King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now in the twelfth[H8147] [H6240] month,[H2320] that[H1931] is, the month[H2320] Adar,[H143] on the thirteenth[H7969] [H6240] day[H3117] of the same, when[H834] the king's[H4428] commandment[H1697] and his decree[H1881] drew near[H5060] to be put in execution,[H6213] in the day[H3117] that[H834] the enemies[H341] of the Jews[H3064] hoped[H7663] to have power[H7980] over them, (though it[H1931] was turned to the contrary,[H2015] that[H834] the Jews[H3064] had rule over[H7980] them[H1992] that hated[H8130] them;)

2. The Jews[H3064] gathered themselves together[H6950] in their cities[H5892] throughout all[H3605] the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428] Ahasuerus,[H325] to lay[H7971] hand[H3027] on such as sought[H1245] their hurt:[H7451] and no[H3808] man[H376] could withstand[H5975] them; for[H3588] the fear[H6343] of them fell[H5307] upon[H5921] all[H3605] people.[H5971]

3. And all[H3605] the rulers[H8269] of the provinces,[H4082] and the lieutenants,[H323] and the deputies,[H6346] and officers[H6213] [H4399] of[H834] the king,[H4428] helped[H5375] [H853] the Jews;[H3064] because[H3588] the fear[H6343] of Mordecai[H4782] fell[H5307] upon[H5921] them.

4. For[H3588] Mordecai[H4782] was great[H1419] in the king's[H4428] house,[H1004] and his fame[H8089] went out[H1980] throughout all[H3605] the provinces:[H4082] for[H3588] this man[H376] Mordecai[H4782] waxed[H1980] greater and greater.[H1419]

5. Thus the Jews[H3064] smote[H5221] all[H3605] their enemies[H341] with the stroke[H4347] of the sword,[H2719] and slaughter,[H2027] and destruction,[H12] and did[H6213] what they would[H7522] unto those that hated[H8130] them.

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 Vajezatha,[H2055]

10. The ten[H6235] sons[H1121] of Haman[H2001] the son[H1121] of Hammedatha,[H4099] the enemy[H6887] of the Jews,[H3064] slew[H2026] they; but on the spoil[H961] laid[H7971] they not[H3808] [H853] their hand.[H3027]

11. On that[H1931] 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[H4100] have they done[H6213] in the rest[H7605] of the king's[H4428] provinces?[H4082] now what[H4100] is thy petition?[H7596] and it shall be granted[H5414] thee: or what[H4100] is thy request[H1246] further?[H5750] and it shall be done.[H6213]

13. Then said[H559] Esther,[H635] If[H518] it please[H2895] [H5921] the king,[H4428] let it be granted[H5414] to the Jews[H3064] which[H834] are in Shushan[H7800] to do[H6213] tomorrow[H4279] also[H1571] according unto this day's[H3117] decree,[H1881] and let Haman's[H2001] ten[H6235] sons[H1121] be hanged[H8518] upon[H5921] the gallows.[H6086]

14. And the king[H4428] commanded[H559] it so[H3651] to be done:[H6213] and the decree[H1881] was given[H5414] at Shushan;[H7800] and they hanged[H8518] Haman's[H2001] ten[H6235] sons.[H1121]

15. For the Jews[H3064] that[H834] were in Shushan[H7800] gathered themselves together[H6950] on the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] day[H3117] also[H1571] of the month[H2320] Adar,[H143] and slew[H2026] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] men[H376] at Shushan;[H7800] but on the prey[H961] they laid[H7971] not[H3808] [H853] their hand.[H3027]

16. But the other[H7605] Jews[H3064] that[H834] were in the king's[H4428] provinces[H4082] gathered themselves together,[H6950] and stood[H5975] for[H5921] their lives,[H5315] and had rest[H5117] from their enemies,[H4480] [H341] and slew[H2026] of their foes[H8130] seventy[H7657] and five[H2568] thousand,[H505] but they laid[H7971] not[H3808] [H853] their hands[H3027] on the prey,[H961]

17. On the thirteenth[H7969] [H6240] day[H3117] of the month[H2320] Adar;[H143] and on the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] day of the same rested[H5117] they, and made[H6213] it a day[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness.[H8057]

18. But the Jews[H3064] that[H834] were at Shushan[H7800] assembled together[H6950] on the thirteenth[H7969] [H6240] day thereof, and on the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] thereof; and on the fifteenth[H2568] [H6240] day of the same they rested,[H5117] and made[H6213] it a day[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness.[H8057]

19. Therefore[H5921] [H3651] the Jews[H3064] of the villages,[H6521] that dwelt[H3427] in the unwalled[H6519] towns,[H5892] made[H6213] [H853] the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] 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] [H853] these[H428] things,[H1697] and sent[H7971] letters[H5612] unto[H413] all[H3605] the Jews[H3064] that[H834] were in all[H3605] the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428] Ahasuerus,[H325] both nigh[H7138] and far,[H7350]

21. To establish[H6965] this among[H5921] them, that they should[H1961] keep[H6213] [H853] the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] day[H3117] of the month[H2320] Adar,[H143] and the fifteenth[H2568] [H6240] day[H3117] of the same, yearly,[H3605] [H8141] [H8141]

22. As the days[H3117] wherein[H834] the Jews[H3064] rested[H5117] from their enemies,[H4480] [H341] and the month[H2320] which[H834] was turned[H2015] unto them from sorrow[H4480] [H3015] to joy,[H8057] and from mourning[H4480] [H60] into a good[H2896] day:[H3117] that they should make[H6213] them days[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and joy,[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] [H853] as[H834] they had begun,[H2490] and as[H834] Mordecai[H4782] had written[H3789] unto[H413] them;

24. Because[H3588] Haman[H2001] the son[H1121] of Hammedatha,[H4099] the Agagite,[H91] the enemy[H6887] of all[H3605] the Jews,[H3064] had devised[H2803] against[H5921] the Jews[H3064] to destroy[H6] them, and had cast[H5307] Pur,[H6332] that[H1931] is, the lot,[H1486] to consume[H2000] them, and to destroy[H6] them;

25. But when Esther came[H935] before[H6440] the king,[H4428] he commanded[H559] by[H5973] letters[H5612] that his wicked[H7451] device,[H4284] which[H834] he devised[H2803] against[H5921] the Jews,[H3064] should return[H7725] upon[H5921] his own head,[H7218] and that he and his sons[H1121] should be hanged[H8518] on[H5921] the gallows.[H6086]

26. Wherefore[H5921] [H3651] they called[H7121] these[H428] days[H3117] Purim[H6332] after[H5921] the name[H8034] of Pur.[H6332] Therefore[H5921] [H3651] for[H5921] all[H3605] the words[H1697] of this[H2063] letter,[H107] and of that which[H4100] they had seen[H7200] concerning[H5921] this matter,[H3602] and which[H4100] had come[H5060] unto[H413] them,

27. The Jews[H3064] ordained,[H6965] and took[H6901] upon[H5921] them, and upon[H5921] their seed,[H2233] and upon[H5921] all[H3605] such as joined themselves[H3867] unto[H5921] them, so as it should not[H3808] fail,[H5674] that they would keep[H6213] [H853] these[H428] two[H8147] days[H3117] according to their writing,[H3791] and according to their appointed[H2165] every[H3605] year;[H8141] [H8141]

28. And that these[H428] days[H3117] should be remembered[H2142] and kept[H6213] throughout every[H3605] generation,[H1755] [H1755] every family,[H4940] [H4940] every province,[H4082] [H4082] and every city;[H5892] [H5892] and that these[H428] days[H3117] of Purim[H6332] should not[H3808] fail[H5674] from among[H4480] [H8432] the Jews,[H3064] nor[H3808] the memorial[H2143] of them perish[H5486] from their seed.[H4480] [H2233]

29. Then Esther[H635] the queen,[H4436] the daughter[H1323] of Abihail,[H32] and Mordecai[H4782] the Jew,[H3064] wrote[H3789] with[H854] all[H3605] authority,[H8633] to confirm[H6965] [H853] this[H2063] second[H8145] letter[H107] of Purim.[H6332]

30. And he sent[H7971] the letters[H5612] unto[H413] all[H3605] the Jews,[H3064] to[H413] 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] [H853] these[H428] days[H3117] of Purim[H6332] in their times[H2165] appointed, according as[H834] Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064] and Esther[H635] the queen[H4436] had enjoined[H6965] [H5921] them, and as[H834] they had decreed[H6965] for[H5921] themselves[H5315] and for[H5921] their seed,[H2233] the matters[H1697] of the fastings[H6685] and their cry.[H2201]

32. And the decree[H3982] of Esther[H635] confirmed[H6965] these[H428] matters[H1697] of Purim;[H6332] and it was written[H3789] in the book.[H5612]