- Esther
- Chapter 1
- 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from
India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was
in Shushan the palace,
3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants;
the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
4 When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent
majesty many days, even and hundred and fourscore days.
5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were
present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the
garden of the king's palace;
6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and
purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a
pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from
another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had
appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's
pleasure.
9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to
king Ahasuerus.
10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains
that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and
the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains:
therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner
toward all that knew law and judgment:
14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and
Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat
the first in the kingdom;)
15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed
the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done
wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise
their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded
Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes,
which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and
wrath.
19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written
among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no
more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate - unto another that is better than she.
20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his
empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to
great and small.
21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word
of Memucan:
22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the
writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule
in his own house, and that it should be published according - to the language of every
people.
- Chapter 2
- 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered
Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins
sought for the king:
3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may
gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the
women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; - and let their
things for purification be given them:
4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing
pleased the king; and he did so.
5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of
Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away
with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither
father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and
mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many
maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that
Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, - keeper of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her
her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which
were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: - and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
10 Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she
should not show it.
11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther
did, and what should become of her.
12 Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been
twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their
purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, - and six months with
sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
13 Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go
with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the
women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she
came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, - and that she were called by name.
15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had
taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. - And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16 So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which
is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17 And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his
sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made
her queen instead of Vashti.
18 Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's
feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of
the king.
19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the
king's gate.
20 Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for
Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains,
Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on
the king Ahasuerus.
22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther
certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both
hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
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- Chapter 3
- 1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the
Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman:
for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence.
3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why
transgressest thou the king's commandment?
4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them,
that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them
that he was a Jew.
5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full
of wrath.
6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had showed him the people
of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole
kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus,
they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to
the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and
dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse
from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: - therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten
thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to
bring it into the king's treasuries.
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with
them as it seemeth good to thee.
12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there
was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to
the governors that were over every province, - and to the rulers of every people of every
province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in
the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill,
and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one
day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, - and to
take the spoil of them for a prey.
14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published
unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given
in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was
perplexed.
- Chapter 4
- 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on
sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a
bitter cry;
2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed
with sackcloth.
3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there
was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in
sackcloth and ashes.
4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen
exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his
sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to
attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it
was.
6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the
king's gate.
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money
that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to
destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that
she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, - and to make request before
him for her people.
9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that
whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not
called, there is one law of his to put him to death, - except such to whom the king shall
hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto
the king these thirty days.
12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape
in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and
deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be
destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the - kingdom for such a time as this?
15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and
neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise;
and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I
perish.
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
- Chapter 5
- 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood
in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat
upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she
obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was
in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it
shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day
unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So
the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall
be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be
performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my
petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I
shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai
in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation
against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his
friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and
all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the
princes and servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto
the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also
with the king.
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the
king's gate.
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty
cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon:
then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. - And the thing pleased Haman; and
he caused the gallows to be made.
- Chapter 6
- 1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records
of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the
king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then
said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the
king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared
for him.
5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king
said, Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the
king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight
to do honour more than to myself?
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the
king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble
princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring
him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, - Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou
hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let
nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on
horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done
unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and
having his head covered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.
Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the
Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, - but shalt
surely fall before him.
14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to
bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- Chapter 7
- 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is
thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it
shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king,
and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my
request:
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we
had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could
not countervail the king's damage.
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is
he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid
before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden:
and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there
was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine;
and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force
the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, - they covered Haman's face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows
fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king,
standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the
king's wrath pacified.
- Chapter 8
- 1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto
Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto
her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto
Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him
with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had
devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood
before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing
seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse
the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, - which he wrote to destroy
the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure
to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I
have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because
he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the
king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the
king's ring, may no man reverse.
9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month
Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that
Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, - and the deputies and rulers of
the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces,
unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their
language, and to the Jews
- according to their writing, and according to their language.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent
letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves
together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all
the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women,
- and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of
the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published
unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves
on their enemies.
14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by
the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white,
and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city
of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his
decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people
of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
- Chapter 9
- 1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same,
when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day
that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them,
- (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of
the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand
them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers
of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the
provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and
destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on
the spoil laid they not their hand.
11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought
before the king.
12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred
men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of
the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? - and it shall be granted thee: or what is
thy request further? and it shall be done.
13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in
Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be
hanged upon the gallows.
14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they
hanged Haman's ten sons.
15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day
also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid
not their hand.
16 But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and
stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and
five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested
they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and
on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a
day of feasting and gladness.
19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the
fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of
sending portions one to another.
20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month
Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned
unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make
them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, - and gifts to the
poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had
devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume
them, and to destroy them;
25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device,
which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his
sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the
words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which
had come unto them,
27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined
themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days
according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
28 And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every
family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from
among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all
authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of
the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew
and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for
their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the
book.
- Chapter 10
- 1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of
Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and
accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking
peace to all his seed.
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