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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" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5704" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" (this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" who|strong="H1931" reigned|strong="H4427" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", over|strong="H5704" one|strong="H1931" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven provinces|strong="H4082"), 
\verseNumber{2}in|strong="H5921" those|strong="H0834" days|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" sat|strong="H7675" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" throne|strong="H3678" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4438", which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800" the|strong="H0834" palace, 
\verseNumber{3}in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7969" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H8141" his|strong="H3605" reign|strong="H4427", he|strong="H6213" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H3605" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H5650" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650"; the|strong="H3605" army|strong="H2426" 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 before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H3117" displayed|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" riches|strong="H6239" of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" glorious|strong="H8597" kingdom|strong="H4438" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H0853" honour of|strong="H3117" his|strong="H7200" excellent majesty|strong="H1420" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117", even|strong="H0853" one|strong="H7200" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" eighty|strong="H8084" days|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3117" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" were|strong="H0428" fulfilled|strong="H4390", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H4672" seven|strong="H7651" day|strong="H3117" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H0428" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800" the|strong="H3605" palace|strong="H1055", both|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4428" small|strong="H6996", in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" garden|strong="H1594" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1055". 
\verseNumber{6}There were|strong="H5921" hangings of|strong="H5921" white|strong="H2353" and|strong="H3701" blue|strong="H8504" material, fastened|strong="H0270" with|strong="H5921" cords|strong="H2256" of|strong="H5921" fine|strong="H8336" linen|strong="H8336" and|strong="H3701" purple|strong="H0713" to|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" rings|strong="H1550" and|strong="H3701" marble pillars|strong="H5982". The|strong="H5921" couches|strong="H4296" were|strong="H5921" of|strong="H5921" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701", on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H5921" pavement|strong="H7531" of|strong="H5921" red, white|strong="H2353", yellow, and|strong="H3701" black marble. 
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H8248" them|strong="H3027" drinks|strong="H8248" in|strong="H4428" golden|strong="H2091" vessels|strong="H3627" of|strong="H4428" various kinds|strong="H3627", including|strong="H4428" royal|strong="H4438" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="H4428" abundance, according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" bounty|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3027" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}In|strong="H5921" accordance|strong="H5921" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881", the|strong="H3605" drinking|strong="H8360" was|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" compulsory; for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0369" instructed all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" officials of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004", that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" should|strong="H0376" do|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" man’s|strong="H0376" pleasure|strong="H7522". 
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\verseNumber{9}Also|strong="H1571" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H0834" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" women|strong="H0802" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0834" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004" which|strong="H0834" belonged to|strong="H1004" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
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\verseNumber{10}On|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" day|strong="H3117", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" heart|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H3820" merry with|strong="H0854" wine|strong="H3196", he|strong="H3117" commanded|strong="H0559" Mehuman|strong="H4104", Biztha|strong="H0968", Harbona|strong="H2726", Bigtha|strong="H0903", and|strong="H4428" Abagtha|strong="H0005", Zethar|strong="H2242", and|strong="H4428" Carcass, the|strong="H0559" seven|strong="H7651" eunuchs|strong="H5631" who|strong="H4428" served|strong="H8334" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", 
\verseNumber{11}to|strong="H0935" bring|strong="H0935" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" wearing the|strong="H0853" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804", to|strong="H0935" show|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" princes|strong="H8269" her|strong="H7200" beauty|strong="H3308"; for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" beautiful|strong="H3308". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" by|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0834" eunuchs|strong="H5631". Therefore|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" was|strong="H0834" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H7107", and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" anger|strong="H2534" burnt in|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0935". 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450", who|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" times|strong="H6256" (for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" custom|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" consult those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" knew|strong="H3045" law|strong="H1881" and|strong="H4428" judgement; 
\verseNumber{14}and|strong="H4428" next|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" were|strong="H8269" Carshena|strong="H3771", Shethar|strong="H8369", Admatha|strong="H0133", Tarshish|strong="H8659", Meres|strong="H4825", Marsena|strong="H4826", and|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462", the|strong="H6440" seven|strong="H7651" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074", who|strong="H3427" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H6440" king’s|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="H3808" we|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" Queen|strong="H4436" Vashti|strong="H2060" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" law|strong="H1881", because|strong="H5921" she|strong="H0834" has|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" bidding of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" eunuchs|strong="H5631"?” 
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\verseNumber{16}Memucan|strong="H4462" answered|strong="H0559" 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" has|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" done|strong="H3605" wrong to|strong="H0559" just|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", but|strong="H3588" also|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="H3588" this|strong="H3588" deed|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" will|strong="H4428" become|strong="H3318" known|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", causing|strong="H0935" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" show contempt|strong="H0959" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" when|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1697" reported|strong="H0935", ‘King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" commanded|strong="H0559" Vashti|strong="H2060" the|strong="H3605" queen|strong="H4436" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H3808" brought|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" didn’t|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935".’ 
\verseNumber{18}Today|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" princesses|strong="H8282" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" and|strong="H4428" Media|strong="H4074" who|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" heard|strong="H8085" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" queen’s|strong="H4436" deed|strong="H1697" will|strong="H0834" tell|strong="H0559" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" princes|strong="H8269". This|strong="H2088" will|strong="H0834" cause|strong="H1697" much|strong="H1697" contempt|strong="H0963" and|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H7110". 
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\verseNumber{19}“If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H2895" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" commandment|strong="H1697" go|strong="H3318" from|strong="H4480" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H3808" written|strong="H3789" amongst the|strong="H6440" laws|strong="H1881" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" Persians and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" Medes|strong="H4074", so|strong="H4480" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5414" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" altered, that|strong="H0834" Vashti|strong="H2060" may|strong="H0834" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H6440" come|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"; and|strong="H0935" let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" estate to|strong="H0935" another|strong="H3808" who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H4480" she|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{20}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" decree which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" shall|strong="H0802" make|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" published throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" (for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5414" is|strong="H0834" great|strong="H1419"), all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" will|strong="H0834" give|strong="H5414" their|strong="H3605" husbands|strong="H1167" honour, both|strong="H3605" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H4428" small|strong="H6996".” 
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\verseNumber{21}This|strong="H1697" advice|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" princes|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" did|strong="H6213" according to|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" word|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" Memucan|strong="H4462": 
\verseNumber{22}for|strong="H0413" he|strong="H0376" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" into|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", into|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3791", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", that|strong="H3605" every|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" should|strong="H0376" rule|strong="H8323" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" house|strong="H1004", speaking|strong="H1696" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971". 
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\chapterNumber{2}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" wrath|strong="H2534" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" was|strong="H0834" pacified, he|strong="H0834" remembered|strong="H2142" Vashti|strong="H2060", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", and|strong="H4428" what|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" decreed|strong="H1504" against|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" served|strong="H8334" him|strong="H1245" said|strong="H0559", “Let beautiful|strong="H4758" young|strong="H5288" virgins|strong="H1330" be|strong="H4428" sought|strong="H1245" for|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{3}Let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" appoint|strong="H6485" officers|strong="H6485" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3605" may|strong="H4428" gather|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" beautiful|strong="H4758" young|strong="H5291" virgins|strong="H1330" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" women’s house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuch|strong="H5631", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802". Let|strong="H5414" cosmetics|strong="H8562" be|strong="H3027" given|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413"; 
\verseNumber{4}and|strong="H4428" let|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0834" maiden who|strong="H0834" pleases|strong="H5869" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" be|strong="H1697" queen instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060".” The|strong="H0834" thing|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" he|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651". 
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\verseNumber{5}There|strong="H1961" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H1961" certain|strong="H0376" Jew|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0376" the|strong="H1961" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H1121" Susa|strong="H7800" 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="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" from|strong="H1540" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0834" captives|strong="H1540" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" been|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540" with|strong="H5973" Jeconiah|strong="H3204" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063", whom|strong="H0834" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" had|strong="H0834" carried|strong="H1540" away|strong="H1540". 
\verseNumber{7}He|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H3947" up|strong="H0853" Hadassah|strong="H1919", that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0369", Esther|strong="H0635", his|strong="H3947" uncle’s|strong="H1730" daughter|strong="H1323"; for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H1961" neither|strong="H0369" father|strong="H0001" nor|strong="H0369" mother|strong="H0517". The|strong="H0853" maiden was|strong="H0369" fair|strong="H3303" and|strong="H0001" beautiful|strong="H3303"; and|strong="H0001" when|strong="H3588" her|strong="H3947" father|strong="H0001" and|strong="H0001" mother|strong="H0517" were|strong="H1961" dead|strong="H4194", Mordecai|strong="H4782" took|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3947" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3947" own|strong="H1961" daughter|strong="H1323". 
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\verseNumber{8}So|strong="H3947", when|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0413" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H8104" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H1961" heard|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3027" when|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7227" maidens|strong="H5291" were|strong="H1961" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1961" taken|strong="H3947" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Hegai|strong="H1896", keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0413" women|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{9}The|strong="H0853" maiden pleased|strong="H3190" him|strong="H5414", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H2896" obtained|strong="H5375" kindness|strong="H2617" from|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414". He|strong="H5414" quickly|strong="H0926" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802" cosmetics|strong="H8562" and|strong="H4428" her|strong="H0802" portions|strong="H4490" of|strong="H4428" food|strong="H4490", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" seven|strong="H7651" choice|strong="H7200" maidens|strong="H5291" who|strong="H4428" were|strong="H0802" to|strong="H5414" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H0802" out|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". He|strong="H5414" moved her|strong="H0802" and|strong="H4428" her|strong="H0802" maidens|strong="H5291" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" best|strong="H2896" place|strong="H5414" in|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" women’s house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{10}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" made|strong="H0834" known|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" nor|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5046" relatives|strong="H4138", because|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" instructed|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" should|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" make|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5921" known|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{11}Mordecai|strong="H4782" walked|strong="H1980" every|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H1980" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" women’s house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H1980" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" how|strong="H4100" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0802" doing|strong="H6213", and|strong="H1980" what|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" become|strong="H1980" of|strong="H1004" her|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{12}Each|strong="H0802" young|strong="H5291" woman’s|strong="H0802" turn|strong="H1961" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" after|strong="H7093" her|strong="H0413" purification for|strong="H3588" twelve|strong="H6240" months|strong="H2320" (for|strong="H3588" so|strong="H3651" were|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3588" purification accomplished|strong="H4390", six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" oil|strong="H8081" of|strong="H4428" myrrh|strong="H4753", and|strong="H0935" six|strong="H8337" months|strong="H2320" with|strong="H4390" sweet|strong="H1314" fragrances and|strong="H0935" with|strong="H4390" preparations for|strong="H3588" beautifying women|strong="H0802"). 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3605" young|strong="H5291" woman|strong="H0802" then|strong="H2088" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" like|strong="H0834" this|strong="H2088": whatever|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" desired|strong="H0559" was|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" her|strong="H3605" out|strong="H0413" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women’s house|strong="H1004" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{14}In|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" evening|strong="H6153" she|strong="H1931" went|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" next|strong="H8145" day|strong="H1242" she|strong="H1931" returned|strong="H7725" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" second|strong="H8145" women’s house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" custody|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" Shaashgaz|strong="H8190", the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuch|strong="H5631", who|strong="H1931" kept|strong="H8104" the|strong="H3588" concubines|strong="H6370". She|strong="H1931" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H5750", unless|strong="H0518" the|strong="H3588" king|strong="H4428" delighted in|strong="H0935" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H8034" called|strong="H7121" by|strong="H3027" name|strong="H8034". 
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\verseNumber{15}Now|strong="H1961" when|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" turn|strong="H1961" of|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635", the|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H4428" Abihail|strong="H0032" the|strong="H3605" uncle|strong="H1730" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H3947" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H3605" daughter|strong="H1323", came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", she|strong="H0834" required|strong="H1697" nothing|strong="H3808" but|strong="H3588" what|strong="H0834" Hegai|strong="H1896" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuch|strong="H5631", the|strong="H3605" keeper|strong="H8104" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", advised|strong="H0559". Esther|strong="H0635" obtained|strong="H5375" favour in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" looked|strong="H7200" at|strong="H0413" her|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H3947" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H1931" taken|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" into|strong="H0413" his|strong="H3947" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" tenth|strong="H6224" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H0413" month|strong="H2320" Tebeth|strong="H2887", in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0413" seventh|strong="H7651" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3947" reign|strong="H4438". 
\verseNumber{17}The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" loved|strong="H0157" Esther|strong="H0635" more than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" she|strong="H0635" obtained|strong="H5375" favour and|strong="H4428" kindness|strong="H2617" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440" more than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" virgins|strong="H1330"; so|strong="H5375" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H0853" set|strong="H7760" the|strong="H3605" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" on|strong="H8478" her|strong="H3605" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H4428" made|strong="H7760" her|strong="H3605" queen instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="H4428" Vashti|strong="H2060". 
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\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" made|strong="H6213" a|strong="H5414" great|strong="H1419" feast|strong="H4960" for|strong="H3027" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3027" his|strong="H3605" servants|strong="H5650", even|strong="H0853" Esther’s|strong="H0635" feast|strong="H4960"; and|strong="H3027" he|strong="H6213" proclaimed a|strong="H5414" holiday|strong="H2010" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", and|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H5414" gifts|strong="H4864" according|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" bounty|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{19}When|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" virgins|strong="H1330" were|strong="H3427" gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H6908" the|strong="H6908" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145", Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H4428" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H6908" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{20}Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" yet|strong="H0369" made|strong="H6213" known|strong="H5046" her|strong="H5046" relatives|strong="H4138" nor|strong="H0369" her|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971", as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" her|strong="H5046"; for|strong="H5921" Esther|strong="H0635" obeyed Mordecai|strong="H4782", like|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" when|strong="H1961" she|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0369" brought|strong="H1961" up|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{21}In|strong="H3427" those|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117", while|strong="H3117" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H4428" sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3117" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3117" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuchs|strong="H5631", Bigthan|strong="H0904" and|strong="H3027" Teresh|strong="H8657", who|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1992" doorkeepers|strong="H5592", were|strong="H1992" angry|strong="H7107", and|strong="H3027" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{22}This|strong="H1697" thing|strong="H1697" became|strong="H1697" known|strong="H3045" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H4428" informed|strong="H3045" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436"; and|strong="H4428" Esther|strong="H0635" informed|strong="H3045" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{23}When|strong="H3117" this|strong="H1697" matter|strong="H1697" was|strong="H4428" investigated|strong="H1245", and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" found|strong="H4672" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1697" so|strong="H1697", they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1697" both|strong="H8147" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H4672" gallows|strong="H6086"; and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H4428" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" chronicles|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" presence|strong="H6440". 
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\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" promoted|strong="H1431" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", and|strong="H1121" advanced|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" set|strong="H7760" his|strong="H3605" seat|strong="H3678" above|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" him|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{2}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179" bowed|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" and|strong="H4428" paid|strong="H7812" homage|strong="H7812" to|strong="H5650" Haman|strong="H2001", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" so|strong="H3651" commanded|strong="H6680" concerning|strong="H3605" him|strong="H6680". But|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" didn’t|strong="H3808" bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" or|strong="H3808" pay him|strong="H6680" homage|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782", “Why|strong="H4069" do you|strong="H0859" disobey the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H4687"?” 
\verseNumber{4}Now|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" pass|strong="H1961", when|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" spoke|strong="H0559" daily|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" told|strong="H5046" Haman|strong="H2001", to|strong="H0413" see|strong="H7200" whether|strong="H7200" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" reason|strong="H1697" would|strong="H0559" stand|strong="H5975"; for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" Jew|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" didn’t bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" nor|strong="H0369" pay him|strong="H7200" homage|strong="H7812", Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0369" full|strong="H4390" of|strong="H4390" wrath|strong="H2534". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H0834" scorned the|strong="H3605" thought|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3027" laying hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" Mordecai|strong="H4782" alone|strong="H0905", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3605" known|strong="H5046" to|strong="H7971" him|strong="H7971" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" people|strong="H5971". Therefore|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" sought|strong="H1245" to|strong="H7971" destroy|strong="H8045" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" throughout|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H3027" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", even|strong="H3588" Mordecai’s|strong="H4782" people|strong="H5971". 
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\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 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="H3117" day|strong="H3117", and|strong="H4428" from|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" to|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320", and|strong="H4428" chose the|strong="H6440" twelfth month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H6440" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143". 
\verseNumber{8}Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", “There|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" a|strong="H0259" certain|strong="H0259" people|strong="H5971" scattered|strong="H6340" abroad and|strong="H4428" dispersed|strong="H6504" amongst the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438", and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H1881" are|strong="H3426" different from|strong="H6504" other|strong="H0259" people’s|strong="H5971". They|strong="H0559" don’t|strong="H0369" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" laws|strong="H1881". Therefore it|strong="H6213" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H0369" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" profit to|strong="H0559" allow|strong="H3240" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" remain. 
\verseNumber{9}If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" pleases|strong="H2895" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428", let it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H3027" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0518" be|strong="H3027" destroyed|strong="H0006"; and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0518" will|strong="H4428" pay|strong="H8254" ten|strong="H6235" thousand|strong="H0505" talents|strong="H3603"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3:9  }A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces} of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" hands|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H5921" who|strong="H4428" are|strong="H3027" in|strong="H5921" charge|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" business|strong="H4399", to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" it|strong="H0518" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H1595".” 
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\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027", and|strong="H1121" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H0853" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H0853" Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Haman|strong="H2001", “The|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701" is|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414", the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971" also|strong="H4428", to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" with|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" seems|strong="H5869" good|strong="H2896" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" scribes|strong="H5608" were|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" in|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" month|strong="H2320", on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320"; and|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" commanded|strong="H6680" was|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" local governors|strong="H6346", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" over|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956". It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H8034" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H4428" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H8034" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885". 
\verseNumber{13}Letters|strong="H5612" were|strong="H0802" sent|strong="H7971" by|strong="H3027" couriers|strong="H7323" into|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082", to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H8045", to|strong="H0413" kill|strong="H2026", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" cause to|strong="H0413" perish|strong="H0006", all|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", both|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" and|strong="H3027" old|strong="H2205", little|strong="H2945" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H3027" women|strong="H0802", in|strong="H0413" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117", even|strong="H5704" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0413" plunder|strong="H0962" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7998". 
\verseNumber{14}A|strong="H1961" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" letter|strong="H3791", that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", was|strong="H1961" published|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" ready|strong="H6264" against|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H5414" couriers|strong="H7323" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3427" haste by|strong="H7323" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5414" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800". The|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H5414" drink|strong="H8354"; but|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800" was|strong="H4428" perplexed. 
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\chapterNumber{4}Now|strong="H1419" when|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" found|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3318" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" done|strong="H6213", Mordecai|strong="H4782" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1419" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" sackcloth|strong="H8242" with|strong="H3847" ashes|strong="H0665", and|strong="H1419" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" into|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3605" middle|strong="H8432" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H1419" wailed|strong="H2199" loudly|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1419" bitterly|strong="H4751". 
\verseNumber{2}He|strong="H3588" came|strong="H0935" even|strong="H5704" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", for|strong="H3588" no|strong="H0369" one|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" allowed inside|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179" clothed|strong="H3830" with|strong="H0413" sackcloth|strong="H8242". 
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H4428" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", wherever|strong="H0834" 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="H0834" great|strong="H1419" mourning|strong="H0060" amongst 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". 
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\verseNumber{4}Esther’s|strong="H0635" maidens|strong="H5291" and|strong="H0935" her|strong="H7971" eunuchs|strong="H5631" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H7971" this|strong="H5046", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" was|strong="H5291" exceedingly|strong="H3966" grieved. She|strong="H0635" sent|strong="H7971" clothing|strong="H0899" to|strong="H0935" Mordecai|strong="H4782", to|strong="H0935" replace his|strong="H5921" sackcloth|strong="H8242", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" receive|strong="H6901" it|strong="H5921". 
\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" Esther|strong="H0635" called|strong="H7121" for|strong="H5921" Hathach|strong="H2047", one|strong="H2088" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuchs|strong="H5631", whom|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" appointed|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" attend|strong="H6440" her|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" go to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", to|strong="H5921" find|strong="H3045" out|strong="H3045" what|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" was|strong="H0834", and|strong="H4428" why|strong="H4100" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834". 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3318" Hathach|strong="H2047" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0413" Mordecai|strong="H4782", to|strong="H0413" the city|strong="H5892" square|strong="H7339" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". 
\verseNumber{7}Mordecai|strong="H4782" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" exact|strong="H6575" sum of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" money|strong="H3701" that|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" promised|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" pay|strong="H8254" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" treasuries|strong="H1595" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" destruction|strong="H0006" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}He|strong="H0834" also|strong="H0853" gave|strong="H5414" him|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" copy|strong="H6572" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" writing|strong="H3791" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" decree|strong="H1881" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H6440" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800" to|strong="H0413" destroy|strong="H8045" them|strong="H0413", to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H7200" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" declare|strong="H5046" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" urge her|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H5414" supplication to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1245" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0413" for|strong="H5921" her|strong="H0413" people|strong="H5971". 
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\verseNumber{9}Hathach|strong="H2047" came|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" spoke|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Hathach|strong="H2047", and|strong="H0413" gave|strong="H6680" him|strong="H0413" a|strong="H6680" message to|strong="H0413" Mordecai|strong="H4782": 
\verseNumber{11}“All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H0834" whoever|strong="H3605", whether man|strong="H0376" or|strong="H3808" woman|strong="H0802", comes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" inner|strong="H6442" court|strong="H2691" without|strong="H3808" being called|strong="H7121", there|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" one|strong="H0259" law|strong="H1881" for|strong="H7121" him|strong="H0413", that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" be|strong="H4191" put|strong="H4191" to|strong="H0413" death|strong="H4191", except|strong="H3808" those|strong="H3605" to|strong="H0413" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" might|strong="H0834" hold out|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre, that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" live|strong="H2421". I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" been|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" these|strong="H2088" thirty|strong="H7970" days|strong="H3117".” 
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\verseNumber{12}They told|strong="H5046" Esther’s|strong="H0635" words|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1697" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" asked|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" return|strong="H7725" this|strong="H7725" answer|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635": “Don’t|strong="H0408" think|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" yourself|strong="H5315" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4428" escape|strong="H4422" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H5315" than|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" remain|strong="H5975" silent|strong="H2790" now|strong="H3588", then|strong="H0859" relief|strong="H7305" and|strong="H1004" deliverance|strong="H2020" will|strong="H4310" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H6256" the|strong="H3588" Jews|strong="H3064" from|strong="H0006" another|strong="H0312" place|strong="H4725", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0859" and|strong="H1004" your|strong="H3045" father’s|strong="H0001" house|strong="H1004" will|strong="H4310" perish|strong="H0006". Who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H0859" haven’t 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"?” 
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\verseNumber{15}Then|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" asked|strong="H0559" them|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" answer|strong="H7725" Mordecai|strong="H4782", 
\verseNumber{16}“Go|strong="H0935", gather|strong="H3664" together|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" present|strong="H4672" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800", and|strong="H0935" fast|strong="H6684" for|strong="H5921" me|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" neither|strong="H3808" eat|strong="H0398" nor|strong="H3808" drink|strong="H8354" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", night|strong="H3915" or|strong="H3808" day|strong="H3117". I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3605" maidens|strong="H5291" will|strong="H0834" also|strong="H1571" fast|strong="H6684" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H3651" way|strong="H3605". Then|strong="H0853" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0834" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H1881"; and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" perish|strong="H0006", I|strong="H0589" perish|strong="H0006".” 
\verseNumber{17}So|strong="H6213" Mordecai|strong="H4782" went his|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605", and|strong="H3605" did|strong="H6213" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Now|strong="H1961" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117", Esther|strong="H0635" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" her|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" clothing|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", next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004". The|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" sat|strong="H3427" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" throne|strong="H3678" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5921" royal|strong="H4438" house|strong="H1004", next|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" entrance|strong="H6607" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" saw|strong="H7200" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" standing|strong="H5975" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H2691", she|strong="H0834" obtained|strong="H5375" favour in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" sight|strong="H5869"; and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" held|strong="H1961" out|strong="H7200" to|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5375" hand|strong="H3027". So|strong="H1961" Esther|strong="H0635" came|strong="H1961" near|strong="H7126" and|strong="H3027" touched|strong="H5060" the|strong="H0853" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" sceptre. 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H0559" her|strong="H5414", “What|strong="H4100" would|strong="H4100" you|strong="H5414" like|strong="H5704", queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4438".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" seems good|strong="H2895" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", let the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" today|strong="H3117" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Bring|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" quickly|strong="H4116", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H0834" it|strong="H6213" may|strong="H0834" be|strong="H1697" done|strong="H6213" as|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559".” So|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\verseNumber{6}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" at|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596"? It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" granted|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? Even|strong="H5704" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4438" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H4428" be|strong="H4428" performed|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635" answered|strong="H0559" and|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “My|strong="H0559" petition|strong="H7596" and|strong="H0559" my|strong="H0559" request|strong="H1246" is|strong="H0559" this. 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H0935" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H2895" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" grant|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596" and|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" perform|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246", let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" prepare|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" do|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" has|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0413".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H6965" Haman|strong="H2001" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" joyful|strong="H8056" and|strong="H6965" glad|strong="H8056" of|strong="H4428" heart|strong="H3820", but|strong="H3808" when|strong="H3117" Haman|strong="H2001" saw|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", that|strong="H3117" he|strong="H1931" didn’t|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" nor|strong="H3808" move for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" filled|strong="H4390" with|strong="H4390" wrath|strong="H2534" against|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". 
\verseNumber{10}Nevertheless Haman|strong="H2001" restrained|strong="H0662" himself|strong="H0413", and|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" home|strong="H1004". There, he|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" and|strong="H0935" called for|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7971" friends|strong="H0157" and|strong="H0935" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H7971" wife|strong="H0802". 
\verseNumber{11}Haman|strong="H2001" recounted|strong="H5608" to|strong="H5921" them|strong="H1992" the|strong="H3605" glory|strong="H3519" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" riches|strong="H6239", the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121", all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" in|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" promoted|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" how|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" advanced|strong="H5375" him|strong="H5921" above|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" servants|strong="H5650" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428". 
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\verseNumber{12}Haman|strong="H2001" also|strong="H1571" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" let|strong="H0637" no|strong="H3808" man come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" she|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213" but|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589"; and|strong="H0935" tomorrow|strong="H4279" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" also|strong="H1571" invited|strong="H7121" by|strong="H0413" her|strong="H0413" together|strong="H5973" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{13}Yet|strong="H0369" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2088" avails me|strong="H7200" nothing|strong="H0369", so|strong="H0834" long as|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" see|strong="H7200" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064" sitting|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Then|strong="H0853" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H0157" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Let|strong="H8056" a|strong="H0935" gallows|strong="H6086" be|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5:14  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.} high|strong="H1364", and|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H0853" go|strong="H0935" in|strong="H5921" merrily with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" banquet|strong="H4960".” This|strong="H1697" pleased|strong="H3190" Haman|strong="H2001", so|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" had|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" gallows|strong="H6086" made|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{6}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915", the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" couldn’t sleep|strong="H8142". He|strong="H1931" commanded|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" book|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" records|strong="H1697" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" chronicles|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1961" brought|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H1961" read|strong="H7121" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}It|strong="H5921" was|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" written|strong="H3789" that|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046" of|strong="H4428" Bigthana|strong="H0904" and|strong="H3027" Teresh|strong="H8657", two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuchs|strong="H5631", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" doorkeepers|strong="H5592", who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" tried|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “What|strong="H4100" honour and|strong="H4428" dignity|strong="H1420" has|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" given to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088"?” 
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Then|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" who|strong="H5288" attended|strong="H8334" him|strong="H5921" said|strong="H0559", “Nothing|strong="H3808" has|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" done|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921".” 
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\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" court|strong="H2691"?” Now|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" outer|strong="H2435" court|strong="H2691" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", to|strong="H0559" speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" about|strong="H5921" hanging|strong="H8518" Mordecai|strong="H4782" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H0559" king’s|strong="H4428" servants|strong="H5288" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “Behold|strong="H2009",\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6:5  }“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.} Haman|strong="H2001" stands|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" court|strong="H2691".” 
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The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Let him|strong="H0413" come|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935".” 
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H4480" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H0935". The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0935", “What|strong="H4100" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0559" honour?” 
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Now|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" in|strong="H0935" his|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820", “Who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H4310" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delight|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0559" honour more|strong="H4480" than|strong="H4480" myself|strong="H3820"?” 
\verseNumber{7}Haman|strong="H2001" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", “For|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0413" honour, 
\verseNumber{8}let|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" clothing|strong="H3830" be|strong="H4428" brought|strong="H0935" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" uses to|strong="H0935" wear|strong="H3847", and|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0834" horse|strong="H5483" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" rides|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921", and|strong="H0935" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" head|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" which|strong="H0834" a|strong="H5414" royal|strong="H4438" crown|strong="H3804" is|strong="H0834" set|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{9}Let|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" clothing|strong="H3830" and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" horse|strong="H5483" be|strong="H0376" delivered|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" hand|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" one|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" most|strong="H4428" noble|strong="H6579" princes|strong="H8269", that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" may|strong="H0376" array|strong="H3847" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" honour with|strong="H3847" them|strong="H5414", and|strong="H3027" have|strong="H0834" him|strong="H5414" ride|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" horseback|strong="H5483" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" square|strong="H7339", and|strong="H3027" proclaim|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H5414", ‘Thus|strong="H3602" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H5921" honour!’” 
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\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Haman|strong="H2001", “Hurry|strong="H4116" and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" clothing|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" horse|strong="H5483", as|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", and|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3651" for|strong="H3605" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H3605" Jew|strong="H3064", who|strong="H0834" sits|strong="H3427" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179". Let|strong="H0408" nothing|strong="H0408" fail|strong="H5307" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" spoken|strong="H1696".” 
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\verseNumber{11}Then|strong="H3947" Haman|strong="H2001" took|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0853" clothing|strong="H3830" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" horse|strong="H5483", and|strong="H4428" arrayed|strong="H3847" Mordecai|strong="H4782", and|strong="H4428" had|strong="H0834" him|strong="H0853" ride|strong="H7392" through the|strong="H0853" city|strong="H5892" square|strong="H7339", and|strong="H4428" proclaimed|strong="H7121" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", “Thus|strong="H3602" it|strong="H7121" shall|strong="H0376" be|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" delights|strong="H2654" to|strong="H0376" honour!” 
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\verseNumber{12}Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0413" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0413" king’s|strong="H4428" gate|strong="H8179", but|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" hurried|strong="H1765" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H7725" house|strong="H1004", mourning|strong="H0057" and|strong="H4428" having|strong="H4428" his|strong="H7725" head|strong="H7218" covered|strong="H2645". 
\verseNumber{13}Haman|strong="H2001" recounted|strong="H5608" to|strong="H0559" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" and|strong="H0802" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" friends|strong="H0157" everything|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" happened|strong="H7136" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853". Then|strong="H0853" his|strong="H3605" wise|strong="H2450" men|strong="H2450" and|strong="H0802" Zeresh|strong="H2238" his|strong="H3605" wife|strong="H0802" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0853", “If|strong="H0518" Mordecai|strong="H4782", before|strong="H6440" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0559" fall|strong="H5307", is|strong="H0834" of|strong="H6440" Jewish|strong="H3064" descent|strong="H2233", you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" prevail|strong="H3201" against|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H0834" will|strong="H0834" surely|strong="H3588" fall|strong="H5307" before|strong="H6440" him|strong="H0853".” 
\verseNumber{14}While|strong="H5750" they|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" yet|strong="H5750" talking|strong="H1696" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H0413", the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" eunuchs|strong="H5631" came|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" hurried|strong="H0926" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" that|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H6213". 
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\chapterNumber{7}So|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0935" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H0935" Haman|strong="H2001" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" banquet with|strong="H5973" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0935" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" again|strong="H8145" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8145" day|strong="H3117" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0559" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196", “What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", queen|strong="H4436" Esther|strong="H0635"? It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1571" granted|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246"? Even|strong="H1571" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" half|strong="H2677" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" kingdom|strong="H4438" it|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1571" performed|strong="H5414".” 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H6030" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436" answered|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0518" have|strong="H5869" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5414" sight|strong="H5869", O|strong="H5315" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" if|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases|strong="H2895" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" my|strong="H5414" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="H5315" given|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596", and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" at|strong="H5921" my|strong="H5414" request|strong="H1246". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H5650" sold|strong="H4376", I|strong="H0589" and|strong="H4428" my|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971", to|strong="H0369" be|strong="H4428" destroyed|strong="H8045", to|strong="H0369" be|strong="H4428" slain|strong="H2026", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H0369" perish|strong="H0006". But|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H0369" been|strong="H0006" sold|strong="H4376" for|strong="H3588" male|strong="H5650" and|strong="H4428" female|strong="H8198" slaves|strong="H5650", I|strong="H0589" would|strong="H8198" have|strong="H0369" held my|strong="H3588" peace, although|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" adversary could|strong="H5971" not|strong="H0369" have|strong="H0369" compensated for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" king’s|strong="H4428" loss.” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H2088" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436", “Who|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834", and|strong="H4428" where|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" dared presume in|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" heart|strong="H3820" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" so|strong="H3651"?” 
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\verseNumber{6}Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", “An|strong="H6440" adversary and|strong="H4428" an|strong="H6440" enemy|strong="H0341", even this|strong="H2088" wicked|strong="H7451" Haman|strong="H2001"!” 
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Then|strong="H2088" Haman|strong="H2001" was|strong="H0376" afraid before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" queen|strong="H4436". 
\verseNumber{7}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" and|strong="H6965" went|strong="H6965" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H5921" palace|strong="H1055" garden|strong="H1594". Haman|strong="H2001" stood|strong="H5975" up|strong="H6965" to|strong="H0413" make|strong="H7200" request|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" his|strong="H5921" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H0413" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H5921" queen|strong="H4436", for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" there|strong="H5975" was|strong="H4428" evil|strong="H7451" determined|strong="H3615" against|strong="H5921" him|strong="H0413" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{8}Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" returned|strong="H7725" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" palace|strong="H1004" garden|strong="H1594" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" place|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" banquet|strong="H4960" of|strong="H4428" wine|strong="H3196"; and|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" had|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" couch|strong="H4296" where|strong="H0834" Esther|strong="H0635" was|strong="H0834". Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Will|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" even|strong="H1571" assault|strong="H3533" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" in|strong="H5921" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" me|strong="H0413" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004"?” As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" word|strong="H1697" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" mouth|strong="H6310", they|strong="H0834" covered|strong="H2645" Haman’s|strong="H2001" face|strong="H6440". 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H1696" Harbonah|strong="H2726", one|strong="H0259" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0559" eunuchs|strong="H5631" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", said|strong="H0559", “Behold|strong="H2009", the|strong="H0559" gallows|strong="H6086" fifty|strong="H2572" cubits|strong="H0520"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7:9  }A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.} high|strong="H1364", which|strong="H0834" Haman|strong="H2001" has|strong="H0834" made|strong="H6213" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782", who|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" good|strong="H2896" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428", is|strong="H0834" standing|strong="H5975" at|strong="H5921" Haman’s|strong="H2001" house|strong="H1004".” 
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The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559", “Hang|strong="H8518" him|strong="H5921" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921"!” 
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\verseNumber{10}So|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman|strong="H2001" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" prepared|strong="H3559" for|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". Then|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" wrath|strong="H2534" was|strong="H0834" pacified. 
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\chapterNumber{8}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3588" day|strong="H3117", King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" gave|strong="H5414" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H0853" Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887", to|strong="H0935" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436". Mordecai|strong="H4782" came|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428"; for|strong="H3588" Esther|strong="H0635" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" what|strong="H4100" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" to|strong="H0935" her|strong="H5046". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" took|strong="H5493" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5414" ring|strong="H2885", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" taken|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H4428" gave|strong="H5414" it|strong="H7760" to|strong="H5921" Mordecai|strong="H4782". Esther|strong="H0635" set|strong="H7760" Mordecai|strong="H4782" over|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001". 
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\verseNumber{3}Esther|strong="H0635" spoke|strong="H1696" yet|strong="H3254" again|strong="H3254" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H4428" fell|strong="H5307" down|strong="H5307" at|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" feet|strong="H7272" and|strong="H4428" begged him|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" tears to|strong="H1696" put away|strong="H5307" the|strong="H0853" mischief of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" Agagite|strong="H0091", and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H5921" plan|strong="H2803" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" planned|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H6965" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" held out|strong="H6440" to|strong="H6440" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" golden|strong="H2091" sceptre. So|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" arose|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{5}She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H0518" pleases|strong="H5869" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" if|strong="H0518" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" found|strong="H4672" favour in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H1697" seems|strong="H3605" right|strong="H5869" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" pleasing in|strong="H5921" his|strong="H3605" eyes|strong="H5869", let it|strong="H0518" be|strong="H1121" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0559" reverse|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" letters|strong="H5612" devised|strong="H4284" by|strong="H5921" Haman|strong="H2001", the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" wrote|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0559" destroy|strong="H0006" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082". 
\verseNumber{6}For|strong="H3588" how|strong="H0349" can|strong="H3201" I|strong="H0834" endure|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" evil|strong="H7451" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" come|strong="H4672" to|strong="H3201" my|strong="H7200" people|strong="H5971"? How|strong="H0349" can|strong="H3201" I|strong="H0834" endure|strong="H3201" to|strong="H3201" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="H0853" destruction|strong="H7451" of|strong="H4672" my|strong="H7200" relatives|strong="H4138"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H2009" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" and|strong="H3027" to|strong="H0559" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064", “See|strong="H2009", I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" given|strong="H5414" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Haman|strong="H2001", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" hanged|strong="H8518" him|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086" because|strong="H5921" he|strong="H0834" laid|strong="H5414" his|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064". 
\verseNumber{8}Write|strong="H3789" also|strong="H4428" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" as|strong="H0834" it|strong="H5921" pleases|strong="H5869" you|strong="H0859", in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" seal|strong="H2856" it|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885"; for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0834" writing|strong="H3789" which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0369" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" name|strong="H8034", and|strong="H4428" sealed|strong="H2856" with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885", may|strong="H0834" not|strong="H0369" be|strong="H8034" reversed by|strong="H5921" any|strong="H0369" man|strong="H0369".” 
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\verseNumber{9}Then|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" scribes|strong="H5608" were|strong="H0834" called|strong="H7121" at|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0834" time|strong="H6256", in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" third|strong="H7992" month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Sivan|strong="H5510", on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" twenty-third|strong="H6242" day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320"; and|strong="H3967" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" commanded|strong="H6680" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" local governors|strong="H6346", 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="H0834" are|strong="H0834" from|strong="H5704" India|strong="H1912" to|strong="H0413" Ethiopia|strong="H3568", one|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven provinces|strong="H4082", to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" according|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" its|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" every|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956", and|strong="H3967" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" writing|strong="H3789", and|strong="H3967" in|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" language|strong="H3956". 
\verseNumber{10}He|strong="H7971" wrote|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H7971" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H1121" sealed|strong="H2856" it|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3027" the|strong="H7971" king’s|strong="H4428" ring|strong="H2885", and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" by|strong="H3027" courier|strong="H7323" on|strong="H7392" horseback|strong="H5483", riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392" royal|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H5483" that|strong="H3027" were|strong="H1121" bred from|strong="H3027" swift|strong="H7409" steeds|strong="H7409". 
\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" letters, the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" granted|strong="H5414" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892" to|strong="H5921" gather|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5315" together|strong="H5921" and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" defend|strong="H5975" their|strong="H3605" lives|strong="H5315"—to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H8045", to|strong="H5921" kill|strong="H2026", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" cause|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" perish|strong="H0006" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" power of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" province|strong="H4082" that|strong="H0834" would|strong="H0834" assault them|strong="H5414", their|strong="H3605" little|strong="H2945" ones|strong="H2945" and|strong="H4428" women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" plunder|strong="H0962" their|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7998", 
\verseNumber{12}on|strong="H3117" one|strong="H0259" day|strong="H3117" in|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" twelfth 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" letter|strong="H3791", that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082", was|strong="H1961" published|strong="H1540" to|strong="H1961" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971", that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1961" ready for|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" to|strong="H1961" avenge|strong="H5358" themselves on|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" couriers|strong="H7323" who|strong="H4428" rode|strong="H7392" on|strong="H7392" royal|strong="H4428" horses|strong="H7409" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318", hastened|strong="H1765" and|strong="H4428" pressed on|strong="H7392" by|strong="H7323" the|strong="H5414" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697". The|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H3318" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800". 
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\verseNumber{15}Mordecai|strong="H4782" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" royal|strong="H4438" clothing|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" blue|strong="H8504" and|strong="H4428" white|strong="H2353", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" great|strong="H1419" crown|strong="H5850" of|strong="H4428" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H4428" with|strong="H3318" a|strong="H3318" robe|strong="H3830" of|strong="H4428" fine|strong="H0948" linen|strong="H0948" and|strong="H4428" purple|strong="H0713"; and|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" city|strong="H5892" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800" shouted|strong="H6670" and|strong="H4428" was|strong="H4428" glad|strong="H8055". 
\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H1961" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H1961" light, gladness|strong="H8057", joy|strong="H8057", and|strong="H8057" honour. 
\verseNumber{17}In|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" province|strong="H4082" and|strong="H0776" in|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892", wherever|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H0776" his|strong="H3605" decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060", the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" gladness|strong="H8057", joy|strong="H8057", a|strong="H3588" feast|strong="H4960" and|strong="H0776" a|strong="H3588" holiday. Many|strong="H7227" from|strong="H5921" amongst the|strong="H3605" peoples|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" became|strong="H1697" Jews|strong="H3064", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921". 
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\chapterNumber{9}Now|strong="H3117" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" twelfth month|strong="H2320", which|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" month|strong="H2320", when|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" king’s|strong="H4428" commandment|strong="H1697" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H0834" decree|strong="H1881" came|strong="H5060" near|strong="H5060" to|strong="H3117" be|strong="H1697" put in|strong="H4428" execution, on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" enemies|strong="H0341" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" hoped to|strong="H3117" conquer them|strong="H1992", (but|strong="H1992" it|strong="H1931" turned|strong="H2015" out|strong="H8147" that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" opposite|strong="H8147" happened|strong="H1697", that|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" Jews|strong="H3064" conquered those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H1992"), 
\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H7451" together|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", to|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7971" hands|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" wanted|strong="H1245" to|strong="H5921" harm|strong="H7451" them|strong="H5921". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0376" could|strong="H0376" withstand|strong="H5975" them|strong="H5921", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H5921" had|strong="H4428" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", the|strong="H3605" local governors|strong="H6346", the|strong="H3605" governors|strong="H6346", and|strong="H4428" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" business|strong="H4399" helped the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" fear|strong="H6343" of|strong="H4428" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" fallen|strong="H5307" on|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="H3588" Mordecai|strong="H4782" was|strong="H0376" great|strong="H1419" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" house|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1980" his|strong="H3605" fame|strong="H8089" went|strong="H1980" out|strong="H3605" throughout|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" Mordecai|strong="H4782" grew|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419" and|strong="H1980" greater|strong="H1419". 
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" struck|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" with|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" stroke of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", and|strong="H2719" with|strong="H3605" slaughter|strong="H4347" and|strong="H2719" destruction|strong="H0012", and|strong="H2719" did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H7522" they|strong="H3605" wanted to|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5221". 
\verseNumber{6}In|strong="H0376" the|strong="H2026" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H0376" Susa|strong="H7800", the|strong="H2026" Jews|strong="H3064" killed|strong="H2026" and|strong="H3967" destroyed|strong="H0006" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376". 
\verseNumber{7}They killed Parshandatha|strong="H6577", Dalphon|strong="H1813", Aspatha|strong="H0630", 
\verseNumber{8}Poratha|strong="H6334", Adalia|strong="H0118", Aridatha|strong="H0743", 
\verseNumber{9}Parmashta|strong="H6534", Arisai|strong="H0747", Aridai|strong="H0742", and|strong="H0853" Vaizatha|strong="H2055", 
\verseNumber{10}the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha, the|strong="H0853" Jews’|strong="H3064" enemy|strong="H6887", but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" didn’t|strong="H3808" lay|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" plunder|strong="H0961". 
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\verseNumber{11}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", the|strong="H6440" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H1931" who|strong="H1931" were|strong="H3117" slain|strong="H2026" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H6440" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800" was|strong="H1931" brought|strong="H0935" before|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436", “The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" have|strong="H0376" slain|strong="H2026" and|strong="H1121" destroyed|strong="H0006" five|strong="H2568" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" citadel|strong="H1002" of|strong="H1121" Susa|strong="H7800", including|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Haman|strong="H2001"; what|strong="H4100" then|strong="H0853" have|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" done|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" rest|strong="H7605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082"! Now|strong="H5414" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" petition|strong="H7596"? It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" granted|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414". What|strong="H4100" is|strong="H4100" your|strong="H5414" further|strong="H5750" request|strong="H1246"? It|strong="H5414" shall|strong="H1121" be|strong="H5750" done|strong="H6213".” 
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\verseNumber{13}Then|strong="H0853" Esther|strong="H0635" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" it|strong="H5414" pleases the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", let|strong="H5414" it|strong="H5414" be|strong="H1571" granted|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" Susa|strong="H7800" to|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" tomorrow|strong="H4279" also|strong="H1571" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H0559" today’s|strong="H3117" decree|strong="H1881", and|strong="H1121" let|strong="H5414" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121" be|strong="H1571" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086".” 
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\verseNumber{14}The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" commanded|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3651" to|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" done|strong="H6213". A|strong="H5414" decree|strong="H1881" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" out|strong="H0853" in|strong="H4428" Susa|strong="H7800"; and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H3651" hanged|strong="H8518" Haman’s|strong="H2001" ten|strong="H6235" sons|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3117" Susa|strong="H7800" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H6950" together|strong="H1571" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" also|strong="H1571" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143", and|strong="H3967" killed|strong="H2026" three|strong="H7969" hundred|strong="H3967" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H3117" Susa|strong="H7800"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" lay|strong="H7971" their|strong="H7971" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" plunder|strong="H0961". 
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\verseNumber{16}The|strong="H0853" other Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" provinces|strong="H4082" gathered|strong="H6950" themselves|strong="H5315" together|strong="H5921", defended their|strong="H5921" lives|strong="H5315", had|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H7605" from|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3027" killed|strong="H2026" seventy-five|strong="H7657" thousand|strong="H0505" of|strong="H4428" those|strong="H0834" who|strong="H0834" hated|strong="H8130" them|strong="H0853"; but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H0834" didn’t|strong="H3808" lay|strong="H7971" their|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" plunder|strong="H0961". 
\verseNumber{17}This|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3117" done|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" thirteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143"; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" month|strong="H2320" they|strong="H3117" rested|strong="H5117" and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5117" a|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057". 
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\verseNumber{18}But|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H3117" Susa|strong="H7800" assembled|strong="H6950" together|strong="H6950" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" thirteenth and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month; and|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fifteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H0834" month, they|strong="H0834" rested|strong="H5117", and|strong="H3117" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5117" a|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H0853" Judeans|strong="H3064" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" villages|strong="H6519", who|strong="H0376" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H0853" unwalled|strong="H6521" towns|strong="H5892", make|strong="H6213" the|strong="H0853" fourteenth day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" a|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" gladness|strong="H8057" and|strong="H3117" feasting|strong="H4960", a|strong="H5921" holiday, and|strong="H3117" a|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" sending|strong="H4916" presents of|strong="H0376" food|strong="H4490" to|strong="H5921" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453". 
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\verseNumber{20}Mordecai|strong="H4782" wrote|strong="H3789" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", and|strong="H4428" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" in|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", both|strong="H3605" near|strong="H7138" and|strong="H4428" far|strong="H7350", 
\verseNumber{21}to|strong="H1961" enjoin them|strong="H0853" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" should|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" fourteenth and|strong="H6965" fifteenth days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" month|strong="H2320" Adar|strong="H0143" yearly|strong="H3117", 
\verseNumber{22}as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" days|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" had|strong="H0834" rest|strong="H5117" from|strong="H0376" their|strong="H1992" enemies|strong="H0341", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" month|strong="H2320" which|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0834" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H0376" them|strong="H1992" from|strong="H0376" sorrow|strong="H3015" to|strong="H0376" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" from|strong="H0376" mourning|strong="H0060" into|strong="H2015" a|strong="H0834" holiday; that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" should|strong="H0376" make|strong="H6213" them|strong="H1992" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" feasting|strong="H4960" and|strong="H3117" gladness|strong="H8057", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H0376" sending|strong="H4916" presents|strong="H4979" of|strong="H0376" food|strong="H4490" to|strong="H0376" one|strong="H0376" another|strong="H7453", and|strong="H3117" gifts|strong="H4979" to|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" needy|strong="H0034". 
\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064" accepted|strong="H6901" the|strong="H0853" custom|strong="H6901" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" begun|strong="H2490", as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" had|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{24}because|strong="H3588" Haman|strong="H2001" the|strong="H3605" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hammedatha, the|strong="H3605" Agagite|strong="H0091", the|strong="H3605" enemy|strong="H6887" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", had|strong="H3588" plotted|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H0006" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3588" cast|strong="H5307" “Pur|strong="H6332"”, that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1931" the|strong="H3605" lot|strong="H1486", to|strong="H5921" consume them|strong="H5921" and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5921" destroy|strong="H0006" them|strong="H5921"; 
\verseNumber{25}but|strong="H0935" when|strong="H0834" this|strong="H0834" became|strong="H7725" known to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428", he|strong="H0834" commanded|strong="H0559" by|strong="H5921" letters|strong="H5612" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7451" plan|strong="H2803", which|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" planned|strong="H2803" against|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" Jews|strong="H3064", should|strong="H0559" return|strong="H7725" on|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" own|strong="H6440" head|strong="H7218", and|strong="H1121" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" should|strong="H0559" be|strong="H1121" hanged|strong="H8518" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" gallows|strong="H6086". 
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\verseNumber{26}Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" called|strong="H7121" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" “Purim|strong="H6332"”,\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:26  }Purim is the Hebrew plural for pur, which means lot.} from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" word|strong="H1697" “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="H0107", and|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0428" they|strong="H3651" had|strong="H3117" seen|strong="H7200" concerning|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063" matter|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" which|strong="H0428" had|strong="H3117" come|strong="H5060" to|strong="H0413" them|strong="H0413", 
\verseNumber{27}the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" established|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" imposed on|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H0428", on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233", and|strong="H6965" on|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H0428" who|strong="H3605" joined themselves|strong="H0428" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H0853", so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605" it|strong="H5921" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H5674" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3605" keep|strong="H6213" these|strong="H0428" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" what|strong="H2233" was|strong="H1961" written and|strong="H6965" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H1961" its|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H2165" time|strong="H3117" every|strong="H3605" year|strong="H8141"; 
\verseNumber{28}and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" should|strong="H6213" be|strong="H3808" remembered|strong="H2142" and|strong="H3117" 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="H0428" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" should|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H5674" from|strong="H3117" amongst the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064", nor|strong="H3808" their|strong="H3605" memory|strong="H2143" perish from|strong="H3117" their|strong="H3605" offspring|strong="H2233".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9:28  }or, seed} 
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\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="H0854" all|strong="H3605" authority|strong="H8633" to|strong="H6965" confirm|strong="H6965" this|strong="H2063" second|strong="H8145" letter|strong="H0107" of|strong="H1323" Purim|strong="H6332". 
\verseNumber{30}He|strong="H7971" sent|strong="H7971" letters|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" hundred|strong="H3967" and|strong="H3967" twenty-seven provinces|strong="H4082" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" kingdom|strong="H4438" of|strong="H1697" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" with|strong="H0413" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H3967" truth|strong="H0571", 
\verseNumber{31}to|strong="H5921" confirm|strong="H6965" these|strong="H0428" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Purim|strong="H6332" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" appointed|strong="H2165" times|strong="H3117", as|strong="H0834" Mordecai|strong="H4782" the|strong="H0853" Jew|strong="H3064" and|strong="H6965" Esther|strong="H0635" the|strong="H0853" queen|strong="H4436" had|strong="H0834" decreed, and|strong="H6965" as|strong="H0834" they|strong="H0834" had|strong="H0834" imposed upon|strong="H5921" themselves|strong="H5315" and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" matter|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0853" fastings and|strong="H6965" their|strong="H5921" mourning. 
\verseNumber{32}The|strong="H1697" commandment|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Esther|strong="H0635" confirmed|strong="H6965" these|strong="H0428" matters|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" Purim|strong="H6332"; and|strong="H6965" it|strong="H6965" was|strong="H1697" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H3789" the|strong="H1697" book|strong="H5612". 
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\chapterNumber{10}King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325" laid|strong="H7760" a|strong="H7760" tribute|strong="H4522" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" and|strong="H0776" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" islands|strong="H0339" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" sea|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{2}Aren’t 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", to|strong="H5921" which|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" advanced|strong="H1431" him|strong="H5921", 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" to|strong="H1696" King|strong="H4428" Ahasuerus|strong="H0325", and|strong="H4428" great|strong="H1419" amongst the|strong="H3605" Jews|strong="H3064" and|strong="H4428" accepted|strong="H7521" by|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H4428" his|strong="H3605" brothers|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" descendants|strong="H2233". 
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