish} 
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\verseNumber{5}¶ Then the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" answered|strong="H0559" and said|strong="H0559" unto Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436", Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume|strong="H4390" in his heart|strong="H3820" to do|strong="H6213" so?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.5  }that…: Heb. whose heart hath filled him} 
\verseNumber{6}And Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", The adversary|strong="H0376" and enemy|strong="H0341" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} this wicked|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001". Then Haman|strong="H2001" was afraid|strong="H1204" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428" and the queen|strong="H4436".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.6  }The adversary: Heb. The man adversary}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.6  before: or, at the presence of} 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ And the king|strong="H4428" arising|strong="H6965" from the banquet|strong="H4960" of wine|strong="H3196" in his wrath|strong="H2534" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{went} into the palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594": and Haman|strong="H2001" stood up|strong="H5975" to make request|strong="H1245" for his life|strong="H5315" to Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436"; for he saw|strong="H7200" that there was evil|strong="H7451" determined|strong="H3615" against him by the king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}Then the king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" out of the palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594" into the place|strong="H1004" of the banquet|strong="H4960" of wine|strong="H3196"; and Haman|strong="H2001" was fallen|strong="H5307" upon the bed|strong="H4296" whereon Esther|strong="H0635" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was}. Then said|strong="H0559" the king|strong="H4428", Will he force|strong="H3533" the queen|strong="H4436" also before me in the house|strong="H1004"? As the word|strong="H1697" went out|strong="H3318" of the king’s|strong="H4428" mouth|strong="H6310", they covered|strong="H2645" Haman’s|strong="H2001" face|strong="H6440".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.8  }before me: Heb. with me} 
\verseNumber{9}And Harbonah|strong="H2726", one|strong="H0259" of the chamberlains|strong="H5631", said|strong="H0559" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428", Behold also, the gallows|strong="H6086" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", which Haman|strong="H2001" had made|strong="H6213" for Mordecai|strong="H4782", who had spoken|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" for the king|strong="H4428", standeth|strong="H5975" in the house|strong="H1004" of Haman|strong="H2001". Then the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Hang|strong="H8518" him thereon.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.9  }gallows: Heb. tree} 
\verseNumber{10}So they hanged|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001" on the gallows|strong="H6086" that he had prepared|strong="H3559" for Mordecai|strong="H4782". Then was the king’s|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H2534" pacified|strong="H7918". 
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\chapterNumber{8}On that day|strong="H3117" did the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" give|strong="H5414" the house|strong="H1004" of Haman|strong="H2001" the Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887" unto Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436". And Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428"; for Esther|strong="H0635" had told|strong="H5046" what he \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} unto her. 
\verseNumber{2}And the king|strong="H4428" took off|strong="H5493" his ring|strong="H2885", which he had taken|strong="H5674" from Haman|strong="H2001", and gave|strong="H5414" it unto Mordecai|strong="H4782". And Esther|strong="H0635" set|strong="H7760" Mordecai|strong="H4782" over the house|strong="H1004" of Haman|strong="H2001". 
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\verseNumber{3}¶ And Esther|strong="H0635" spake|strong="H1696" yet again|strong="H3254" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428", and fell down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H6440" his feet|strong="H7272", and besought|strong="H2603" him with tears|strong="H1058" to put away|strong="H5674" the mischief|strong="H7451" of Haman|strong="H2001" the Agagite|strong="H0091", and his device|strong="H4284" that he had devised|strong="H2803" against the Jews|strong="H3064".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.3  }and besought…: Heb. and she wept, and besought him} 
\verseNumber{4}Then the king|strong="H4428" held out|strong="H3447" the golden|strong="H2091" sceptre|strong="H8275" toward Esther|strong="H0635". So Esther|strong="H0635" arose|strong="H6965", and stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{5}And said|strong="H0559", If it please|strong="H2896" the king|strong="H4428", and if I have found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in his sight|strong="H6440", and the thing|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{seem} right|strong="H3787" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428", and I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{be} pleasing|strong="H2896" in his eyes|strong="H5869", let it be written|strong="H3789" to reverse|strong="H7725" the letters|strong="H5612" devised|strong="H4284" by Haman|strong="H2001" the son|strong="H1121" of Hammedatha|strong="H4099" the Agagite|strong="H0091", which he wrote|strong="H3789" to destroy|strong="H0006" the Jews|strong="H3064" which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} in all the king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.5  }devised: Heb. the device}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.5  which he…: or, who wrote} 
\verseNumber{6}For how|strong="H0349" can I endure|strong="H3201" to see|strong="H7200" the evil|strong="H7451" that shall come|strong="H4672" unto my people|strong="H5971"? or how|strong="H0349" can I endure|strong="H3201" to see|strong="H7200" the destruction|strong="H0013" of my kindred|strong="H4138"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.6  }endure…: Heb. be able that I may see} 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ Then the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" unto Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436" and to Mordecai|strong="H4782" the Jew|strong="H3064", Behold, I have given|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the house|strong="H1004" of Haman|strong="H2001", and him they have hanged|strong="H8518" upon the gallows|strong="H6086", because he laid|strong="H7971" his hand|strong="H3027" upon the Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}Write|strong="H3789" ye also for the Jews|strong="H3064", as it liketh|strong="H2896" you|strong="H5869", in the king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034", and seal|strong="H2856" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} with the king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885": for the writing|strong="H3791" which is written|strong="H3789" in the king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034", and sealed|strong="H2856" with the king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885", may no man reverse|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{9}Then were the king’s|strong="H4428" scribes|strong="H5608" called|strong="H7121" at that time|strong="H6256" in the third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, the month|strong="H2320" Sivan|strong="H5510", on the three|strong="H7969" and twentieth|strong="H6242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{day} thereof; and it was written|strong="H3789" according to all that Mordecai|strong="H4782" commanded|strong="H6680" unto the Jews|strong="H3064", and to the lieutenants|strong="H0323", and the deputies|strong="H6346" and rulers|strong="H8269" of the provinces|strong="H4082" which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} from India|strong="H1912" unto Ethiopia|strong="H3568", an hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" and seven|strong="H7651" provinces|strong="H4082", unto every province|strong="H4082" according to the writing|strong="H3791" thereof, and unto every people|strong="H5971" after their language|strong="H3956", and to the Jews|strong="H3064" according to their writing|strong="H3791", and according to their language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{10}And he wrote|strong="H3789" in the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus’|strong="H0325" name|strong="H8034", and sealed|strong="H2856" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} with the king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885", and sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" by|strong="H3027" posts|strong="H7323" on horseback|strong="H5483", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} riders|strong="H7392" on mules|strong="H7409", camels|strong="H0327", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} young|strong="H1121" dromedaries|strong="H7424": 
\verseNumber{11}Wherein the king|strong="H4428" granted|strong="H5414" the Jews|strong="H3064" which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} in every city|strong="H5892" to gather themselves together|strong="H6950", and to stand|strong="H5975" for their life|strong="H5315", to destroy|strong="H8045", to slay|strong="H2026", and to cause to perish|strong="H0006", all the power|strong="H2428" of the people|strong="H5971" and province|strong="H4082" that would assault|strong="H6696" them, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{both} little ones|strong="H2945" and women|strong="H0802", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{to take} the spoil|strong="H7998" of them for a prey|strong="H0962", 
\verseNumber{12}Upon one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" in all the provinces|strong="H4082" of king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{namely}, upon the thirteenth|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{day} of the twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320", which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{13}The copy|strong="H6572" of the writing|strong="H3791" for a commandment|strong="H1881" to be given|strong="H5414" in every province|strong="H4082" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} published|strong="H1540" unto all people|strong="H5971", and that the Jews|strong="H3064" should be ready|strong="H6264" against that day|strong="H3117" to avenge|strong="H5358" themselves on their enemies|strong="H0341".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.13  }published: Heb. revealed} 
\verseNumber{14}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{So} the posts|strong="H7323" that rode|strong="H7392" upon mules|strong="H7409" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} camels|strong="H0327" went out|strong="H3318", being hastened|strong="H0926" and pressed on|strong="H1765" by the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697". And the decree|strong="H1881" was given|strong="H5414" at Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002". 
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\verseNumber{15}¶ And Mordecai|strong="H4782" went out|strong="H3318" from the presence|strong="H6440" of the king|strong="H4428" in royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3830" of blue|strong="H8504" and white|strong="H2353", and with a great|strong="H1419" crown|strong="H5850" of gold|strong="H2091", and with a garment|strong="H8509" of fine linen|strong="H0948" and purple|strong="H0713": and the city|strong="H5892" of Shushan|strong="H7800" rejoiced|strong="H6670" and was glad|strong="H8056".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.15  }blue: or, violet} 
\verseNumber{16}The Jews|strong="H3064" had light|strong="H0219", and gladness|strong="H8057", and joy|strong="H8342", and honour|strong="H3366". 
\verseNumber{17}And in every province|strong="H4082", and in every city|strong="H5892", whithersoever|strong="H4725" the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and his decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", the Jews|strong="H3064" had joy|strong="H8057" and gladness|strong="H8342", a feast|strong="H4960" and a good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117". And many|strong="H7227" of the people|strong="H5971" of the land|strong="H0776" became Jews|strong="H3054"; for the fear|strong="H6343" of the Jews|strong="H3064" fell|strong="H5307" upon them. 
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\chapterNumber{9}Now in the twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", on the thirteenth|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" of the same, when the king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and his decree|strong="H1881" drew near|strong="H5060" to be put in execution|strong="H6213", in the day|strong="H3117" that the enemies|strong="H0341" of the Jews|strong="H3064" hoped|strong="H7663" to have power|strong="H7980" over them, (though it was turned|strong="H2015" to the contrary, that the Jews|strong="H3064" had rule|strong="H7980" over them that hated|strong="H8130" them;) 
\verseNumber{2}The Jews|strong="H3064" gathered themselves together|strong="H6950" in their cities|strong="H5892" throughout all the provinces|strong="H4082" of the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", to lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on such as sought|strong="H1245" their hurt|strong="H7451": and no man|strong="H0376" could withstand|strong="H5975" them|strong="H6440"; for the fear|strong="H6343" of them fell|strong="H5307" upon all people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}And all the rulers|strong="H8269" of the provinces|strong="H4082", and the lieutenants|strong="H0323", and the deputies|strong="H6346", and officers|strong="H6213" of the king|strong="H4428", helped|strong="H5375" the Jews|strong="H3064"; because the fear|strong="H6343" of Mordecai|strong="H4782" fell|strong="H5307" upon them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.3  }officers…: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king} 
\verseNumber{4}For Mordecai|strong="H4782" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} great|strong="H1419" in the king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and his fame|strong="H8089" went out|strong="H1980" throughout all the provinces|strong="H4082": for this man|strong="H0376" Mordecai|strong="H4782" waxed|strong="H1980" greater and greater|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{5}Thus the Jews|strong="H3064" smote|strong="H5221" all their enemies|strong="H0341" with the stroke|strong="H4347" of the sword|strong="H2719", and slaughter|strong="H2027", and destruction|strong="H0012", and did|strong="H6213" what they would|strong="H7522" unto those that hated|strong="H8130" them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.5  }what…: Heb. according to their will} 
\verseNumber{6}And in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002" the Jews|strong="H3064" slew|strong="H2026" and destroyed|strong="H0006" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}And Parshandatha|strong="H6577", and Dalphon|strong="H1813", and Aspatha|strong="H0630", 
\verseNumber{8}And Poratha|strong="H6334", and Adalia|strong="H0118", and Aridatha|strong="H0743", 
\verseNumber{9}And Parmashta|strong="H6534", and Arisai|strong="H0747", and Aridai|strong="H0742", and Vajezatha|strong="H2055", 
\verseNumber{10}The ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of Haman|strong="H2001" the son|strong="H1121" of Hammedatha|strong="H4099", the enemy|strong="H6887" of the Jews|strong="H3064", slew|strong="H2026" they; but on the spoil|strong="H0961" laid|strong="H7971" they not their hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{11}On that day|strong="H3117" the number|strong="H4557" of those that were slain|strong="H2026" in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002" was brought|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.11  }was…: Heb. came} 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ And the king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436", The Jews|strong="H3064" have slain|strong="H2026" and destroyed|strong="H0006" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" in Shushan|strong="H7800" the palace|strong="H1002", and the ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of Haman|strong="H2001"; what have they done|strong="H6213" in the rest|strong="H7605" of the king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082"? now what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy petition|strong="H7596"? and it shall be granted|strong="H5414" thee: or what \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thy request|strong="H1246" further|strong="H5750"? and it shall be done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}Then said|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635", If it please|strong="H2896" the king|strong="H4428", let it be granted|strong="H5414" to the Jews|strong="H3064" which \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} in Shushan|strong="H7800" to do|strong="H6213" to morrow|strong="H4279" also according unto this day’s|strong="H3117" decree|strong="H1881", and let Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" be hanged|strong="H8518" upon the gallows|strong="H6086".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.13  }let Haman’s…: Heb. let men hang, etc} 
\verseNumber{14}And the king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H0559" it so to be done|strong="H6213": and the decree|strong="H1881" was given|strong="H5414" at Shushan|strong="H7800"; and they hanged|strong="H8518" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}For the Jews|strong="H3064" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} in Shushan|strong="H7800" gathered themselves together|strong="H6950" on the fourteenth|strong="H0702" day|strong="H3117" also of the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and slew|strong="H2026" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" at Shushan|strong="H7800"; but on the prey|strong="H0961" they laid|strong="H7971" not their hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{16}But the other|strong="H7605" Jews|strong="H3064" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} in the king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082" gathered themselves together|strong="H6950", and stood|strong="H5975" for their lives|strong="H5315", and had rest|strong="H5118" from their enemies|strong="H0341", and slew|strong="H2026" of their foes|strong="H8130" seventy|strong="H7657" and five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505", but they laid|strong="H7971" not their hands|strong="H3027" on the prey|strong="H0961", 
\verseNumber{17}On the thirteenth|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" of the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143"; and on the fourteenth|strong="H0702" day of the same rested|strong="H5118" they, and made|strong="H6213" it a day|strong="H3117" of feasting|strong="H4960" and gladness|strong="H8057".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.17  }of the same: Heb. in it} 
\verseNumber{18}But the Jews|strong="H3064" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} at Shushan|strong="H7800" assembled together|strong="H6950" on the thirteenth|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{day} thereof, and on the fourteenth|strong="H0702" thereof; and on the fifteenth|strong="H2568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{day} of the same they rested|strong="H5118", and made|strong="H6213" it a day|strong="H3117" of feasting|strong="H4960" and gladness|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore the Jews|strong="H3064" of the villages|strong="H6521", that dwelt|strong="H3427" in the unwalled|strong="H6519" towns|strong="H5892", made|strong="H6213" the fourteenth|strong="H0702" day|strong="H3117" of the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{a day of} gladness|strong="H8057" and feasting|strong="H4960", and a good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117", and of sending|strong="H4916" portions|strong="H4490" one|strong="H0376" to another|strong="H7453". 
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\verseNumber{20}¶ And Mordecai|strong="H4782" wrote|strong="H3789" these things|strong="H1697", and sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" unto all the Jews|strong="H3064" that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} in all the provinces|strong="H4082" of the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{both} nigh|strong="H7138" and far|strong="H7350", 
\verseNumber{21}To stablish|strong="H6965" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{this} among them, that they should keep|strong="H6213" the fourteenth|strong="H0702" day|strong="H3117" of the month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and the fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H3117" of the same, yearly|strong="H8141", 
\verseNumber{22}As the days|strong="H3117" wherein the Jews|strong="H3064" rested|strong="H5117" from their enemies|strong="H0341", and the month|strong="H2320" which was turned|strong="H2015" unto them from sorrow|strong="H3015" to joy|strong="H8057", and from mourning|strong="H0060" into a good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117": that they should make|strong="H6213" them days|strong="H3117" of feasting|strong="H4960" and joy|strong="H8057", and of sending|strong="H4916" portions|strong="H4490" one|strong="H0376" to another|strong="H7453", and gifts|strong="H4979" to the poor|strong="H0034". 
\verseNumber{23}And the Jews|strong="H3064" undertook|strong="H6901" to do|strong="H6213" as they had begun|strong="H2490", and as Mordecai|strong="H4782" had written|strong="H3789" unto them; 
\verseNumber{24}Because Haman|strong="H2001" the son|strong="H1121" of Hammedatha|strong="H4099", the Agagite|strong="H0091", the enemy|strong="H6887" of all the Jews|strong="H3064", had devised|strong="H2803" against the Jews|strong="H3064" to destroy|strong="H0006" them, and had cast|strong="H5307" Pur|strong="H6332", that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is}, the lot|strong="H1486", to consume|strong="H2000" them, and to destroy|strong="H0006" them;\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.24  }consume: Heb. crush} 
\verseNumber{25}But when \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Esther} came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the king|strong="H4428", he commanded|strong="H0559" by letters|strong="H5612" that his wicked|strong="H7451" device|strong="H4284", which he devised|strong="H2803" against the Jews|strong="H3064", should return|strong="H7725" upon his own head|strong="H7218", and that he and his sons|strong="H1121" should be hanged|strong="H8518" on the gallows|strong="H6086".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.25  }when…: Heb. when she came} 
\verseNumber{26}Wherefore they called|strong="H7121" these days|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" after the name|strong="H8034" of Pur|strong="H6332". Therefore for all the words|strong="H1697" of this letter|strong="H0107", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{of that} which they had seen|strong="H7200" concerning this matter|strong="H3602", and which had come|strong="H5060" unto them,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.26  }Pur: that is, Lot} 
\verseNumber{27}The Jews|strong="H3064" ordained|strong="H6965", and took|strong="H6901" upon them, and upon their seed|strong="H2233", and upon all such as joined|strong="H3867" themselves unto them, so as it should not fail|strong="H5674", that they would keep|strong="H6213" these two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" according to their writing|strong="H3791", and according to their \BibleCharacterStyleADD{appointed} time|strong="H2165" every year|strong="H8141";\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.27  }fail: Heb. pass} 
\verseNumber{28}And \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} these days|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{should be} remembered|strong="H2142" and kept|strong="H6213" throughout|strong="H1755" every generation|strong="H1755", every family|strong="H4940", every province|strong="H4082", and every city|strong="H5892"; and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} these days|strong="H3117" of Purim|strong="H6332" should not fail|strong="H5674" from among|strong="H8432" the Jews|strong="H3064", nor the memorial|strong="H2143" of them perish|strong="H5486" from their seed|strong="H2233".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.28  }fail: Heb. pass}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.28  perish: Heb. be ended} 
\verseNumber{29}Then Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436", the daughter|strong="H1323" of Abihail|strong="H0032", and Mordecai|strong="H4782" the Jew|strong="H3064", wrote|strong="H3789" with all authority|strong="H8633", to confirm|strong="H6965" this second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H0107" of Purim|strong="H6332".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.29  }authority: Heb. strength} 
\verseNumber{30}And he sent|strong="H7971" the letters|strong="H5612" unto all the Jews|strong="H3064", to the hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" and seven|strong="H7651" provinces|strong="H4082" of the kingdom|strong="H4438" of Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{with} words|strong="H1697" of peace|strong="H7965" and truth|strong="H0571", 
\verseNumber{31}To confirm|strong="H6965" these days|strong="H3117" of Purim|strong="H6332" in their times|strong="H2165" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{appointed}, according as Mordecai|strong="H4782" the Jew|strong="H3064" and Esther|strong="H0635" the queen|strong="H4436" had enjoined|strong="H6965" them, and as they had decreed|strong="H6965" for themselves|strong="H5315" and for their seed|strong="H2233", the matters|strong="H1697" of the fastings|strong="H6685" and their cry|strong="H2201".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.31  }themselves: Heb. their souls} 
\verseNumber{32}And the decree|strong="H3982" of Esther|strong="H0635" confirmed|strong="H6965" these matters|strong="H1697" of Purim|strong="H6332"; and it was written|strong="H3789" in the book|strong="H5612". 
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\chapterNumber{10}And the king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" laid|strong="H7760" a tribute|strong="H4522" upon the land|strong="H0776", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{upon} the isles|strong="H0339" of the sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{2}And all the acts|strong="H4639" of his power|strong="H8633" and of his might|strong="H1369", and the declaration|strong="H6575" of the greatness|strong="H1420" of Mordecai|strong="H4782", whereunto the king|strong="H4428" advanced|strong="H1431" him, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} they not written|strong="H3789" in the book|strong="H5612" of the chronicles|strong="H1697" of the kings|strong="H4428" of Media|strong="H4074" and Persia|strong="H6539"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.2  }advanced…: Heb. made him great} 
\verseNumber{3}For Mordecai|strong="H4782" the Jew|strong="H3064" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} next|strong="H4932" unto king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and great|strong="H1419" among the Jews|strong="H3064", and accepted|strong="H7521" of the multitude|strong="H7230" of his brethren|strong="H0251", seeking|strong="H1875" the wealth|strong="H2896" of his people|strong="H5971", and speaking|strong="H1696" peace|strong="H7965" to all his seed|strong="H2233". 
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