ASV_Strong : Esther 9
1. Now in the twelfth[H8147] month[H2320], which is the month[H2320] Adar[H143], on the thirteenth[H7969] day[H3117] of the same[H4428], when the king's commandment[H1697] and his decree[H1881] drew near[H5060] to be put in execution[H6213], on the day[H3117] that the enemies[H341] of the Jews[H3064] hoped[H7663] to have rule[H7980] over them[H2015], (whereas it was turned to the contrary[H3064], that the Jews had rule[H7980] over them that hated them[H8130],)
2. the Jews[H3064] gathered themselves together[H6950] in their cities[H5892] throughout all the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325], to lay[H7971] hand[H3027] on such as sought[H1245] their hurt[H7451]: and no man[H376] could withstand[H5975] them[H6440]; for the fear[H6343] of them was fallen[H5307] upon all the peoples[H5971].
3. And all the princes[H8269] of the provinces[H4082], and the satraps[H323], and the governors[H6346], and they[H6213] that did the king[H4428]'s business[H5375], helped the Jews[H3064]; because the fear[H6343] of Mordecai[H4782] was fallen upon them[H5307].
4. For Mordecai[H4782] was great[H1419] in the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and his fame[H8089] went forth[H1980] throughout all the provinces[H4082]; for the man[H376] Mordecai[H4782] waxed[H1980] greater and greater[H1419].
5. And the Jews[H3064] smote[H5221] all their enemies[H341] with the stroke[H4347] of the sword[H2719], and with slaughter[H2027] and destruction[H12], and did[H6213] what they would[H7522] unto them that hated them[H8130].
6. And in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002] the Jews[H3064] slew[H2026] and destroyed[H6] five[H2568] hundred[H3967] men[H376].
7. And Parshandatha[H6577], and Dalphon[H1813], and Aspatha[H630],
8. and Poratha[H6334], and Adalia[H118], and Aridatha[H743],
9. and Parmashta[H6534], and Arisai[H747], and Aridai[H742], and Vaizatha[H2055],
10. the ten[H6235] sons[H1121] of Haman[H2001] the son[H1121] of Hammedatha[H4099], the Jew[H3064]'s enemy[H6887], slew[H2026] they[H961]; but on the spoil they laid[H7971] not their hand[H3027].
11. On that day[H3117] the number[H4557] of those that were slain[H2026] in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002] was brought[H935] before[H6440] the king[H4428].
12. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto Esther[H635] the queen[H4436], The Jews[H3064] have slain[H2026] and destroyed[H6] five[H2568] hundred[H3967] men[H376] in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002], and the ten[H6235] sons[H1121] of Haman[H2001]; what then have they done[H6213] in the rest[H7605] of the king[H4428]'s provinces[H4082]! Now what is thy petition[H7596]? and it shall be granted[H5414] thee[H1246]: or what is thy request further[H5750]? and it shall be done[H6213].
13. Then said[H559] Esther[H635], If it please[H2896] the king[H4428], let it be granted[H5414] to the Jews[H3064] that are in Shushan[H7800] to do[H6213] to-morrow[H4279] also according unto this day[H3117]'s decree[H1881], and let Haman[H2001]'s ten[H6235] sons[H1121] be hanged[H8518] upon the gallows[H6086].
14. And the king[H4428] commanded[H559] it so to be done[H6213]: and a decree[H1881] was given[H5414] out in Shushan[H7800]; and they hanged[H8518] Haman[H2001]'s ten[H6235] sons[H1121].
15. And the Jews[H3064] that were in Shushan[H7800] gathered themselves together[H6950] on the fourteenth[H702] day[H3117] also of the month[H2320] Adar[H143], and slew[H2026] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men[H376] in Shushan[H7800]; but on the spoil[H961] they laid[H7971] not their hand[H3027].
16. And the other[H7605] Jews[H3064] that were in the king[H4428]'s provinces[H4082] gathered themselves together[H6950], and stood[H5975] for their lives[H5315], and had rest[H5118] from their enemies[H341], and slew[H2026] of them that hated[H8130] them seventy[H7657] and five[H2568] thousand[H505]; but on the spoil[H961] they laid[H7971] not their hand[H3027].
17. This was done on the thirteenth[H7969] day[H3117] of the month[H2320] Adar[H143]; and on the fourteenth[H702] day of the same they rested[H5118], and made[H6213] it a day[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness[H8057].
18. But the Jews[H3064] that were in Shushan[H7800] assembled together[H6950] on the thirteenth[H7969] day thereof[H702], and on the fourteenth thereof[H2568]; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested[H5118], and made[H6213] it a day[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness[H8057].
19. Therefore do the Jews[H3064] of the villages[H6521], that dwell[H3427] in the unwalled[H6519] towns[H5892], make[H6213] the fourteenth[H702] day[H3117] of the month[H2320] Adar[H143] a day of gladness[H8057] and feasting[H4960], and a good[H2896] day[H3117], and of sending[H4916] portions[H4490] one[H376] to another[H7453].
20. And Mordecai[H4782] wrote[H3789] these things[H1697], and sent[H7971] letters[H5612] unto all the Jews[H3064] that were in all the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325], both nigh[H7138] and far[H7350],
21. to enjoin[H6965] them that they should keep[H6213] the fourteenth[H702] day[H3117] of the month[H2320] Adar[H143], and the fifteenth[H2568] day[H3117] of the same[H8141], yearly,
22. as the days[H3117] wherein the Jews[H3064] had rest[H5117] from their enemies[H341], and the month[H2320] which was turned[H2015] unto them from sorrow[H3015] to gladness[H8057], and from mourning[H60] into a good[H2896] day[H3117]; that they should make[H6213] them days[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness[H8057], and of sending[H4916] portions[H4490] one[H376] to another[H7453], and gifts[H4979] to the poor[H34].
23. And the Jews[H3064] undertook[H6901] to do[H6213] as they had begun[H2490], and as Mordecai[H4782] had written unto them[H3789];
24. because Haman[H2001] the son[H1121] of Hammedatha[H4099], the Agagite[H91], the enemy[H6887] of all the Jews[H3064], had plotted[H2803] against the Jews[H3064] to destroy[H6] them[H5307], and had cast Pur[H6332], that is the lot[H1486], to consume[H2000] them[H6], and to destroy them;
25. but when the matter came[H935] before[H6440] the king[H4428], he commanded[H559] by letters[H5612] that his wicked[H7451] device[H4284], which he had devised[H2803] against the Jews[H3064], should return[H7725] upon his own head[H7218], and that he and his sons[H1121] should be hanged[H8518] on the gallows[H6086].
26. Wherefore they called[H7121] these days[H3117] Purim[H6332], after the name[H8034] of Pur[H6332]. Therefore because of all the words[H1697] of this letter[H107], and of that which they had seen[H7200] concerning this matter[H3602], and that which had come unto them[H5060],
27. the Jews[H3064] ordained[H6965], and took[H6901] upon them[H2233], and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined[H3867] themselves unto them[H5674], so that it should not fail, that they would keep[H6213] these two[H8147] days[H3117] according to the writing[H3791] thereof[H2165], and according to the appointed time thereof[H8141], every year;
28. and that these days[H3117] should be remembered[H2142] and kept[H6213] throughout[H1755] every generation[H1755], every family[H4940], every province[H4082], and every city[H5892]; and that these days[H3117] of Purim[H6332] should not fail[H5674] from among[H8432] the Jews[H3064], nor the remembrance[H2143] of them perish[H5486] from their seed[H2233].
29. Then Esther[H635] the queen[H4436], the daughter[H1323] of Abihail[H32], and Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064], wrote[H3789] with all authority[H8633] to confirm[H6965] this second[H8145] letter[H107] of Purim[H6332].
30. And he sent[H7971] letters[H5612] unto all the Jews[H3064], to the hundred[H3967] twenty[H6242] and seven[H7651] provinces[H4082] of the kingdom[H4438] of Ahasuerus[H325], with words[H1697] of peace[H7965] and truth[H571],
31. to confirm[H6965] these days[H3117] of Purim[H6332] in their appointed times[H2165], according as Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064] and Esther[H635] the queen[H4436] had enjoined[H6965] them[H6965], and as they had ordained for themselves[H5315] and for their seed[H2233], in the matter[H1697] of the fastings[H6685] and their cry[H2201].
32. And the commandment[H3982] of Esther[H635] confirmed[H6965] these matters[H1697] of Purim[H6332]; and it was written[H3789] in the book[H5612].
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