ASV_Strong : Esther 8
1. On that day[H3117] did the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325] give[H5414] the house[H1004] of Haman[H2001] the Jews[H3064]' enemy[H6887] unto Esther[H635] the queen[H4436]. And Mordecai[H4782] came[H935] before[H6440] the king[H4428]; for Esther[H635] had told what he was unto her[H5046].
2. And the king[H4428] took off[H5493] his ring[H2885], which he had taken[H5674] from Haman[H2001], and gave[H5414] it unto Mordecai[H4782]. And Esther[H635] set[H7760] Mordecai[H4782] over the house[H1004] of Haman[H2001].
3. And Esther[H635] spake[H1696] yet again[H3254] before[H6440] the king[H4428], and fell down[H5307] at[H6440] his feet[H7272], and besought[H2603] him with tears[H1058] to put away[H5674] the mischief[H7451] of Haman[H2001] the Agagite[H91], and his device[H4284] that he had devised[H2803] against the Jews[H3064].
4. Then the king[H4428] held out[H3447] to Esther[H635] the golden[H2091] sceptre[H8275]. So Esther[H635] arose[H6965], and stood[H5975] before[H6440] the king[H4428].
5. And she said[H559], If it please[H2896] the king[H4428], and if I have found[H4672] favor[H2580] in his sight[H6440], and the thing[H1697] seem right[H3787] before[H6440] the king[H4428], and I be pleasing[H2896] in his eyes[H5869], let it be written[H3789] to reverse[H7725] the letters[H5612] devised[H4284] by Haman[H2001], the son[H1121] of Hammedatha[H4099] the Agagite[H91], which he wrote[H3789] to destroy[H6] the Jews[H3064] that are in all the king[H4428]'s provinces[H4082]:
6. for how[H349] can I endure[H3201] to see[H7200] the evil[H7451] that shall come[H4672] unto my people[H5971]? or how[H349] can I endure[H3201] to see[H7200] the destruction[H13] of my kindred[H4138]?
7. Then the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325] said[H559] unto Esther[H635] the queen[H4436] and to Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064], Behold[H5414], I have given Esther[H635] the house[H1004] of Haman[H2001], and him they have hanged[H8518] upon the gallows[H6086], because he laid[H7971] his hand[H3027] upon the Jews[H3064].
8. Write[H3789] ye also to the Jews[H3064], as it pleaseth[H2896] you[H5869], in the king[H4428]'s name[H8034], and seal[H2856] it with the king[H4428]'s ring[H2885]; for the writing[H3791] which is written[H3789] in the king[H4428]'s name[H8034], and sealed[H2856] with the king[H4428]'s ring[H2885], may no man reverse[H7725].
9. Then were the king[H4428]'s scribes[H5608] called[H7121] at that time[H6256], in the third[H7992] month[H2320] Sivan[H5510], on the three[H7969] and twentieth[H6242] day thereof[H3789]; and it was written according to all that Mordecai[H4782] commanded[H6680] unto the Jews[H3064], and to the satraps[H323], and the governors[H6346] and princes[H8269] of the provinces[H4082] which are from India[H1912] unto Ethiopia[H3568], a hundred[H3967] twenty[H6242] and seven[H7651] provinces[H4082], unto every province[H4082] according to the writing[H3791] thereof[H5971], and unto every people after their language[H3956], and to the Jews[H3064] according to their writing[H3791], and according to their language[H3956].
10. And he wrote[H3789] the name[H8034] of king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325], and sealed[H2856] it with the king[H4428]'s ring[H2885], and sent[H7971] letters[H5612] by[H3027] post[H7323] on horseback[H5483], riding[H7392] on swift steeds[H7409] that were used in the king[H327]'s service, bred[H1121] of the stud[H7424]:
11. wherein the king[H4428] granted[H5414] the Jews[H3064] that were in every city[H5892] to gather themselves together[H6950], and to stand[H5975] for their life[H5315], to destroy[H8045], to slay[H2026], and to cause to perish[H6], all the power[H2428] of the people[H5971] and province[H4082] that would assault[H6696] them[H2945], their little ones and women[H802], and to take the spoil[H7998] of them for a prey[H962],
12. upon one[H259] day[H3117] in all the provinces[H4082] of king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325], namely[H7969], upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth[H8147] month[H2320], which is the month[H2320] Adar[H143].
13. A copy[H6572] of the writing[H3791], that the decree[H1881] should be given[H5414] out in every province[H4082], was published[H1540] unto all the peoples[H5971], and that the Jews[H3064] should be ready[H6264] against that day[H3117] to avenge[H5358] themselves on their enemies[H341].
14. So the posts[H7323] that rode[H7392] upon swift steeds[H7409] that were used in the king[H4428]'s service went out[H3318], being hastened[H926] and pressed on[H1765] by the king[H4428]'s commandment[H1697]; and the decree[H1881] was given[H5414] out in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002].
15. And Mordecai[H4782] went forth[H3318] from the presence[H6440] of the king[H4428] in royal[H4438] apparel[H3830] of blue[H8504] and white[H2353], and with a great[H1419] crown[H5850] of gold[H2091], and with a robe[H8509] of fine linen[H948] and purple[H713]: and the city[H5892] of Shushan[H7800] shouted[H6670] and was glad[H8056].
16. The Jews[H3064] had light[H219] and gladness[H8057], and joy[H8342] and honor[H3366].
17. And in every province[H4082], and in every city[H5892], whithersoever[H4725] the king[H4428]'s commandment[H1697] and his decree[H1881] came[H5060], the Jews[H3064] had gladness[H8342] and joy[H8057], a feast[H4960] and a good[H2896] day[H3117]. And many[H7227] from among the peoples[H5971] of the land[H776] became Jews[H3054]; for the fear[H6343] of the Jews[H3064] was fallen upon them[H5307].
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