than she. {If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king} {unto...: Heb. unto her companion} {from him: Heb. from before him} {be not...: Heb. pass not away}

1:20

And when the king's
<04428>

decree
<06599>

which he shall make
<06213> (8799)

shall be published
<08085> (8738)

throughout all his empire
<04438>_,

(for it is great
<07227>,)

all the wives
<0802>

shall give
<05414> (8799)

to their husbands
<01167>

honour
<03366>_,

both to great
<01419>

and small
<06996>_.

1:21

And the saying
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

and the princes
<08269>_;

and the king
<04428>

did
<06213> (8799)

according to the word
<01697>

of Memucan
<04462>_:

{pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king}

1:22

For he sent
<07971> (8799)

letters
<05612>

into all the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

into every province
<04082>

according to the writing
<03791>

thereof, and to every people
<05971>

after their language
<03956>_,

that every man
<0376>

should bear rule
<08323> (8802)

in his own house
<01004>_,

and that [it] should be published
<01696> (8764)

according to the language
<03956>

of every people
<05971>_.

{that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}

2:1

After
<0310>

these things
<01697>_,

when the wrath
<02534>

of king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

was appeased
<07918> (8800)_,

he remembered
<02142> (8804)

Vashti
<02060>_,

and what she had done
<06213> (8804)_,

and what was decreed
<01504> (8738)

against her.

2:2

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king's
<04428>

servants
<05288>

that ministered
<08334> (8764)

unto him, Let there be fair
<02896> <04758>

young
<05291>

virgins
<01330>

sought
<01245> (8762)

for the king
<04428>_:

2:3

And let the king
<04428>

appoint
<06485> (8686)

officers
<06496>

in all the provinces
<04082>

of his kingdom
<04438>_,

that they may gather together
<06908> (8799)

all the fair
<02896> <04758>

young
<05291>

virgins
<01330>

unto Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

to the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_,

unto the custody
<03027>

of Hege
<01896>

the king's
<04428>

chamberlain
<05631>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_;

and let their things for purification
<08562>

be given
<05414> (8800)

[them]: {unto the...: Heb. unto the hand} {Hege: also called, Hegai}

2:4

And let the maiden
<05291>

which pleaseth
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

be queen
<04427> (8799)

instead of Vashti
<02060>_.

And the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>_;

and he did so
<06213> (8799)_.

2:5

[Now] in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>

there was a certain
<0376>

Jew
<03064>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Mordecai
<04782>_,

the son
<01121>

of Jair
<02971>_,

the son
<01121>

of Shimei
<08096>_,

the son
<01121>

of Kish
<07027>_,

a Benjamite
<01145>_;

2:6

Who had been carried away
<01540> (8717)

from Jerusalem
<03389>

with the captivity
<01473>

which had been carried away
<01540> (8717)

with Jeconiah
<03204>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

whom Nebuchadnezzar
<05019>

the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

had carried away
<01540> (8689)_.

{Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin}

2:7

And he brought up
<0539> (8802)

Hadassah
<01919>_,

that [is], Esther
<0635>_,

his uncle's
<01730>

daughter
<01323>_:

for she had neither father
<01>

nor mother
<0517>_,

and the maid
<05291>

[was] fair
<03303> <08389>

and beautiful
<02896> <04758>_;

whom Mordecai
<04782>_,

when her father
<01>

and mother
<0517>

were dead
<04194>_,

took
<03947> (8804)

for his own daughter
<01323>_.

{brought...: Heb. nourished} {fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance}

2:8

So it came to pass, when the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

was heard
<08085> (8736)_,

and when many
<07227>

maidens
<05291>

were gathered together
<06908> (8736)

unto Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Hegai
<01896>_,

that Esther
<0635>

was brought
<03947> (8735)

also unto the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Hegai
<01896>_,

keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_.

2:9

And the maiden
<05291>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

him, and she obtained
<05375> (8799)

kindness
<02617>

of him
<06440>_;

and he speedily
<0926> (8762)

gave
<05414> (8800)

her her things for purification
<08562>_,

with such things as belonged
<04490>

to her, and seven
<07651>

maidens
<05291>_,

[which were] meet
<07200> (8803)

to be given
<05414> (8800)

her, out of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_:

and he preferred
<08138> (8762)

her and her maids
<05291>

unto the best
<02896>

[place] of the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_.

{such...: Heb. her portions} {preferred: Heb. changed}

2:10

Esther
<0635>

had not shewed
<05046> (8689)

her people
<05971>

nor her kindred
<04138>_:

for Mordecai
<04782>

had charged
<06680> (8765)

her that she should not shew
<05046> (8686)

[it].

2:11

And Mordecai
<04782>

walked
<01980> (8693)

every day
<03117>

before
<06440>

the court
<02691>

of the women's
<0802>

house
<01004>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

how Esther
<0635>

did
<07965>_,

and what should become
<06213> (8735)

of her. {to know...: Heb. to know the peace}

2:12

Now when every maid's
<05291>

turn
<08447>

was come
<05060> (8687)

to go in
<0935> (8800)

to king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

after
<07093>

that she had been twelve
<08147> <06240>

months
<02320>_,

according to the manner
<01881>

of the women
<0802>_,

(for so were the days
<03117>

of their purifications
<04795>

accomplished
<04390> (8799)_,

[to wit], six
<08337>

months
<02320>

with oil
<08081>

of myrrh
<04753>_,

and six
<08337>

months
<02320>

with sweet odours
<01314>_,

and with [other] things for the purifying
<08562>

of the women
<0802>;)

2:13

Then thus came
<0935> (8802)

[every] maiden
<05291>

unto the king
<04428>_;

whatsoever she desired
<0559> (8799)

was given
<05414> (8735)

her to go
<0935> (8800)

with her out of the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>

unto the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_.

2:14

In the evening
<06153>

she went
<0935> (8802)_,

and on the morrow
<01242>

she returned
<07725> (8802)

into the second
<08145>

house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>_,

to the custody
<03027>

of Shaashgaz
<08190>_,

the king's
<04428>

chamberlain
<05631>_,

which kept
<08104> (8802)

the concubines
<06370>_:

she came in
<0935> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

no more, except the king
<04428>

delighted
<02654> (8804)

in her, and that she were called
<07121> (8738)

by name
<08034>_.

2:15

Now when the turn
<08447>

of Esther
<0635>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of Abihail
<032>

the uncle
<01730>

of Mordecai
<04782>_,

who had taken
<03947> (8804)

her for his daughter
<01323>_,

was come
<05060> (8687)

to go in
<0935> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>_,

she required
<01245> (8765)

nothing
<01697>

but what Hegai
<01896>

the king's
<04428>

chamberlain
<05631>_,

the keeper
<08104> (8802)

of the women
<0802>_,

appointed
<0559> (8799)_.

And Esther
<0635>

obtained
<05375> (8802)

favour
<02580>

in the sight
<05869>

of all them that looked
<07200> (8802)

upon her.

2:16

So Esther
<0635>

was taken
<03947> (8735)

unto king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

into his house
<01004>

royal
<04438>

in the tenth
<06224>

month
<02320>_,

which [is] the month
<02320>

Tebeth
<02887>_,

in the seventh
<07651>

year
<08141>

of his reign
<04438>_.

2:17

And the king
<04428>

loved
<0157> (8799)

Esther
<0635>

above all the women
<0802>_,

and she obtained
<05375> (8799)

grace
<02580>

and favour
<02617>

in his sight
<06440>

more than all the virgins
<01330>_;

so that he set
<07760> (8799)

the royal
<04438>

crown
<03804>

upon her head
<07218>_,

and made her queen
<04427> (8686)

instead of Vashti
<02060>_.

{favour: or, kindness} {in his...: Heb. before him}

2:18

Then the king
<04428>

made
<06213> (8799)

a great
<01419>

feast
<04960>

unto all his princes
<08269>

and his servants
<05650>_,

[even] Esther's
<0635>

feast
<04960>_;

and he made
<06213> (8804)

a release
<02010>

to the provinces
<04082>_,

and gave
<05414> (8799)

gifts
<04864>_,

according to the state
<03027>

of the king
<04428>_.

{release: Heb. rest}

2:19

And when the virgins
<01330>

were gathered together
<06908> (8736)

the second time
<08145>_,

then Mordecai
<04782>

sat
<03427> (8802)

in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_.

2:20

Esther
<0635>

had not [yet] shewed
<05046> (8688)

her kindred
<04138>

nor her people
<05971>_;

as Mordecai
<04782>

had charged
<06680> (8765)

her: for Esther
<0635>

did
<06213> (8802)

the commandment
<03982>

of Mordecai
<04782>_,

like as when she was brought up
<0545>

with him.

2:21

In those days
<03117>_,

while Mordecai
<04782>

sat
<03427> (8802)

in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_,

two
<08147>

of the king's
<04428>

chamberlains
<05631>_,

Bigthan
<0904>

and Teresh
<08657>_,

of those which kept
<08104> (8802)

the door
<05592>_,

were wroth
<07107> (8804)_,

and sought
<01245> (8762)

to lay
<07971> (8800)

hand
<03027>

on the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_.

{Bigthan: also called, Bigthana} {the door: Heb. the threshold}

2:22

And the thing
<01697>

was known
<03045> (8735)

to Mordecai
<04782>_,

who told
<05046> (8686)

[it] unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_;

and Esther
<0635>

certified
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>

[thereof] in Mordecai's
<04782>

name
<08034>_.

2:23

And when inquisition
<01245> (8792)

was made of the matter
<01697>_,

it was found out
<04672> (8735)_;

therefore they were both
<08147>

hanged
<08518> (8735)

on a tree
<06086>_:

and it was written
<03789> (8735)

in the book
<05612>

of the chronicles
<01697> <03117>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

3:1

After
<0310>

these things
<01697>

did king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

promote
<01431> (8765)

Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>

the Agagite
<091>_,

and advanced
<05375> (8762)

him, and set
<07760> (8799)

his seat
<03678>

above all the princes
<08269>

that [were] with him.

3:2

And all the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>_,

that [were] in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_,

bowed
<03766> (8802)_,

and reverenced
<07812> (8693)

Haman
<02001>_:

for the king
<04428>

had so commanded
<06680> (8765)

concerning him. But Mordecai
<04782>

bowed
<03766> (8799)

not, nor did [him] reverence
<07812> (8691)_.

3:3

Then the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>_,

which [were] in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_,

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Mordecai
<04782>_,

Why transgressest
<05674> (8802)

thou the king's
<04428>

commandment
<04687>_?

3:4

Now it came to pass, when they spake
<0559> (8800)

daily
<03117> <03117>

unto him, and he hearkened
<08085> (8804)

not unto them, that they told
<05046> (8686)

Haman
<02001>_,

to see
<07200> (8800)

whether Mordecai's
<04782>

matters
<01697>

would stand
<05975> (8799)_:

for he had told
<05046> (8689)

them that he [was] a Jew
<03064>_.

3:5

And when Haman
<02001>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that Mordecai
<04782>

bowed
<03766> (8802)

not, nor did him reverence
<07812> (8693)_,

then was Haman
<02001>

full
<04390> (8735)

of wrath
<02534>_.

3:6

And he thought
<05869>

scorn
<0959> (8799)

to lay
<07971> (8800)

hands
<03027>

on Mordecai
<04782>

alone; for they had shewed
<05046> (8689)

him the people
<05971>

of Mordecai
<04782>_:

wherefore Haman
<02001>

sought
<01245> (8762)

to destroy
<08045> (8687)

all the Jews
<03064>

that [were] throughout the whole kingdom
<04438>

of Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

[even] the people
<05971>

of Mordecai
<04782>_.

3:7

In the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_,

that [is], the month
<02320>

Nisan
<05212>_,

in the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

year
<08141>

of king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

they cast
<05307> (8689)

Pur
<06332>_,

that [is], the lot
<01486>_,

before
<06440>

Haman
<02001>

from day
<03117>

to day
<03117>_,

and from month
<02320>

to month
<02320>_,

[to] the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

[month], that [is], the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_.

3:8

And Haman
<02001>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

There is
<03426>

a certain
<0259>

people
<05971>

scattered abroad
<06340> (8794)

and dispersed
<06504> (8794)

among the people
<05971>

in all the provinces
<04082>

of thy kingdom
<04438>_;

and their laws
<01881>

[are] diverse
<08138> (8802)

from all people
<05971>_;

neither keep
<06213> (8802)

they the king's
<04428>

laws
<01881>_:

therefore it [is] not for the king's
<04428>

profit
<07737> (8802)

to suffer
<03240> (8687)

them. {for the...: Heb. meet or, equal, etc}

3:9

If it please
<02895> (8804)

the king
<04428>_,

let it be written
<03789> (8735)

that they may be destroyed
<06> (8763)_:

and I will pay
<08254> (8799)

ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

talents
<03603>

of silver
<03701>

to the hands
<03027>

of those that have the charge
<06213> (8802)

of the business
<04399>_,

to bring
<0935> (8687)

[it] into the king's
<04428>

treasuries
<01595>_.

{that they...: Heb. to destroy them} {pay: Heb. weigh}

3:10

And the king
<04428>

took
<05493> (8686)

his ring
<02885>

from his hand
<03027>_,

and gave
<05414> (8799)

it unto Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>

the Agagite
<091>_,

the Jews
<03064>_'

enemy
<06887> (8802)_.

{enemy: or, oppressor}

3:11

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Haman
<02001>_,

The silver
<03701>

[is] given
<05414> (8803)

to thee, the people
<05971>

also, to do
<06213> (8800)

with them as it seemeth
<05869>

good
<02896>

to thee.

3:12

Then were the king's
<04428>

scribes
<05608> (8802)

called
<07121> (8735)

on the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_,

and there was written
<03789> (8735)

according to all that Haman
<02001>

had commanded
<06680> (8765)

unto the king's
<04428>

lieutenants
<0323>_,

and to the governors
<06346>

that [were] over every province
<04082>_,

and to the rulers
<08269>

of every people
<05971>

of every province
<04082>

according to the writing
<03791>

thereof, and [to] every people
<05971>

after their language
<03956>_;

in the name
<08034>

of king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

was it written
<03789> (8737)_,

and sealed
<02856> (8738)

with the king's
<04428>

ring
<02885>_.

{scribes: or, secretaries}

3:13

And the letters
<05612>

were sent
<07971> (8736)

by
<03027>

posts
<07323> (8801)

into all the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

to destroy
<08045> (8687)_,

to kill
<02026> (8800)_,

and to cause to perish
<06> (8763)_,

all Jews
<03064>_,

both young
<05288>

and old
<02205>_,

little children
<02945>

and women
<0802>_,

in one
<0259>

day
<03117>_,

[even] upon the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

[day] of the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

month
<02320>_,

which is the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_,

and [to take] the spoil
<07998>

of them for a prey
<0962> (8800)_.

3:14

The copy
<06572>

of the writing
<03791>

for a commandment
<01881>

to be given
<05414> (8736)

in every province
<04082>

was published
<01540> (8803)

unto all people
<05971>_,

that they should be ready
<06264>

against that day
<03117>_.

3:15

The posts
<07323> (8801)

went out
<03318> (8804)_,

being hastened
<01765> (8803)

by the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>_,

and the decree
<01881>

was given
<05414> (8738)

in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_.

And the king
<04428>

and Haman
<02001>

sat down
<03427> (8804)

to drink
<08354> (8800)_;

but the city
<05892>

Shushan
<07800>

was perplexed
<0943> (8737)_.

4:1

When Mordecai
<04782>

perceived
<03045> (8804)

all that was done
<06213> (8738)_,

Mordecai
<04782>

rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_,

and put on
<03847> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

with ashes
<0665>_,

and went out
<03318> (8799)

into the midst
<08432>

of the city
<05892>_,

and cried
<02199> (8799)

with a loud
<01419>

and a bitter
<04751>

cry
<02201>_;

4:2

And came
<0935> (8799)

even before
<06440>

the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_:

for none [might] enter
<0935> (8800)

into the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>

clothed
<03830>

with sackcloth
<08242>_.

4:3

And in every province
<04082>_,

whithersoever
<04725>

the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

came
<05060> (8688)_,

[there was] great
<01419>

mourning
<060>

among the Jews
<03064>_,

and fasting
<06685>_,

and weeping
<01065>_,

and wailing
<04553>_;

and many
<07227>

lay
<03331> (8714)

in sackcloth
<08242>

and ashes
<0665>_.

{many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many}

4:4

So Esther's
<0635>

maids
<05291>

and her chamberlains
<05631>

came
<0935> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

[it] her. Then was the queen
<04436>

exceedingly
<03966>

grieved
<02342> (8698)_;

and she sent
<07971> (8799)

raiment
<0899>

to clothe
<03847> (8687)

Mordecai
<04782>_,

and to take away
<05493> (8687)

his sackcloth
<08242>

from him: but he received
<06901> (8765)

[it] not. {chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs}

4:5

Then called
<07121> (8799)

Esther
<0635>

for Hatach
<02047>_,

[one] of the king's
<04428>

chamberlains
<05631>_,

whom he had appointed
<05975> (8689)

to attend
<06440>

upon her, and gave him a commandment
<06680> (8762)

to Mordecai
<04782>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

what it [was], and why it [was]. {appointed...: Heb. set before her}

4:6

So Hatach
<02047>

went forth
<03318> (8799)

to Mordecai
<04782>

unto the street
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_,

which [was] before
<06440>

the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_.

4:7

And Mordecai
<04782>

told
<05046> (8686)

him of all that had happened
<07136> (8804)

unto him, and of the sum
<06575>

of the money
<03701>

that Haman
<02001>

had promised
<0559> (8804)

to pay
<08254> (8800)

to the king's
<04428>

treasuries
<01595>

for the Jews
<03064>_,

to destroy
<06> (8763)

them.

4:8

Also he gave
<05414> (8804)

him the copy
<06572>

of the writing
<03791>

of the decree
<01881>

that was given
<05414> (8738)

at Shushan
<07800>

to destroy
<08045> (8687)

them, to shew
<07200> (8687)

[it] unto Esther
<0635>_,

and to declare
<05046> (8687)

[it] unto her, and to charge
<06680> (8763)

her that she should go in
<0935> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>_,

to make supplication
<02603> (8692)

unto him, and to make request
<01245> (8763)

before
<06440>

him for her people
<05971>_.

4:9

And Hatach
<02047>

came
<0935> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

Esther
<0635>

the words
<01697>

of Mordecai
<04782>_.

4:10

Again Esther
<0635>

spake
<0559> (8799)

unto Hatach
<02047>_,

and gave him commandment
<06680> (8762)

unto Mordecai
<04782>_;

4:11

All the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>_,

and the people
<05971>

of the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

do know
<03045> (8802)_,

that whosoever, whether man
<0376>

or woman
<0802>_,

shall come
<0935> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

into the inner
<06442>

court
<02691>_,

who is not called
<07121> (8735)_,

[there is] one
<0259>

law
<01881>

of his to put [him] to death
<04191> (8687)_,

except
<0905>

such to whom the king
<04428>

shall hold out
<03447> (8686)

the golden
<02091>

sceptre
<08275>_,

that he may live
<02421> (8804)_:

but I have not been called
<07121> (8738)

to come in
<0935> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>

these thirty
<07970>

days
<03117>_.

4:12

And they told
<05046> (8686)

to Mordecai
<04782>

Esther's
<0635>

words
<01697>_.

4:13

Then Mordecai
<04782>

commanded
<0559> (8799)

to answer
<07725> (8687)

Esther
<0635>_,

Think
<01819> (8762)

not with thyself
<05315>

that thou shalt escape
<04422> (8736)

in the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

more than all the Jews
<03064>_.

4:14

For if thou altogether
<02790> (8687)

holdest thy peace
<02790> (8686)

at this time
<06256>_,

[then] shall there enlargement
<07305>

and deliverance
<02020>

arise
<05975> (8799)

to the Jews
<03064>

from another
<0312>

place
<04725>_;

but thou and thy father's
<01>

house
<01004>

shall be destroyed
<06> (8799)_:

and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

whether thou art come
<05060> (8689)

to the kingdom
<04438>

for [such] a time
<06256>

as this? {enlargement: Heb. respiration}

4:15

Then Esther
<0635>

bade
<0559> (8799)

[them] return
<07725> (8687)

Mordecai
<04782>

[this answer],

4:16

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

gather together
<03664> (8798)

all the Jews
<03064>

that are present
<04672> (8737)

in Shushan
<07800>_,

and fast
<06684> (8798)

ye for me, and neither eat
<0398> (8799)

nor drink
<08354> (8799)

three
<07969>

days
<03117>_,

night
<03915>

or day
<03117>_:

I also and my maidens
<05291>

will fast
<06684> (8799)

likewise; and so
<03651>

will I go
<0935> (8799)

in unto the king
<04428>_,

which [is] not according to the law
<01881>_:

and if I perish
<06> (8804)_,

I perish
<06> (8804)_.

{present: Heb. found}

4:17

So Mordecai
<04782>

went his way
<05674> (8799)_,

and did
<06213> (8799)

according to all that Esther
<0635>

had commanded
<06680> (8765)

him. {went...: Heb. passed}

5:1

Now it came to pass on the third
<07992>

day
<03117>_,

that Esther
<0635>

put on
<03847> (8799)

[her] royal
<04438>

[apparel], and stood
<05975> (8799)

in the inner
<06442>

court
<02691>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

over against
<05227>

the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_:

and the king
<04428>

sat
<03427> (8802)

upon his royal
<04438>

throne
<03678>

in the royal
<04438>

house
<01004>_,

over against
<05227>

the gate
<06607>

of the house
<01004>_.

5:2

And it was so, when the king
<04428>

saw
<07200> (8800)

Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>

standing
<05975> (8802)

in the court
<02691>_,

[that] she obtained
<05375> (8804)

favour
<02580>

in his sight
<05869>_:

and the king
<04428>

held out
<03447> (8686)

to Esther
<0635>

the golden
<02091>

sceptre
<08275>

that [was] in his hand
<03027>_.

So Esther
<0635>

drew near
<07126> (8799)_,

and touched
<05060> (8799)

the top
<07218>

of the sceptre
<08275>_.

5:3

Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>

unto her, What wilt thou, queen
<04436>

Esther
<0635>_?

and what [is] thy request
<01246>_?

it shall be even given
<05414> (8735)

thee to the half
<02677>

of the kingdom
<04438>_.

5:4

And Esther
<0635>

answered
<0559> (8799)_,

If [it seem] good
<02895> (8804)

unto the king
<04428>_,

let the king
<04428>

and Haman
<02001>

come
<0935> (8799)

this day
<03117>

unto the banquet
<04960>

that I have prepared
<06213> (8804)

for him.

5:5

Then the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Cause Haman
<02001>

to make haste
<04116> (8761)_,

that he may do
<06213> (8800)

as Esther
<0635>

hath said
<01697>_.

So the king
<04428>

and Haman
<02001>

came
<0935> (8799)

to the banquet
<04960>

that Esther
<0635>

had prepared
<06213> (8804)_.

5:6

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

at the banquet
<04960>

of wine
<03196>_,

What [is] thy petition
<07596>_?

and it shall be granted
<05414> (8735)

thee: and what [is] thy request
<01246>_?

even to the half
<02677>

of the kingdom
<04438>

it shall be performed
<06213> (8735)_.

5:7

Then answered
<06030> (8799)

Esther
<0635>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

My petition
<07596>

and my request
<01246>

[is];

5:8

If I have found
<04672> (8804)

favour
<02580>

in the sight
<05869>

of the king
<04428>_,

and if it please
<02895> (8804)

the king
<04428>

to grant
<05414> (8800)

my petition
<07596>_,

and to perform
<06213> (8800)

my request
<01246>_,

let the king
<04428>

and Haman
<02001>

come
<0935> (8799)

to the banquet
<04960>

that I shall prepare
<06213> (8799)

for them, and I will do
<06213> (8799)

to morrow
<04279>

as the king
<04428>

hath said
<01697>_.

{perform: Heb. do}

5:9

Then went
<03318> (0)

Haman
<02001>

forth
<03318> (8799)

that day
<03117>

joyful
<08056>

and with a glad
<02896>

heart
<03820>_:

but when Haman
<02001>

saw
<07200> (8800)

Mordecai
<04782>

in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_,

that he stood not up
<06965> (8804)_,

nor moved
<02111> (8804)

for him, he
<02001>

was full
<04390> (8735)

of indignation
<02534>

against Mordecai
<04782>_.

5:10

Nevertheless Haman
<02001>

refrained
<0662> (8691)

himself: and when he came
<0935> (8799)

home
<01004>_,

he sent
<07971> (8799)

and called
<0935> (8686)

for his friends
<0157> (8802)_,

and Zeresh
<02238>

his wife
<0802>_.

{called...: Heb. caused to come}

5:11

And Haman
<02001>

told
<05608> (8762)

them of the glory
<03519>

of his riches
<06239>_,

and the multitude
<07230>

of his children
<01121>_,

and all [the things] wherein the king
<04428>

had promoted
<01431> (8765)

him, and how he had advanced
<05375> (8765)

him above the princes
<08269>

and servants
<05650>

of the king
<04428>_.

5:12

Haman
<02001>

said
<0559> (8799)

moreover, Yea, Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>

did let no man come in
<0935> (8689)

with the king
<04428>

unto the banquet
<04960>

that she had prepared
<06213> (8804)

but myself; and to morrow
<04279>

am I invited
<07121> (8803)

unto her also with the king
<04428>_.

5:13

Yet all this availeth
<07737> (8802)

me nothing, so long as
<06256>

I see
<07200> (8802)

Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>

sitting
<03427> (8802)

at the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_.

5:14

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Zeresh
<02238>

his wife
<0802>

and all his friends
<0157> (8802)

unto him, Let a gallows
<06086>

be made
<06213> (8799)

of fifty
<02572>

cubits
<0520>

high
<01364>_,

and to morrow
<01242>

speak
<0559> (8798)

thou unto the king
<04428>

that Mordecai
<04782>

may be hanged
<08518> (8799)

thereon: then go
<0935> (8798)

thou in merrily
<08056>

with the king
<04428>

unto the banquet
<04960>_.

And the thing
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <06440>

Haman
<02001>_;

and he caused
<06213> (0)

the gallows
<06086>

to be made
<06213> (8799)_.

{gallows: Heb. tree}

6:1

On that night
<03915>

could not
<05074> (8804)

the king
<04428>

sleep
<08142>_,

and he commanded
<0559> (8799)

to bring
<0935> (8687)

the book
<05612>

of records
<02146>

of the chronicles
<01697> <03117>_;

and they were read
<07121> (8737)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

{could...: Heb. the king's sleep fled away}

6:2

And it was found
<04672> (8735)

written
<03789> (8803)_,

that Mordecai
<04782>

had told
<05046> (8689)

of Bigthana
<0904>

and Teresh
<08657>_,

two
<08147>

of the king's
<04428>

chamberlains
<05631>_,

the keepers
<08104> (8802)

of the door
<05592>_,

who sought
<01245> (8765)

to lay
<07971> (8800)

hand
<03027>

on the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_.

{Bigthana: also called, Bigthan} {door: Heb. threshold}

6:3

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

What honour
<03366>

and dignity
<01420>

hath been done
<06213> (8738)

to Mordecai
<04782>

for this? Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king's
<04428>

servants
<05288>

that ministered
<08334> (8764)

unto him, There is nothing
<01697>

done
<06213> (8738)

for him.

6:4

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] in the court
<02691>_?

Now Haman
<02001>

was come
<0935> (8804)

into the outward
<02435>

court
<02691>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

to speak
<0559> (8800)

unto the king
<04428>

to hang
<08518> (8800)

Mordecai
<04782>

on the gallows
<06086>

that he had prepared
<03559> (8689)

for him.

6:5

And the king's
<04428>

servants
<05288>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold, Haman
<02001>

standeth
<05975> (8802)

in the court
<02691>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let him come in
<0935> (8799)_.

6:6

So Haman
<02001>

came in
<0935> (8799)_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What shall be done
<06213> (8800)

unto the man
<0376>

whom the king
<04428>

delighteth
<02654> (8804)

to honour
<03366>_?

Now Haman
<02001>

thought
<0559> (8799)

in his heart
<03820>_,

To whom would the king
<04428>

delight
<02654> (8799)

to do
<06213> (8800)

honour
<03366>

more
<03148>

than to myself? {whom the king...: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth}

6:7

And Haman
<02001>

answered
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>_,

For the man
<0376>

whom the king
<04428>

delighteth
<02654> (8804)

to honour
<03366>_,

{whom the king...: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth}

6:8

Let the royal
<04438>

apparel
<03830>

be brought
<0935> (8686)

which the king
<04428>

[useth] to wear
<03847> (8804)_,

and the horse
<05483>

that the king
<04428>

rideth
<07392> (8804)

upon, and the crown
<03804>

royal
<04438>

which is set
<05414> (8738)

upon his head
<07218>_:

{Let...: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel} {which the king...: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself}

6:9

And let this apparel
<03830>

and horse
<05483>

be delivered
<05414> (8800)

to the hand
<03027>

of one
<0376>

of the king's
<04428>

most noble
<06579>

princes
<08269>_,

that they may array
<03847> (8689)

the man
<0376>

[withal] whom the king
<04428>

delighteth
<02654> (8804)

to honour
<03366>_,

and bring
<07392> (8689)

him on horseback
<05483>

through the street
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_,

and proclaim
<07121> (8804)

before
<06440>

him, Thus shall it be done
<06213> (8735)

to the man
<0376>

whom the king
<04428>

delighteth
<02654> (8804)

to honour
<03366>_.

{bring...: Heb. cause him to ride}

6:10

Then the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Haman
<02001>_,

Make haste
<04116> (8761)_,

[and] take
<03947> (8798)

the apparel
<03830>

and the horse
<05483>_,

as thou hast said
<01696> (8765)_,

and do
<06213> (8798)

even so to Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>_,

that sitteth
<03427> (8802)

at the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_:

let nothing
<01697>

fail
<05307> (8686)

of all that thou hast spoken
<01696> (8765)_.

{let...: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall}

6:11

Then took
<03947> (8799)

Haman
<02001>

the apparel
<03830>

and the horse
<05483>_,

and arrayed
<03847> (8686)

Mordecai
<04782>_,

and brought him on horseback
<07392> (8686)

through the street
<07339>

of the city
<05892>_,

and proclaimed
<07121> (8799)

before
<06440>

him, Thus shall it be done
<06213> (8735)

unto the man
<0376>

whom the king
<04428>

delighteth
<02654> (8804)

to honour
<03366>_.

6:12

And Mordecai
<04782>

came again
<07725> (8799)

to the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_.

But Haman
<02001>

hasted
<01765> (8738)

to his house
<01004>

mourning
<057>_,

and having his head
<07218>

covered
<02645> (8802)_.

6:13

And Haman
<02001>

told
<05608> (8762)

Zeresh
<02238>

his wife
<0802>

and all his friends
<0157> (8802)

every [thing] that had befallen
<07136> (8804)

him. Then said
<0559> (8799)

his wise men
<02450>

and Zeresh
<02238>

his wife
<0802>

unto him, If Mordecai
<04782>

[be] of the seed
<02233>

of the Jews
<03064>_,

before
<06440>

whom thou hast begun
<02490> (8689)

to fall
<05307> (8800)_,

thou shalt not prevail
<03201> (8799)

against him, but shalt surely
<05307> (8800)

fall
<05307> (8799)

before
<06440>

him.

6:14

And while they [were] yet talking
<01696> (8764)

with him, came
<05060> (8689)

the king's
<04428>

chamberlains
<05631>_,

and hasted
<0926> (8686)

to bring
<0935> (8687)

Haman
<02001>

unto the banquet
<04960>

that Esther
<0635>

had prepared
<06213> (8804)_.

7:1

So the king
<04428>

and Haman
<02001>

came
<0935> (8799)

to banquet
<08354> (8800)

with Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_.

{to banquet: Heb. to drink}

7:2

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

again unto Esther
<0635>

on the second
<08145>

day
<03117>

at the banquet
<04960>

of wine
<03196>_,

What [is] thy petition
<07596>_,

queen
<04436>

Esther
<0635>_?

and it shall be granted
<05414> (8735)

thee: and what [is] thy request
<01246>_?

and it shall be performed
<06213> (8735)_,

[even] to the half
<02677>

of the kingdom
<04438>_.

7:3

Then Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

If I have found
<04672> (8804)

favour
<02580>

in thy sight
<05869>_,

O king
<04428>_,

and if it please
<02895> (8804)

the king
<04428>_,

let my life
<05315>

be given
<05414> (8735)

me at my petition
<07596>_,

and my people
<05971>

at my request
<01246>_:

7:4

For we are sold
<04376> (8738)_,

I and my people
<05971>_,

to be destroyed
<08045> (8687)_,

to be slain
<02026> (8800)_,

and to perish
<06> (8763)_.

But if
<0432>

we had been sold
<04376> (8738)

for bondmen
<05650>

and bondwomen
<08198>_,

I had held my tongue
<02790> (8689)_,

although the enemy
<06862>

could not countervail
<07737> (8802)

the king's
<04428>

damage
<05143>_.

{to be destroyed...: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish}

7:5

Then the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

answered
<0559> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_,

Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume
<04390> (8804)

in his heart
<03820>

to do
<06213> (8800)

so? {that...: Heb. whose heart hath filled him}

7:6

And Esther
<0635>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

The adversary
<0376> <06862>

and enemy
<0341> (8802)

[is] this wicked
<07451>

Haman
<02001>_.

Then Haman
<02001>

was afraid
<01204> (8738)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>

and the queen
<04436>_.

{The adversary: Heb. The man adversary} {before: or, at the presence of}

7:7

And the king
<04428>

arising
<06965> (8804)

from the banquet
<04960>

of wine
<03196>

in his wrath
<02534>

[went] into the palace
<01055>

garden
<01594>_:

and Haman
<02001>

stood up
<05975> (8804)

to make request
<01245> (8763)

for his life
<05315>

to Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_;

for he saw
<07200> (8804)

that there was evil
<07451>

determined
<03615> (8804)

against him by the king
<04428>_.

7:8

Then the king
<04428>

returned
<07725> (8804)

out of the palace
<01055>

garden
<01594>

into the place
<01004>

of the banquet
<04960>

of wine
<03196>_;

and Haman
<02001>

was fallen
<05307> (8802)

upon the bed
<04296>

whereon Esther
<0635>

[was]. Then said
<0559> (8799)

the king
<04428>_,

Will he force
<03533> (8800)

the queen
<04436>

also before me in the house
<01004>_?

As the word
<01697>

went out
<03318> (8804)

of the king's
<04428>

mouth
<06310>_,

they covered
<02645> (8804)

Haman's
<02001>

face
<06440>_.

{before me: Heb. with me}

7:9

And Harbonah
<02726>_,

one
<0259>

of the chamberlains
<05631>_,

said
<0559> (8799)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

Behold also, the gallows
<06086>

fifty
<02572>

cubits
<0520>

high
<01364>_,

which Haman
<02001>

had made
<06213> (8804)

for Mordecai
<04782>_,

who had spoken
<01696> (8765)

good
<02896>

for the king
<04428>_,

standeth
<05975> (8802)

in the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>_.

Then the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hang
<08518> (8798)

him thereon. {gallows: Heb. tree}

7:10

So they hanged
<08518> (8799)

Haman
<02001>

on the gallows
<06086>

that he had prepared
<03559> (8689)

for Mordecai
<04782>_.

Then was the king's
<04428>

wrath
<02534>

pacified
<07918> (8804)_.

8:1

On that day
<03117>

did the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

give
<05414> (8804)

the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>

the Jews
<03064>_'

enemy
<06887> (8802)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_.

And Mordecai
<04782>

came
<0935> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_;

for Esther
<0635>

had told
<05046> (8689)

what he [was] unto her.

8:2

And the king
<04428>

took off
<05493> (8686)

his ring
<02885>_,

which he had taken
<05674> (8689)

from Haman
<02001>_,

and gave
<05414> (8799)

it unto Mordecai
<04782>_.

And Esther
<0635>

set
<07760> (8799)

Mordecai
<04782>

over the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>_.

8:3

And Esther
<0635>

spake
<01696> (8762)

yet again
<03254> (8686)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

and fell down
<05307> (8799)

at
<06440>

his feet
<07272>_,

and besought
<02603> (8691)

him with tears
<01058> (8799)

to put away
<05674> (8687)

the mischief
<07451>

of Haman
<02001>

the Agagite
<091>_,

and his device
<04284>

that he had devised
<02803> (8804)

against the Jews
<03064>_.

{and besought...: Heb. and she wept, and besought him}

8:4

Then the king
<04428>

held out
<03447> (8686)

the golden
<02091>

sceptre
<08275>

toward Esther
<0635>_.

So Esther
<0635>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

8:5

And said
<0559> (8799)_,

If it please
<02896>

the king
<04428>_,

and if I have found
<04672> (8804)

favour
<02580>

in his sight
<06440>_,

and the thing
<01697>

[seem] right
<03787> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

and I [be] pleasing
<02896>

in his eyes
<05869>_,

let it be written
<03789> (8735)

to reverse
<07725> (8687)

the letters
<05612>

devised
<04284>

by Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>

the Agagite
<091>_,

which he wrote
<03789> (8804)

to destroy
<06> (8763)

the Jews
<03064>

which [are] in all the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_:

{devised: Heb. the device} {which he...: or, who wrote}

8:6

For how
<0349>

can I endure
<03201> (8799)

to see
<07200> (8804)

the evil
<07451>

that shall come
<04672> (8799)

unto my people
<05971>_?

or how
<0349>

can I endure
<03201> (8799)

to see
<07200> (8804)

the destruction
<013>

of my kindred
<04138>_?

{endure...: Heb. be able that I may see}

8:7

Then the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>

and to Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>_,

Behold, I have given
<05414> (8804)

Esther
<0635>

the house
<01004>

of Haman
<02001>_,

and him they have hanged
<08518> (8804)

upon the gallows
<06086>_,

because he laid
<07971> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

upon the Jews
<03064>_.

8:8

Write
<03789> (8798)

ye also for the Jews
<03064>_,

as it liketh
<02896>

you
<05869>_,

in the king's
<04428>

name
<08034>_,

and seal
<02856> (8798)

[it] with the king's
<04428>

ring
<02885>_:

for the writing
<03791>

which is written
<03789> (8737)

in the king's
<04428>

name
<08034>_,

and sealed
<02856> (8737)

with the king's
<04428>

ring
<02885>_,

may no man reverse
<07725> (8687)_.

8:9

Then were the king's
<04428>

scribes
<05608> (8802)

called
<07121> (8735)

at that time
<06256>

in the third
<07992>

month
<02320>_,

that [is], the month
<02320>

Sivan
<05510>_,

on the three
<07969>

and twentieth
<06242>

[day] thereof; and it was written
<03789> (8735)

according to all that Mordecai
<04782>

commanded
<06680> (8765)

unto the Jews
<03064>_,

and to the lieutenants
<0323>_,

and the deputies
<06346>

and rulers
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>

which [are] from India
<01912>

unto Ethiopia
<03568>_,

an hundred
<03967>

twenty
<06242>

and seven
<07651>

provinces
<04082>_,

unto every province
<04082>

according to the writing
<03791>

thereof, and unto every people
<05971>

after their language
<03956>_,

and to the Jews
<03064>

according to their writing
<03791>_,

and according to their language
<03956>_.

8:10

And he wrote
<03789> (8799)

in the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_'

name
<08034>_,

and sealed
<02856> (8799)

[it] with the king's
<04428>

ring
<02885>_,

and sent
<07971> (8799)

letters
<05612>

by
<03027>

posts
<07323> (8801)

on horseback
<05483>_,

[and] riders
<07392> (8802)

on mules
<07409>_,

camels
<0327>_,

[and] young
<01121>

dromedaries
<07424>_:

8:11

Wherein the king
<04428>

granted
<05414> (8804)

the Jews
<03064>

which [were] in every city
<05892>

to gather themselves together
<06950> (8736)_,

and to stand
<05975> (8800)

for their life
<05315>_,

to destroy
<08045> (8687)_,

to slay
<02026> (8800)_,

and to cause to perish
<06> (8763)_,

all the power
<02428>

of the people
<05971>

and province
<04082>

that would assault
<06696> (8802)

them, [both] little ones
<02945>

and women
<0802>_,

and [to take] the spoil
<07998>

of them for a prey
<0962> (8800)_,

8:12

Upon one
<0259>

day
<03117>

in all the provinces
<04082>

of king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

[namely], upon the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

[day] of the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

month
<02320>_,

which [is] the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_.

8:13

The copy
<06572>

of the writing
<03791>

for a commandment
<01881>

to be given
<05414> (8736)

in every province
<04082>

[was] published
<01540> (8803)

unto all people
<05971>_,

and that the Jews
<03064>

should be ready
<06264> (8675) <06259>

against that day
<03117>

to avenge
<05358> (8736)

themselves on their enemies
<0341> (8802)_.

{published: Heb. revealed}

8:14

[So] the posts
<07323> (8801)

that rode
<07392> (8802)

upon mules
<07409>

[and] camels
<0327>

went out
<03318> (8804)_,

being hastened
<0926> (8794)

and pressed on
<01765> (8803)

by the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>_.

And the decree
<01881>

was given
<05414> (8738)

at Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_.

8:15

And Mordecai
<04782>

went out
<03318> (8804)

from the presence
<06440>

of the king
<04428>

in royal
<04438>

apparel
<03830>

of blue
<08504>

and white
<02353>_,

and with a great
<01419>

crown
<05850>

of gold
<02091>_,

and with a garment
<08509>

of fine linen
<0948>

and purple
<0713>_:

and the city
<05892>

of Shushan
<07800>

rejoiced
<06670> (8804)

and was glad
<08056>_.

{blue: or, violet}

8:16

The Jews
<03064>

had light
<0219>_,

and gladness
<08057>_,

and joy
<08342>_,

and honour
<03366>_.

8:17

And in every province
<04082>_,

and in every city
<05892>_,

whithersoever
<04725>

the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

came
<05060> (8688)_,

the Jews
<03064>

had joy
<08057>

and gladness
<08342>_,

a feast
<04960>

and a good
<02896>

day
<03117>_.

And many
<07227>

of the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>

became Jews
<03054> (8693)_;

for the fear
<06343>

of the Jews
<03064>

fell
<05307> (8804)

upon them.

9:1

Now in the twelfth
<08147> <06240>

month
<02320>_,

that [is], the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_,

on the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the same, when the king's
<04428>

commandment
<01697>

and his decree
<01881>

drew near
<05060> (8689)

to be put in execution
<06213> (8736)_,

in the day
<03117>

that the enemies
<0341> (8802)

of the Jews
<03064>

hoped
<07663> (8765)

to have power
<07980> (8800)

over them, (though it was turned
<02015> (8736)

to the contrary, that the Jews
<03064>

had rule
<07980> (8799)

over them that hated
<08130> (8802)

them;)

9:2

The Jews
<03064>

gathered themselves together
<06950> (8738)

in their cities
<05892>

throughout all the provinces
<04082>

of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

to lay
<07971> (8800)

hand
<03027>

on such as sought
<01245> (8764)

their hurt
<07451>_:

and no man
<0376>

could withstand
<05975> (8804)

them
<06440>_;

for the fear
<06343>

of them fell
<05307> (8804)

upon all people
<05971>_.

9:3

And all the rulers
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_,

and the lieutenants
<0323>_,

and the deputies
<06346>_,

and officers
<06213> (8802) <04399>

of the king
<04428>_,

helped
<05375> (8764)

the Jews
<03064>_;

because the fear
<06343>

of Mordecai
<04782>

fell
<05307> (8804)

upon them. {officers...: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king}

9:4

For Mordecai
<04782>

[was] great
<01419>

in the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

and his fame
<08089>

went out
<01980> (8802)

throughout all the provinces
<04082>_:

for this man
<0376>

Mordecai
<04782>

waxed
<01980> (8802)

greater and greater
<01419>_.

9:5

Thus the Jews
<03064>

smote
<05221> (8686)

all their enemies
<0341> (8802)

with the stroke
<04347>

of the sword
<02719>_,

and slaughter
<02027>_,

and destruction
<012>_,

and did
<06213> (8799)

what they would
<07522>

unto those that hated
<08130> (8802)

them. {what...: Heb. according to their will}

9:6

And in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>

the Jews
<03064>

slew
<02026> (8804)

and destroyed
<06> (8763)

five
<02568>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_.

9:7

And Parshandatha
<06577>_,

and Dalphon
<01813>_,

and Aspatha
<0630>_,

9:8

And Poratha
<06334>_,

and Adalia
<0118>_,

and Aridatha
<0743>_,

9:9

And Parmashta
<06534>_,

and Arisai
<0747>_,

and Aridai
<0742>_,

and Vajezatha
<02055>_,

9:10

The ten
<06235>

sons
<01121>

of Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>_,

the enemy
<06887> (8802)

of the Jews
<03064>_,

slew
<02026> (8804)

they; but on the spoil
<0961>

laid
<07971> (8804)

they not their hand
<03027>_.

9:11

On that day
<03117>

the number
<04557>

of those that were slain
<02026> (8803)

in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>

was brought
<0935> (8804)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_.

{was...: Heb. came}

9:12

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_,

The Jews
<03064>

have slain
<02026> (8804)

and destroyed
<06> (8763)

five
<02568>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

in Shushan
<07800>

the palace
<01002>_,

and the ten
<06235>

sons
<01121>

of Haman
<02001>_;

what have they done
<06213> (8804)

in the rest
<07605>

of the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_?

now what [is] thy petition
<07596>_?

and it shall be granted
<05414> (8735)

thee: or what [is] thy request
<01246>

further
<05750>_?

and it shall be done
<06213> (8735)_.

9:13

Then said
<0559> (8799)

Esther
<0635>_,

If it please
<02896>

the king
<04428>_,

let it be granted
<05414> (8735)

to the Jews
<03064>

which [are] in Shushan
<07800>

to do
<06213> (8800)

to morrow
<04279>

also according unto this day's
<03117>

decree
<01881>_,

and let Haman's
<02001>

ten
<06235>

sons
<01121>

be hanged
<08518> (8799)

upon the gallows
<06086>_.

{let Haman's...: Heb. let men hang, etc}

9:14

And the king
<04428>

commanded
<0559> (8799)

it so to be done
<06213> (8736)_:

and the decree
<01881>

was given
<05414> (8735)

at Shushan
<07800>_;

and they hanged
<08518> (8804)

Haman's
<02001>

ten
<06235>

sons
<01121>_.

9:15

For the Jews
<03064>

that [were] in Shushan
<07800>

gathered themselves together
<06950> (8735)

on the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

day
<03117>

also of the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_,

and slew
<02026> (8799)

three
<07969>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>

at Shushan
<07800>_;

but on the prey
<0961>

they laid
<07971> (8804)

not their hand
<03027>_.

9:16

But the other
<07605>

Jews
<03064>

that [were] in the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>

gathered themselves together
<06950> (8738)_,

and stood
<05975> (8800)

for their lives
<05315>_,

and had rest
<05118>

from their enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and slew
<02026> (8800)

of their foes
<08130> (8802)

seventy
<07657>

and five
<02568>

thousand
<0505>_,

but they laid
<07971> (8804)

not their hands
<03027>

on the prey
<0961>_,

9:17

On the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_;

and on the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

day of the same rested
<05118>

they, and made
<06213> (8800)

it a day
<03117>

of feasting
<04960>

and gladness
<08057>_.

{of the same: Heb. in it}

9:18

But the Jews
<03064>

that [were] at Shushan
<07800>

assembled together
<06950> (8738)

on the thirteenth
<07969> <06240>

[day] thereof, and on the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

thereof; and on the fifteenth
<02568> <06240>

[day] of the same they rested
<05118>_,

and made
<06213> (8800)

it a day
<03117>

of feasting
<04960>

and gladness
<08057>_.

9:19

Therefore the Jews
<03064>

of the villages
<06521>_,

that dwelt
<03427> (8802)

in the unwalled
<06519>

towns
<05892>_,

made
<06213> (8802)

the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>

[a day of] gladness
<08057>

and feasting
<04960>_,

and a good
<02896>

day
<03117>_,

and of sending
<04916>

portions
<04490>

one
<0376>

to another
<07453>_.

9:20

And Mordecai
<04782>

wrote
<03789> (8799)

these things
<01697>_,

and sent
<07971> (8799)

letters
<05612>

unto all the Jews
<03064>

that [were] in all the provinces
<04082>

of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

[both] nigh
<07138>

and far
<07350>_,

9:21

To stablish
<06965> (8763)

[this] among them, that they should keep
<06213> (8802)

the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the month
<02320>

Adar
<0143>_,

and the fifteenth
<02568> <06240>

day
<03117>

of the same, yearly
<08141> <08141>_,

9:22

As the days
<03117>

wherein the Jews
<03064>

rested
<05117> (8804)

from their enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and the month
<02320>

which was turned
<02015> (8738)

unto them from sorrow
<03015>

to joy
<08057>_,

and from mourning
<060>

into a good
<02896>

day
<03117>_:

that they should make
<06213> (8800)

them days
<03117>

of feasting
<04960>

and joy
<08057>_,

and of sending
<04916>

portions
<04490>

one
<0376>

to another
<07453>_,

and gifts
<04979>

to the poor
<034>_.

9:23

And the Jews
<03064>

undertook
<06901> (8765)

to do
<06213> (8800)

as they had begun
<02490> (8689)_,

and as Mordecai
<04782>

had written
<03789> (8804)

unto them;

9:24

Because Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>_,

the Agagite
<091>_,

the enemy
<06887> (8802)

of all the Jews
<03064>_,

had devised
<02803> (8804)

against the Jews
<03064>

to destroy
<06> (8763)

them, and had cast
<05307> (8689)

Pur
<06332>_,

that [is], the lot
<01486>_,

to consume
<02000> (8800)

them, and to destroy
<06> (8763)

them; {consume: Heb. crush}

9:25

But when [Esther] came
<0935> (8800)

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

he commanded
<0559> (8804)

by letters
<05612>

that his wicked
<07451>

device
<04284>_,

which he devised
<02803> (8804)

against the Jews
<03064>_,

should return
<07725> (8799)

upon his own head
<07218>_,

and that he and his sons
<01121>

should be hanged
<08518> (8804)

on the gallows
<06086>_.

{when...: Heb. when she came}

9:26

Wherefore they called
<07121> (8804)

these days
<03117>

Purim
<06332>

after the name
<08034>

of Pur
<06332>_.

Therefore for all the words
<01697>

of this letter
<0107>_,

and [of that] which they had seen
<07200> (8804)

concerning this matter
<03602>_,

and which had come
<05060> (8689)

unto them, {Pur: that is, Lot}

9:27

The Jews
<03064>

ordained
<06965> (8765)_,

and took
<06901> (8765)

upon them, and upon their seed
<02233>_,

and upon all such as joined
<03867> (8737)

themselves unto them, so as it should not fail
<05674> (8799)_,

that they would keep
<06213> (8802)

these two
<08147>

days
<03117>

according to their writing
<03791>_,

and according to their [appointed] time
<02165>

every year
<08141> <08141>_;

{fail: Heb. pass}

9:28

And [that] these days
<03117>

[should be] remembered
<02142> (8737)

and kept
<06213> (8737)

throughout
<01755>

every generation
<01755>_,

every family
<04940>_,

every province
<04082>_,

and every city
<05892>_;

and [that] these days
<03117>

of Purim
<06332>

should not fail
<05674> (8799)

from among
<08432>

the Jews
<03064>_,

nor the memorial
<02143>

of them perish
<05486> (8799)

from their seed
<02233>_.

{fail: Heb. pass} {perish: Heb. be ended}

9:29

Then Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of Abihail
<032>_,

and Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>_,

wrote
<03789> (8799)

with all authority
<08633>_,

to confirm
<06965> (8763)

this second
<08145>

letter
<0107>

of Purim
<06332>_.

{authority: Heb. strength}

9:30

And he sent
<07971> (8799)

the letters
<05612>

unto all the Jews
<03064>_,

to the hundred
<03967>

twenty
<06242>

and seven
<07651>

provinces
<04082>

of the kingdom
<04438>

of Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

[with] words
<01697>

of peace
<07965>

and truth
<0571>_,

9:31

To confirm
<06965> (8763)

these days
<03117>

of Purim
<06332>

in their times
<02165>

[appointed], according as Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>

and Esther
<0635>

the queen
<04436>

had enjoined
<06965> (8765)

them, and as they had decreed
<06965> (8765)

for themselves
<05315>

and for their seed
<02233>_,

the matters
<01697>

of the fastings
<06685>

and their cry
<02201>_.

{themselves: Heb. their souls}

9:32

And the decree
<03982>

of Esther
<0635>

confirmed
<06965> (8765)

these matters
<01697>

of Purim
<06332>_;

and it was written
<03789> (8737)

in the book
<05612>_.

10:1

And the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

laid
<07760> (8799)

a tribute
<04522>

upon the land
<0776>_,

and [upon] the isles
<0339>

of the sea
<03220>_.

10:2

And all the acts
<04639>

of his power
<08633>

and of his might
<01369>_,

and the declaration
<06575>

of the greatness
<01420>

of Mordecai
<04782>_,

whereunto the king
<04428>

advanced
<01431> (8765)

him, [are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of the chronicles
<01697> <03117>

of the kings
<04428>

of Media
<04074>

and Persia
<06539>_?

{advanced...: Heb. made him great}

10:3

For Mordecai
<04782>

the Jew
<03064>

[was] next
<04932>

unto king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

and great
<01419>

among the Jews
<03064>_,

and accepted
<07521> (8803)

of the multitude
<07230>

of his brethren
<0251>_,

seeking
<01875> (8802)

the wealth
<02896>

of his people
<05971>_,

and speaking
<01696> (8802)

peace
<07965>

to all his seed
<02233>_.

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