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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" to|strong="H5704" pass|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", (this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" which|strong="H1931" reigned|strong="H4427", from|strong="H3117" India|strong="H1912" even|strong="H5704" unto|strong="H3117" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", over|strong="H4427" an|strong="H1961" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" seven|strong="H7651" and|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" provinces|strong="H4082":) 
\verseNumber{2}that|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" sat|strong="H7675" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4438", which|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1002", 
\verseNumber{3}in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3605" reign|strong="H4427", he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" unto|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650"; the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H8141" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H5650" Media|strong="H4074", the|strong="H3605" nobles|strong="H6579" and|strong="H5650" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", being|strong="H4427" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440": 
\verseNumber{4}when|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" shewed|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" riches|strong="H6239" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" glorious|strong="H8597" kingdom|strong="H4438" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H7200" honour|strong="H3519" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" excellent|strong="H8597" majesty|strong="H1420" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117", even|strong="H1571" an|strong="H7200" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" fourscore|strong="H8084" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3117" these|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" fulfilled|strong="H4390", he|strong="H3117" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" unto|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H6213" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1002", both|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4428" small|strong="H6996", seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117", in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" garden|strong="H1594" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1002"; 
\verseNumber{6}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w There|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w hangings|strong="H7050"\+w* \+w of|strong="H5982"\+w* }white|strong="H2353" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cloth|strong="H0899"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5982"\+w* }green|strong="H3768", and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H5982"\+w* }blue|strong="H8504", fastened|strong="H8628" with|strong="H5921" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5982" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" and|strong="H3701" purple|strong="H8504" to|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" rings|strong="H1550" and|strong="H3701" pillars|strong="H5982" of|strong="H5982" marble|strong="H8336": the|strong="H5921" couches|strong="H4296" were|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5982" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701", upon|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" pavement|strong="H7531" of|strong="H5982" red|strong="H5488", and|strong="H3701" white|strong="H2353", and|strong="H3701" yellow|strong="H6669", and|strong="H3701" black|strong="H5508" marble|strong="H8336". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" them|strong="H3027" drink|strong="H8248" in|strong="H4428" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", (the|strong="H3027" vessels|strong="H3627" being|strong="H3627" diverse|strong="H8138" one|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" another|strong="H3627",) and|strong="H4428" royal|strong="H4438" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="H4428" abundance|strong="H7227", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" bounty|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" drinking|strong="H8360" was|strong="H4428" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881"; none|strong="H3605" could|strong="H3201" compel|strong="H5647": for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H3245" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officers|strong="H7227" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" man’s|strong="H0376" pleasure|strong="H7522". 
\verseNumber{9}Also|strong="H1571" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H6213" queen|strong="H4436" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3820" merry|strong="H2896" with|strong="H6440" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H6680" 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|strong="H3752", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" chamberlains|strong="H5631" that|strong="H3117" ministered|strong="H8334" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{11}to|strong="H6440" bring|strong="H0935" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H4436" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" with|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" crown|strong="H3804" royal|strong="H4438", to|strong="H6440" shew|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" peoples|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" princes|strong="H8269" her|strong="H7200" beauty|strong="H3308": for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" fair|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6440" look|strong="H7200" on|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H3985" come|strong="H2534" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H1697" chamberlains|strong="H5631": therefore|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" very|strong="H3966" wroth|strong="H7107", and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3027" anger|strong="H2534" burned|strong="H1197" in|strong="H4428" him|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450", which|strong="H1697" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" times|strong="H6256", (for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" manner|strong="H1697" toward|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" knew|strong="H3045" law|strong="H1881" and|strong="H4428" judgment|strong="H1779"; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" next|strong="H7138" unto|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440" was|strong="H4428" Carshena|strong="H3771", Shethar|strong="H8369", Admatha|strong="H0133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Meres|strong="H4825", Marsena|strong="H4826", and|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074", which|strong="H8269" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" face|strong="H6440", and|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" first|strong="H7223" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6440" kingdom|strong="H4438":) 
\verseNumber{15}What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4428" we|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" law|strong="H1881", because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H5921" hath|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" bidding|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" chamberlains|strong="H5631"? 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462" answered|strong="H6030" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" hath|strong="H4428" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3605" wrong|strong="H5753" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" only|strong="H3588", but|strong="H3588" also|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" that|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1697" deed|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" shall|strong="H4428" come|strong="H3318" abroad|strong="H6440" unto|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", to|strong="H3318" make|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" contemptible|strong="H0959" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" reported|strong="H3318", The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" commanded|strong="H6680" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H3318" in|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" came|strong="H3318" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="H4428" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" shall|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" princesses|strong="H8282" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" which|strong="H1697" have|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" deed|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" say|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1697"\+w* }unto|strong="H8085" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" princes|strong="H8269", So|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w shall|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w there|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w arise|strong="H6965"\+w* }much|strong="H1697" contempt|strong="H0937" and|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H7110". 
\verseNumber{19}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" there|strong="H4480" go|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" a|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" commandment|strong="H1697" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" among|strong="H4480" the|strong="H6440" laws|strong="H1881" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Persians|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Medes|strong="H4074", that|strong="H1697" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" altered|strong="H5674", that|strong="H1697" Vashti|strong="H2060" come|strong="H3318" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H4480" before|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"; and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" estate|strong="H4438" unto|strong="H5414" another|strong="H7468" that|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" decree|strong="H6599" which|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" shall|strong="H4428" make|strong="H6213" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5414" published|strong="H8085" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", (for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H1931" great|strong="H1419",) all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" shall|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" honour|strong="H3366", both|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4428" small|strong="H6996". 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" saying|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" princes|strong="H8269"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462": 
\verseNumber{22}for|strong="H7971" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" into|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", into|strong="H1961" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" thereof|strong="H0753", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1696" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H1961" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", that|strong="H5971" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H3605" should|strong="H4428" bear|strong="H5375" rule|strong="H8323" in|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H7971" should|strong="H4428" publish|strong="H8085" it|strong="H1961" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H5921" these|strong="H6213" things|strong="H1697", when|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" wrath|strong="H2534" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H1697" pacified|strong="H7918", he|strong="H6213" remembered|strong="H2142" Vashti|strong="H2060", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" she|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H1697" was|strong="H1697" decreed|strong="H1504" against|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H1245" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" that|strong="H4428" ministered|strong="H8334" unto|strong="H4428" him|strong="H1245", Let|strong="H7971" there|strong="H8033" be|strong="H4428" fair|strong="H2896" young|strong="H5288" virgins|strong="H1330" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1245" king|strong="H4428": 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" appoint|strong="H6485" officers|strong="H5631" in|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", that|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" unto|strong="H5414" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1004", they|strong="H3605" may|strong="H4428" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" fair|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H1330", unto|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlain|strong="H5631", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H1330"; and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3027" purification|strong="H8562" be|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414": 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H3651" the|strong="H6213" maiden|strong="H5291" which|strong="H1697" pleaseth|strong="H3190" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" queen|strong="H4427" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3651" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0259" Jew|strong="H3064" in|strong="H1121" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H1961" palace|strong="H1002", whose|strong="H1121" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Mordecai|strong="H4782", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jair|strong="H2971", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", the|strong="H1961" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Kish|strong="H7027", a|strong="H1961" Benjamite|strong="H1145"; 
\verseNumber{6}who|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" from|strong="H1540" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H5973" captives|strong="H1473" which|strong="H3063" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H1961" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" with|strong="H5973" Jeconiah|strong="H3204" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", whom|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" he|strong="H3389" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H4428" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H2896" he|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" up|strong="H3947" Hadassah|strong="H1919", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931", Esther|strong="H0635", his|strong="H3947" uncle’s|strong="H1730" daughter|strong="H1323": for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" neither|strong="H3808" father|strong="H0001" nor|strong="H8389" mother|strong="H0517", and|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3588" maiden|strong="H5291" was|strong="H1961" fair|strong="H3303" and|strong="H2896" beautiful|strong="H3303"; and|strong="H2896" when|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H2896" mother|strong="H0517" were|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4194", Mordecai|strong="H4782" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323". 
\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947" it|strong="H1961" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H8104" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085", and|strong="H4428" when|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" maidens|strong="H5291" were|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" unto|strong="H8085" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H8085" palace|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", that|strong="H8085" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="H3027" the|strong="H8085" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H8085" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8085" women|strong="H5291". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" maiden|strong="H5291" pleased|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H6440" obtained|strong="H5375" kindness|strong="H2617" of|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1004" speedily|strong="H4120" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" things|strong="H2896" for|strong="H6440" purification|strong="H8562", with|strong="H1004" her|strong="H5414" portions|strong="H4490", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" maidens|strong="H5291", which|strong="H1004" were|strong="H5869" meet|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1004" removed|strong="H5375" her|strong="H5414" and|strong="H4428" her|strong="H5414" maidens|strong="H5291" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" best|strong="H2896" place|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" women|strong="H5291". 
\verseNumber{10}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" shewed|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" nor|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5046" kindred|strong="H4138": for|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H3588" charged|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" shew|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1980" Mordecai|strong="H4782" walked|strong="H1980" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women’s|strong="H0802" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1980" know|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H4100" should|strong="H4100" become|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{12}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H8447" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3117" maiden|strong="H5291" was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" to|strong="H1961" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", after|strong="H7093" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" done|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" her|strong="H4390" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" law|strong="H1881" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H5291", twelve|strong="H8147" months|strong="H2320", (for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H4390" purifications|strong="H4795" accomplished|strong="H4390", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w wit|strong="H3045"\+w*}, six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" oil|strong="H8081" of|strong="H4428" myrrh|strong="H4753", and|strong="H4428" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" sweet|strong="H1314" odours|strong="H1314", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H4390" the|strong="H3588" things|strong="H8147" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" purifying|strong="H8562" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H5291",) 
\verseNumber{13}then|strong="H2088" in|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" wise|strong="H2450" came|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" maiden|strong="H5291" unto|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", whatsoever|strong="H3605" she|strong="H5704" desired|strong="H2530" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H4428" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3605" out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H5291" unto|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H4428", and|strong="H7725" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3588" morrow|strong="H1242" she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3588" women|strong="H0802", to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Shaashgaz|strong="H8190", the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlain|strong="H5631", which|strong="H1931" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" concubines|strong="H6370": she|strong="H1931" came|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1004" unto|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750", except|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" delighted|strong="H2654" in|strong="H1004" her|strong="H7121", and|strong="H7725" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3027" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3027" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" turn|strong="H8447" of|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Abihail|strong="H0032" the|strong="H3605" uncle|strong="H1730" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", was|strong="H1961" come|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" go|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" unto|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", she|strong="H3588" required|strong="H1245" nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H1697" Hegai|strong="H1896" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlain|strong="H5631", the|strong="H3605" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H1323", appointed|strong="H4150". And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" obtained|strong="H5375" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" them|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" looked|strong="H7200" upon|strong="H7200" her|strong="H3605". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3947" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1931" taken|strong="H3947" unto|strong="H3947" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" into|strong="H3947" his|strong="H3947" house|strong="H1004" royal|strong="H4438" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3947" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3947" month|strong="H2320" Tebeth|strong="H2887", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3947" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" reign|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" loved|strong="H0157" Esther|strong="H0635" above|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H1330", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H6440" obtained|strong="H5375" grace|strong="H2580" and|strong="H4428" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440" more|strong="H3254" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" virgins|strong="H1330"; so|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H3605" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" upon|strong="H6440" her|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4427" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" great|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" unto|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", even|strong="H6213" Esther’s|strong="H0635" feast|strong="H4960"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" release|strong="H2010" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4864", according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" bounty|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" virgins|strong="H1330" were|strong="H3427" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" the|strong="H6908" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", then|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{20}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H1961" not|strong="H6213" yet|strong="H5921" shewed|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" kindred|strong="H4138" nor|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971"; as|strong="H1961" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H1961" charged|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046": for|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" commandment|strong="H6680" of|strong="H5971" Mordecai|strong="H4782", like|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H6213" up|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", while|strong="H3117" Mordecai|strong="H4782" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8104" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8104" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", Bigthan|strong="H0904" and|strong="H7971" Teresh|strong="H8657", of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1992" which|strong="H1992" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H8104" door|strong="H5592", were|strong="H3117" wroth|strong="H7107", and|strong="H7971" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H8104" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{22}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3045" thing|strong="H1697" was|strong="H8034" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H4428" shewed|strong="H5046" it|strong="H3045" unto|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H3045" queen|strong="H4436"; and|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3045" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w thereof|strong="H8034"\+w* }in|strong="H4428" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H4428" when|strong="H3117" inquisition|strong="H1245" was|strong="H1697" made|strong="H1245" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" matter|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1697" found|strong="H4672" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1697" so|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" both|strong="H8147" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" tree|strong="H6086": and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" chronicles|strong="H1697" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H5921" these|strong="H7760" things|strong="H1697" did|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" promote|strong="H1431" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099" the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", and|strong="H1121" advanced|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3678" above|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812", and|strong="H4428" did|strong="H3651" reverence|strong="H7812" to|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" so|strong="H3651" commanded|strong="H6680" concerning|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680". But|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" bowed|strong="H7812" not|strong="H3808" down|strong="H7812", nor|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3651" him|strong="H6680" reverence|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650", that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H5650" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5674" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H5674" Mordecai|strong="H4782", Why|strong="H4069" transgressest|strong="H5674" thou|strong="H0607" the|strong="H5674" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H4687"? 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" spake|strong="H1696" daily|strong="H3117" unto|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5046", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" hearkened|strong="H8085" not|strong="H3808" unto|strong="H8085" them|strong="H1992", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001", to|strong="H1961" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" matters|strong="H1697" would|strong="H1697" stand|strong="H5975": for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H7200" when|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" bowed|strong="H7812" not|strong="H3588" down|strong="H7812", nor|strong="H3588" did|strong="H7200" him|strong="H7200" reverence|strong="H7812", then|strong="H3588" was|strong="H2001" Haman|strong="H2001" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" wrath|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" thought|strong="H5869" scorn|strong="H2781" to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782" alone|strong="H0905"; for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" shewed|strong="H5046" him|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782": wherefore|strong="H4100" Haman|strong="H2001" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" destroy|strong="H8045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5971" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H3027" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", even|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{7}In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Nisan|strong="H5212", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H6440" twelfth|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", they|strong="H3117" cast|strong="H5307" Pur|strong="H6332", that|strong="H3117" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H6440" lot|strong="H1486", before|strong="H6440" Haman|strong="H2001" from|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H6440" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" to|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H6440"\+w* }the|strong="H6440" twelfth|strong="H8147" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w month|strong="H2320"\+w*}, which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", There|strong="H3426" is|strong="H3426" a|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" people|strong="H5971" scattered|strong="H6340" abroad|strong="H6504" and|strong="H4428" dispersed|strong="H6504" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" in|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" thy|strong="H6213" kingdom|strong="H4438"; and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H1881" are|strong="H5971" diverse|strong="H8138" from|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* }every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; neither|strong="H3808" keep|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" laws|strong="H1881": therefore|strong="H5971" it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H3426" not|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" profit|strong="H7737" to|strong="H6213" suffer|strong="H3240" them|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H7971" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H4428" they|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3027" destroyed|strong="H4229": and|strong="H3701" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H8254" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" talents|strong="H3603" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w king’s|strong="H4428"\+w* }business|strong="H4399", to|strong="H6213" bring|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H1595". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" 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" unto|strong="H5414" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099" the|strong="H5921" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H5921" Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H5414" Haman|strong="H2001", The|strong="H5414" silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H2896" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" thee|strong="H5414", the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H6213", to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5414" seemeth|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" thee|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4428" were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" scribes|strong="H5608" called|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" thereof|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" there|strong="H3117" was|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Haman|strong="H2001" commanded|strong="H6680" unto|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" satraps|strong="H0324", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" that|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" over|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971"; to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" thereof|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956"; in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H8034" it|strong="H7121" written|strong="H3789", and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H8034" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" were|strong="H3117" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" posts|strong="H7323" into|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", to|strong="H5704" destroy|strong="H8045", to|strong="H5704" slay|strong="H2026", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" cause|strong="H2600" to|strong="H5704" perish|strong="H0006", all|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", both|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H7971" old|strong="H2205", little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H7971" women|strong="H2205", in|strong="H4428" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117", even|strong="H5704" upon|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* }of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H5704" take|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" spoil|strong="H7998" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H7971" for|strong="H5704" a|strong="H7971" prey|strong="H7998". 
\verseNumber{14}A|strong="H1961" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791", that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", was|strong="H1961" published|strong="H1540" unto|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", that|strong="H5971" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6264" against|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5414" posts|strong="H7323" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3427" haste|strong="H4116" by|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H1697" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3427" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1002": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H3318" drink|strong="H8354"; but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Shushan|strong="H7800" was|strong="H1697" perplexed|strong="H0943". 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H3847" when|strong="H3318" Mordecai|strong="H4782" knew|strong="H3045" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3045" was|strong="H5892" done|strong="H6213", Mordecai|strong="H4782" rent|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H3847", and|strong="H1419" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" sackcloth|strong="H8242" with|strong="H3847" ashes|strong="H0665", and|strong="H1419" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" midst|strong="H8432" of|strong="H5892" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1419" cried|strong="H2199" with|strong="H3847" a|strong="H6213" loud|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" a|strong="H6213" bitter|strong="H4751" cry|strong="H2199": 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3588" came|strong="H4428" even|strong="H5704" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179": for|strong="H3588" none|strong="H0369" might|strong="H1369" enter|strong="H0935" within|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179" clothed|strong="H3830" with|strong="H6440" sackcloth|strong="H8242". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", whithersoever|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", there|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1697" great|strong="H1419" mourning|strong="H4553" among|strong="H7227" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H4428" fasting|strong="H6685", and|strong="H4428" weeping|strong="H1065", and|strong="H4428" wailing|strong="H4553"; and|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" lay|strong="H3331" in|strong="H4428" sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H4428" ashes|strong="H0665". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H7971" Esther’s|strong="H0635" maidens|strong="H5291" and|strong="H7971" her|strong="H7971" chamberlains|strong="H5631" came|strong="H3847" and|strong="H7971" told|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" her|strong="H7971"; and|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436" was|strong="H5291" exceedingly|strong="H3966" grieved|strong="H2342": and|strong="H7971" she|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H7971" raiment|strong="H0899" to|strong="H7971" clothe|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" take|strong="H5493" his|strong="H7971" sackcloth|strong="H8242" from|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" him|strong="H5921": but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" received|strong="H6901" it|strong="H5921" not|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" called|strong="H7121" Esther|strong="H0635" for|strong="H5921" Hathach|strong="H2047", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", whom|strong="H6440" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" appointed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" attend|strong="H6440" upon|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" charged|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H5921" go|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", to|strong="H5921" know|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" was|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" why|strong="H4100" it|strong="H7121" was|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3318" Hathach|strong="H2047" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" Mordecai|strong="H4782" unto|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" broad|strong="H7341" place|strong="H4725" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", which|strong="H5892" was|strong="H5892" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3701" Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" happened|strong="H7136" unto|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3605" exact|strong="H6575" sum|strong="H6575" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3605" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H4428" promised|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" pay|strong="H8254" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H1595" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{8}Also|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" writing|strong="H3791" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" decree|strong="H1881" that|strong="H5971" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" Shushan|strong="H7800" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H5414", to|strong="H5921" shew|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5414" unto|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" declare|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5414" unto|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414"; and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" that|strong="H5971" she|strong="H5921" should|strong="H4428" go|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" unto|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H5414" supplication|strong="H2603" unto|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1245" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{9}And|strong="H1697" Hathach|strong="H2047" came|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H1697" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6680" Esther|strong="H0635" spake|strong="H1696" unto|strong="H6680" Hathach|strong="H2047", and|strong="H4782" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H6680" a|strong="H6680" message|strong="H1697" unto|strong="H6680" Mordecai|strong="H4782", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w saying|strong="H0559"\+w*}: 
\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", do|strong="H3605" know|strong="H3045", that|strong="H3045" whosoever|strong="H3605", whether|strong="H3045" man|strong="H4191" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H2088", shall|strong="H5971" come|strong="H2421" unto|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" into|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691", who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H3808" called|strong="H7121", there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" one|strong="H2088" law|strong="H1881" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121", that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H4191" death|strong="H4191", except|strong="H3808" such|strong="H2088" to|strong="H4191" whom|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" shall|strong="H5971" hold|strong="H2388" out|strong="H3447" the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre|strong="H8275", that|strong="H3045" he|strong="H3117" may|strong="H5971" live|strong="H2421": but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H5971" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4191" come|strong="H2421" in|strong="H4428" unto|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" these|strong="H2088" thirty|strong="H7970" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H1697" they|strong="H1697" told|strong="H5046" to|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" Esther’s|strong="H0635" words|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782" bade|strong="H0559" them|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" unto|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635", Think|strong="H1819" not|strong="H7725" with|strong="H1004" thyself|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" thou|strong="H7725" shalt escape|strong="H4422" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", more|strong="H7725" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" thou|strong="H3045" altogether|strong="H2790" holdest|strong="H8610" thy|strong="H3045" peace|strong="H2790" at|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2063" time|strong="H6256", then|strong="H5975" shall|strong="H1004" relief|strong="H7305" and|strong="H1004" deliverance|strong="H2020" arise|strong="H5975" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" Jews|strong="H3064" from|strong="H3064" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725", but|strong="H3588" thou|strong="H3045" and|strong="H1004" thy|strong="H3045" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" shall|strong="H1004" perish|strong="H0006": and|strong="H1004" who|strong="H4310" knoweth|strong="H3045" whether|strong="H3045" thou|strong="H3045" art|strong="H4639" not|strong="H3045" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" kingdom|strong="H4438" for|strong="H3588" such|strong="H2063" a|strong="H3588" time|strong="H6256" as|strong="H3588" this|strong="H2063"? 
\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H7725" Esther|strong="H0635" bade|strong="H0559" them|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" unto|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782", 
\verseNumber{16}Go|strong="H3212", gather|strong="H3664" together|strong="H3664" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H3605" are|strong="H3117" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Shushan|strong="H7800", and|strong="H4428" fast|strong="H6684" ye|strong="H3117" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" neither|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" nor|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", night|strong="H3915" or|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117": I|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3605" maidens|strong="H5291" will|strong="H4428" fast|strong="H6684" in|strong="H5921" like|strong="H3651" manner|strong="H3651"; and|strong="H4428" so|strong="H3651" will|strong="H4428" I|strong="H3117" go|strong="H3212" in|strong="H5921" unto|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", which|strong="H3064" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881": and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3117" perish|strong="H0006", I|strong="H3117" perish|strong="H0006". 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H5674" his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H5674", and|strong="H6213" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4782" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" pass|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", that|strong="H3117" Esther|strong="H0635" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3847", and|strong="H4428" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" throne|strong="H3678" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004", over|strong="H5921" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" it|strong="H7126" was|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H7200" queen|strong="H4436" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" court|strong="H2691", that|strong="H7200" she|strong="H1931" obtained|strong="H5375" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" sight|strong="H5869": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" king|strong="H4428" held|strong="H4428" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H7200" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre|strong="H8275" that|strong="H7200" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027". So|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" drew|strong="H7126" near|strong="H7126", and|strong="H4428" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H7200" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7200" sceptre|strong="H8275". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" unto|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414", What|strong="H4100" wilt|strong="H3426" thou|strong="H5414", queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5414" given|strong="H5414" thee|strong="H5414" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5921" seem|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2895" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" this|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697", Cause|strong="H1697" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" haste|strong="H4116", that|strong="H1697" it|strong="H6213" may|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" as|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" hath|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697". So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H1697" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596"? and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5704" granted|strong="H5414" thee|strong="H5414": and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H5414" performed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6030" answered|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635", and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030", My|strong="H6030" petition|strong="H7596" and|strong="H6030" my|strong="H6030" request|strong="H1246" is|strong="H0369"; 
\verseNumber{8}if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" grant|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H6213" perform|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246", let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H4279" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H1697" I|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" prepare|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279" as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" hath|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6965" went|strong="H3318" Haman|strong="H2001" forth|strong="H3318" that|strong="H7200" day|strong="H3117" joyful|strong="H8056" and|strong="H6965" glad|strong="H8056" of|strong="H4428" heart|strong="H3820": but|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", that|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H6965" not|strong="H3808" up|strong="H6965" nor|strong="H3808" moved|strong="H2111" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H3820" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" wrath|strong="H2534" against|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}Nevertheless|strong="H0389" Haman|strong="H2001" refrained|strong="H0662" himself|strong="H5315", and|strong="H7971" went|strong="H1004" home|strong="H1004"; and|strong="H7971" he|strong="H1004" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H7971" fetched|strong="H3947" his|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H7453" and|strong="H7971" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{11}And|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" recounted|strong="H5608" unto|strong="H5650" them|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" riches|strong="H6239", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" wherein|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" promoted|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H1431" he|strong="H3605" had|strong="H4428" advanced|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H7121" moreover|strong="H1571", Yea|strong="H3588", Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H3588" queen|strong="H4436" did|strong="H6213" let|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376" come|strong="H4279" in|strong="H6213" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213" but|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H1571"; and|strong="H4428" tomorrow|strong="H4279" also|strong="H1571" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588" invited|strong="H7121" by|strong="H7121" her|strong="H7121" together|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}Yet|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" availeth|strong="H7737" me|strong="H7200" nothing|strong="H3605", so|strong="H2088" long|strong="H3605" as|strong="H3427" I|strong="H7200" see|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H6213" said|strong="H1697" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" unto|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440", Let|strong="H8056" a|strong="H6213" gallows|strong="H6086" be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" speak|strong="H1697" thou|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3605" Mordecai|strong="H4782" may|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" hanged|strong="H8518" thereon|strong="H5921": then|strong="H6213" go|strong="H3190" thou|strong="H6213" in|strong="H5921" merrily|strong="H8056" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Haman|strong="H2001"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H6213" caused|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" gallows|strong="H6086" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{6}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915" could|strong="H3915" not|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" sleep|strong="H8142"; and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" chronicles|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" read|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H7971" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" written|strong="H3789", that|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" of|strong="H4428" Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H7971" Teresh|strong="H8657", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H5921" that|strong="H4428" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H5921" door|strong="H5592", who|strong="H8104" had|strong="H4428" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1697", What|strong="H4100" honour|strong="H3366" and|strong="H4428" dignity|strong="H1420" hath|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088"? Then|strong="H2088" said|strong="H1697" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" that|strong="H1697" ministered|strong="H8334" unto|strong="H6213" him|strong="H5921", There|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" nothing|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H4310" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" court|strong="H2691"? Now|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H4428" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" outward|strong="H2435" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H5921" speak|strong="H1696" unto|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" hang|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5975" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H4428" him|strong="H5975", Behold|strong="H2009", Haman|strong="H2001" standeth|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5975" court|strong="H2691". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5975" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", Let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5975" come|strong="H5288" in|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H4428" in|strong="H6213". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6213", What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3820" done|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" man|strong="H3820" whom|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3366"? Now|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" heart|strong="H3820", To|strong="H6213" whom|strong="H4310" would|strong="H4310" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3366" more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" to|strong="H6213" myself|strong="H3820"? 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2001" king|strong="H4428", For|strong="H4428" the|strong="H2001" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H2001" king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to|strong="H4428" honour|strong="H3366", 
\verseNumber{8}let|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3830" be|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H5414" which|strong="H5483" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" useth|strong="H1696" to|strong="H5921" wear|strong="H3847", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" horse|strong="H5483" that|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" rideth|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" which|strong="H5483" a|strong="H5414" crown|strong="H3804" royal|strong="H4438" is|strong="H4428" set|strong="H5414": 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" apparel|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483" be|strong="H3027" delivered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" one|strong="H6213" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" most|strong="H4428" noble|strong="H6579" princes|strong="H8269", that|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" may|strong="H4428" array|strong="H3847" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" withal|strong="H2004" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3366", and|strong="H4428" cause|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" horseback|strong="H5483" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H6440" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" proclaim|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", Thus|strong="H3602" shall|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3027" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3366". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" Haman|strong="H2001", Make|strong="H6213" haste|strong="H4116", and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" apparel|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483", as|strong="H1697" thou|strong="H6213" hast|strong="H3426" said|strong="H1696", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" even|strong="H3651" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H1696" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", that|strong="H3605" sitteth|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179": let|strong="H3651" nothing|strong="H1697" fail|strong="H5307" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" thou|strong="H6213" hast|strong="H3426" spoken|strong="H1696". 
\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3947" took|strong="H3947" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H6440" apparel|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" arrayed|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H4428" caused|strong="H6213" him|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6213" ride|strong="H7392" through|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" street|strong="H7339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H4428" proclaimed|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", Thus|strong="H3602" shall|strong="H4428" it|strong="H7121" be|strong="H5892" done|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6440" man|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" delighteth|strong="H2654" to|strong="H6213" honour|strong="H3366". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H7725" again|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". But|strong="H7725" Haman|strong="H2001" hasted|strong="H1765" to|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", mourning|strong="H0060" and|strong="H7725" having|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645". 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="H6440" Haman|strong="H2001" recounted|strong="H5608" unto|strong="H6440" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H7453" every|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3588" befallen|strong="H7136" him|strong="H6440". Then|strong="H5307" said|strong="H0559" his|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" and|strong="H6440" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" unto|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", If|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H6440" thou|strong="H6440" hast|strong="H3426" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3201" fall|strong="H5307", be|strong="H3808" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", thou|strong="H6440" shalt not|strong="H3808" prevail|strong="H3201" against|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440", but|strong="H3588" shalt surely|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H5750" they|strong="H6213" were|strong="H4428" yet|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H6213", came|strong="H5060" the|strong="H6213" king’s|strong="H4428" chamberlains|strong="H5631", and|strong="H4428" hasted|strong="H4116" to|strong="H1696" bring|strong="H6213" Haman|strong="H2001" unto|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{7}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5973" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" banquet|strong="H8354" with|strong="H5973" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5973" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" again|strong="H8145" unto|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" he|strong="H3117" granted|strong="H5414" thee|strong="H5414": and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5414" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" kingdom|strong="H4438" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1571" performed|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436" answered|strong="H6030" and|strong="H6030" said|strong="H6030", If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" thy|strong="H5414" sight|strong="H5869", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H6030" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2895" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", and|strong="H6030" 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="H5971" sold|strong="H4376", I|strong="H3588" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" destroyed|strong="H8045", to|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" slain|strong="H2026", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H4428" perish|strong="H0006". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H5971" sold|strong="H4376" for|strong="H3588" bondmen|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" bondwomen|strong="H8198", I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" held|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" peace|strong="H2790", although|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" adversary|strong="H6862" could|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" compensated for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" damage|strong="H5143". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" spake|strong="H1696" the|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" and|strong="H4428" said|strong="H3651" unto|strong="H6213" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H6213" queen|strong="H4436", Who|strong="H4310" is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931", and|strong="H4428" where|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" he|strong="H1931", that|strong="H1931" durst|strong="H3372" presume|strong="H4390" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H6213" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651"? 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", An|strong="H6440" adversary|strong="H6862" and|strong="H4428" an|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H6862", even|strong="H1571" this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001". Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H4428" afraid|strong="H1204" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" arose|strong="H6965" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" wrath|strong="H2534" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H6965"\+w* \+w went|strong="H4428"\+w* }into|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594": and|strong="H6965" Haman|strong="H2001" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H5921" make|strong="H7200" request|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5975" was|strong="H4428" evil|strong="H7451" determined|strong="H3615" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1004" garden|strong="H1594" into|strong="H7725" the|strong="H6440" place|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196"; and|strong="H7725" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H1697" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" couch|strong="H4296" whereon|strong="H4296" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1697". Then|strong="H3318" said|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", Will|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1004" even|strong="H1571" force|strong="H3533" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H4436" before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004"? As|strong="H1697" the|strong="H6440" word|strong="H1697" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" mouth|strong="H6310", they|strong="H5921" covered|strong="H2645" Haman’s|strong="H2001" face|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" said|strong="H1696" Harbonah|strong="H2726", one|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" chamberlains|strong="H5631" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H4428" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", Behold|strong="H2009" also|strong="H1571", the|strong="H6440" gallows|strong="H6086" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520" high|strong="H1364", which|strong="H1004" Haman|strong="H2001" hath|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H4428" spake|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", standeth|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H1696", Hang|strong="H8518" him|strong="H6440" thereon|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". Then|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H2534" pacified|strong="H7918". 
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\chapterNumber{8}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117" did|strong="H4100" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" give|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887" unto|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H6440" queen|strong="H4436". And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H4428" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428"; for|strong="H3588" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" unto|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885", which|strong="H1004" he|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" taken|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" unto|strong="H5414" Mordecai|strong="H4782". And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" set|strong="H7760" Mordecai|strong="H4782" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" spake|strong="H1696" yet|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H6440" feet|strong="H7272", and|strong="H4428" besought|strong="H2603" him|strong="H6440" with|strong="H1696" tears|strong="H1058" to|strong="H1696" put|strong="H3254" away|strong="H5674" the|strong="H6440" mischief|strong="H7451" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H6440" Agagite|strong="H0091", and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H6440" device|strong="H4284" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" devised|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" held|strong="H4428" out|strong="H3447" to|strong="H6440" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H6440" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre|strong="H8275". So|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H1121" she|strong="H5921" said|strong="H1697", If|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5921" please|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour|strong="H2580" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" seem|strong="H5869" right|strong="H3787" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1697" pleasing|strong="H2896" in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", let|strong="H7725" it|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H7725" reverse|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" devised|strong="H4284" by|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099" the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", which|strong="H1697" he|strong="H3605" wrote|strong="H3789" to|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" which|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1121" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082": 
\verseNumber{6}for|strong="H3588" how|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3201" I|strong="H3588" endure|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H3588" shall|strong="H5971" come|strong="H4672" unto|strong="H7200" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971"? or|strong="H7200" how|strong="H3588" can|strong="H3201" I|strong="H3588" endure|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" destruction|strong="H7451" of|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7200" kindred|strong="H4138"? 
\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436" and|strong="H7971" to|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H5921" Jew|strong="H3064", Behold|strong="H2009", I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H7971" him|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3027" hanged|strong="H8518" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086", because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H1004" laid|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}Write|strong="H3789" ye|strong="H7725" also|strong="H8034" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064", as|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" liketh|strong="H2896" you|strong="H3588", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H7725" seal|strong="H2856" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" writing|strong="H3791" which|strong="H3064" is|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H7725" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885", may|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H2896" reverse|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4428" were|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" scribes|strong="H5608" called|strong="H7121" at|strong="H2320" that|strong="H5971" time|strong="H6256", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320", Sivan|strong="H5510", on|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" three|strong="H7969" and|strong="H3967" twentieth|strong="H6242" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w day|strong="H2320"\+w* }thereof|strong="H0753"; and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" written|strong="H3789" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" commanded|strong="H6680" unto|strong="H7121" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" satraps|strong="H0324", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H3967" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" which|strong="H1931" are|strong="H5971" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" unto|strong="H7121" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", an|strong="H7121" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" and|strong="H3967" seven|strong="H7651" provinces|strong="H4082", unto|strong="H7121" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789" thereof|strong="H0753", and|strong="H3967" unto|strong="H7121" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" after|strong="H7992" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789", and|strong="H3967" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5704" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3027" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H1121" sealed|strong="H2856" it|strong="H8034" with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885", and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" by|strong="H3027" posts|strong="H7323" on|strong="H7392" horseback|strong="H5483", riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392" swift|strong="H7409" steeds|strong="H7409" that|strong="H4428" were|strong="H1121" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H7971" king’s|strong="H4428" service|strong="H3027", bred|strong="H7426" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7971" stud|strong="H7424": 
\verseNumber{11}wherein|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" granted|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" which|strong="H5971" were|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" gather|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5315" together|strong="H6950", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" stand|strong="H5975" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" life|strong="H5315", to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H8045", to|strong="H5921" slay|strong="H2026", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" perish|strong="H0006", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" province|strong="H4082" that|strong="H5971" would|strong="H5971" assault|strong="H6696" them|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* }little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4428" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" take|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" spoil|strong="H7998" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5414" prey|strong="H7998", 
\verseNumber{12}upon|strong="H3117" one|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w namely|strong="H0559"\+w*}, upon|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* }of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" 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", that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", was|strong="H1961" published|strong="H1540" unto|strong="H5414" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H3559" against|strong="H3605" that|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" avenge|strong="H5358" themselves|strong="H5414" on|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" posts|strong="H7323" that|strong="H1697" rode|strong="H7392" upon|strong="H7392" swift|strong="H7409" steeds|strong="H7409" that|strong="H1697" were|strong="H1697" used|strong="H5414" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" service|strong="H5656" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", being|strong="H1961" hastened|strong="H1765" and|strong="H4428" pressed|strong="H6555" on|strong="H7392" by|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H1697" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4428" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1002". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" front|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" royal|strong="H4438" apparel|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" blue|strong="H8504" and|strong="H4428" white|strong="H2353", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" crown|strong="H5850" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H6440" a|strong="H3318" robe|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" fine|strong="H5560" linen|strong="H8336" and|strong="H4428" purple|strong="H8504": and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Shushan|strong="H7800" shouted|strong="H6670" and|strong="H4428" was|strong="H5892" glad|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1961" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H1961" light|strong="H0216" and|strong="H8057" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H8057" joy|strong="H8057" and|strong="H8057" honour|strong="H3366". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", whithersoever|strong="H4725" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H4428" gladness|strong="H8057" and|strong="H4428" joy|strong="H8057", a|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H4960" and|strong="H4428" a|strong="H3588" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117". And|strong="H4428" many|strong="H7227" from|strong="H5921" among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H4725" became|strong="H1697" Jews|strong="H3064"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" was|strong="H1697" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Now|strong="H3117" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" twelfth|strong="H8147" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6213" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" thirteenth|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H6213" decree|strong="H1881" drew|strong="H1881" near|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1697" put|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" execution|strong="H6213", in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" enemies|strong="H8130" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" hoped|strong="H7663" to|strong="H6213" have|strong="H1697" rule|strong="H7980" over|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992"; whereas|strong="H6258" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" contrary|strong="H7147", that|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H4428" rule|strong="H7980" over|strong="H4428" them|strong="H1992" that|strong="H3117" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H1992"; 
\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H6440" together|strong="H6950" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" such|strong="H3808" as|strong="H3588" sought|strong="H1245" their|strong="H3605" hurt|strong="H7451": and|strong="H7971" no|strong="H3808" man|strong="H7451" could|strong="H5971" withstand|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5921"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" was|strong="H5892" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" satraps|strong="H0324", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346", and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" business|strong="H4399", helped|strong="H5375" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064"; because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H4428" fallen|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" fame|strong="H8089" went|strong="H1980" forth|strong="H1980" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082": for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H1419" Mordecai|strong="H4782" waxed|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H2719" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" smote|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H8130" with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" stroke|strong="H4347" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" with|strong="H6213" slaughter|strong="H4347" and|strong="H2719" destruction|strong="H7667", and|strong="H2719" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" would|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5221" that|strong="H3605" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{6}And|strong="H3967" in|strong="H1002" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H2026" palace|strong="H1002" the|strong="H2026" Jews|strong="H3064" slew|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3967" destroyed|strong="H2026" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}And|strong="H3967" Parshandatha|strong="H6577", and|strong="H3967" Dalphon|strong="H1813", and|strong="H3967" Aspatha|strong="H0630", 
\verseNumber{8}and|strong="H3967" Poratha|strong="H6334", and|strong="H3967" Adalia|strong="H0118", and|strong="H3967" Aridatha|strong="H0743", 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H3967" Parmashta|strong="H6534", and|strong="H3967" Arisai|strong="H0747", and|strong="H3967" Aridai|strong="H0742", and|strong="H3967" Vaizatha|strong="H2055", 
\verseNumber{10}the|strong="H7971" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H7971" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099", the|strong="H7971" Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887", slew|strong="H2026" they|strong="H3808"; but|strong="H3808" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" spoil|strong="H7998" they|strong="H3808" laid|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1931" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" slain|strong="H2026" in|strong="H4428" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H6440" palace|strong="H1002" was|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H4428" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" unto|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5414" queen|strong="H4436", The|strong="H5414" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H1121" slain|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3967" destroyed|strong="H2026" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H1121" in|strong="H6213" Shushan|strong="H7800" the|strong="H5414" palace|strong="H1002", and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H5414" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001"; what|strong="H4100" then|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1121" they|strong="H4100" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5414" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082"! Now|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596"? and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" granted|strong="H5414" thee|strong="H5414": or|strong="H1121" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" thy|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246" further|strong="H5750"? and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" done|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635", If|strong="H1121" it|strong="H5414" please|strong="H2896" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1121" granted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" which|strong="H3064" are|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" Shushan|strong="H7800" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279" also|strong="H1571" according|strong="H5921" unto|strong="H5414" this|strong="H6213" day’s|strong="H3117" decree|strong="H1881", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H5414" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H8518" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" gallows|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" it|strong="H5414" so|strong="H3651" to|strong="H6213" be|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213": and|strong="H1121" a|strong="H6213" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" in|strong="H6213" Shushan|strong="H7800"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3117" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" Shushan|strong="H7800" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H3967" slew|strong="H2026" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3117" Shushan|strong="H7800"; but|strong="H3808" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" spoil|strong="H7998" they|strong="H3117" laid|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{16}And|strong="H7971" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H7605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H5315" were|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5315" together|strong="H6950", and|strong="H7971" stood|strong="H5975" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="H7971" had|strong="H4428" rest|strong="H7605" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H8130", and|strong="H7971" slew|strong="H2026" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H5315" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5921" seventy|strong="H7657" and|strong="H7971" five|strong="H2568" thousand|strong="H0505"; but|strong="H3808" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" spoil|strong="H7998" they|strong="H3808" laid|strong="H7971" not|strong="H3808" their|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027". 
\verseNumber{17}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w This|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* }on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" thirteenth|strong="H7969" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143"; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" rested|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H3117" were|strong="H3117" in|strong="H6213" Shushan|strong="H7800" assembled|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" thirteenth|strong="H7969" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* }thereof|strong="H0753", and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" fourteenth|strong="H6240" thereof|strong="H0753"; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" fifteenth|strong="H2568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* }of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" same|strong="H1931" they|strong="H3117" rested|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3064" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" villages|strong="H6519", that|strong="H3117" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" unwalled|strong="H6521" towns|strong="H5892", make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w day|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w* }gladness|strong="H8057" and|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960", and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" sending|strong="H4916" portions|strong="H4490" one|strong="H2896" to|strong="H5921" another|strong="H7453". 
\verseNumber{20}And|strong="H7971" Mordecai|strong="H4782" wrote|strong="H3789" these|strong="H3789" things|strong="H1697", and|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" unto|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1697" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", both|strong="H3605" nigh|strong="H7138" and|strong="H7971" far|strong="H7350", 
\verseNumber{21}to|strong="H1961" enjoin them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H8141" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth|strong="H6240" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H6965" the|strong="H3605" fifteenth|strong="H2568" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931", yearly|strong="H3117", 
\verseNumber{22}as|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117" wherein|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H3064" rest|strong="H5117" from|strong="H3117" their|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" month|strong="H2320" which|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3117" turned|strong="H2015" unto|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H3117" sorrow|strong="H3015" to|strong="H6213" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" mourning|strong="H0060" into|strong="H2015" a|strong="H6213" good|strong="H2896" day|strong="H3117": that|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H3117" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" sending|strong="H4916" portions|strong="H4490" one|strong="H2896" to|strong="H6213" another|strong="H7453", and|strong="H3117" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" poor|strong="H6041". 
\verseNumber{23}And|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" undertook|strong="H6901" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" they|strong="H6213" had|strong="H4782" begun|strong="H2490", and|strong="H6213" as|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H4782" written|strong="H3789" unto|strong="H6213" them|strong="H6213"; 
\verseNumber{24}because|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha|strong="H4099", the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", had|strong="H3588" devised|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H2000" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" cast|strong="H5307" Pur|strong="H6332", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931", the|strong="H3605" lot|strong="H1486", to|strong="H5921" consume|strong="H2000" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H2000" them|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{25}but|strong="H7725" when|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w matter|strong="H1697"\+w* }came|strong="H7725" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H5921" commanded|strong="H6680" by|strong="H5921" letters|strong="H5612" that|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" wicked|strong="H7451" device|strong="H4284", which|strong="H3064" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" devised|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" Jews|strong="H3064", should|strong="H4428" return|strong="H7725" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H7725" own|strong="H5973" head|strong="H7218"; and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7725" sons|strong="H1121" should|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5921" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" gallows|strong="H6086". 
\verseNumber{26}Wherefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3117" called|strong="H7121" these|strong="H2063" days|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332", after|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" Pur|strong="H6332". Therefore|strong="H3651" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2063" letter|strong="H5612", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" which|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4100" seen|strong="H7200" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" matter|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H7200" which|strong="H1697" had|strong="H4100" come|strong="H5060" unto|strong="H7121" them|strong="H5921", 
\verseNumber{27}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" ordained|strong="H6213", and|strong="H6965" took|strong="H6901" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" upon|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233", and|strong="H6965" upon|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" such|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" joined|strong="H3867" themselves|strong="H6213" unto|strong="H6213" them|strong="H5921", so|strong="H6213" as|strong="H3117" it|strong="H5921" should|strong="H8141" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H5674", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" these|strong="H6213" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791" thereof|strong="H0753", and|strong="H6965" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H6213" time|strong="H3117" thereof|strong="H0753", every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141"; 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H3808" remembered|strong="H2142" and|strong="H3117" kept|strong="H6213" throughout|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" generation|strong="H1755", every|strong="H3605" family|strong="H4940", every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892"; and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" these|strong="H6213" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" should|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3117" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", nor|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3605" memorial|strong="H2143" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H6213" perish|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233". 
\verseNumber{29}Then|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1323" Abihail|strong="H0032", and|strong="H6965" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", wrote|strong="H3789" with|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H8633" to|strong="H6965" confirm|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2063" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H5612" of|strong="H1323" Purim|strong="H6332". 
\verseNumber{30}And|strong="H3967" he|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" unto|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", to|strong="H7971" the|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" twenty|strong="H6242" and|strong="H3967" seven|strong="H7651" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1697" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w with|strong="H1697"\+w* }words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3967" truth|strong="H0571", 
\verseNumber{31}to|strong="H5921" confirm|strong="H6965" these|strong="H6965" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" appointed|strong="H2165" times|strong="H3117", according|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H5921" Jew|strong="H3064" and|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436" had|strong="H4782" enjoined|strong="H6965" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6965" as|strong="H1697" they|strong="H3117" had|strong="H4782" ordained|strong="H6965" for|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" seed|strong="H2233", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" fastings|strong="H6685" and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" cry|strong="H2201". 
\verseNumber{32}And|strong="H6965" the|strong="H6965" commandment|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" confirmed|strong="H6965" these|strong="H3789" matters|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Purim|strong="H6332"; and|strong="H6965" it|strong="H3789" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H6965" book|strong="H5612". 
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\chapterNumber{10}And|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" laid|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" tribute|strong="H4522" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H4428" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" isles|strong="H0339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" power|strong="H1369" and|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" might|strong="H1369", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" full|strong="H3117" account|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" greatness|strong="H1420" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", whereunto the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" advanced|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921", are|strong="H3117" they|strong="H1992" not|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" chronicles|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" and|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539"? 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" was|strong="H4428" next|strong="H4932" unto|strong="H1696" king|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H4428" accepted|strong="H7521" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" brethren|strong="H0251"; seeking|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3605" good|strong="H2896" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H4428" speaking|strong="H1696" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H1696" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" seed|strong="H2233". 
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