1:1 Then I brought up[05927][8686] the princes[08269] of Judah[03063] upon the wall[02346], and appointed[05975][8686] two[08147] great[01419] companies of them that gave thanks[08426], whereof one went[08418] on the right hand[03225] upon the wall[02346] toward the dung[0830] gate[08179]:
1:2 And after[0310] them went[03212][8799] Hoshaiah[01955], and half[02677] of the princes[08269] of Judah[03063],
1:3 And Azariah[05838], Ezra[05830], and Meshullam[04918],
1:4 Judah[03063], and Benjamin[01144], and Shemaiah[08098], and Jeremiah[03414],
1:5 And certain of the priests[03548]' sons[01121] with trumpets[02689]; namely , Zechariah[02148] the son[01121] of Jonathan[03129], the son[01121] of Shemaiah[08098], the son[01121] of Mattaniah[04983], the son[01121] of Michaiah[04320], the son[01121] of Zaccur[02139], the son[01121] of Asaph[0623]:
1:6 And his brethren[0251], Shemaiah[08098], and Azarael[05832], Milalai[04450], Gilalai[01562], Maai[04597], Nethaneel[05417], and Judah[03063], Hanani[02607], with the musical[07892] instruments[03627] of David[01732] the man[0376] of God[0430], and Ezra[05830] the scribe[05608][8802] before[06440] them.
1:7 And at the fountain[05869] gate[08179], which was over against them, they went up[05927][8804] by the stairs[04609] of the city[05892] of David[01732], at the going up[04608] of the wall[02346], above the house[01004] of David[01732], even unto the water[04325] gate[08179] eastward[04217].
1:8 And the other[08145] company of them that gave thanks[08426] went[01980][8802] over against[04136] them , and I after[0310] them, and the half[02677] of the people[05971] upon the wall[02346], from beyond the tower[04026] of the furnaces[08574] even unto the broad[07342] wall[02346];
1:9 And from above the gate[08179] of Ephraim[0669], and above the old[03465] gate[08179], and above the fish[01709] gate[08179], and the tower[04026] of Hananeel[02606], and the tower[04026] of Meah[03968], even unto the sheep[06629] gate[08179]: and they stood still[05975][8804] in the prison[04307] gate[08179].
1:10 So stood[05975][8799] the two[08147] companies of them that gave thanks[08426] in the house[01004] of God[0430], and I, and the half[02677] of the rulers[05461] with me:
1:11 And the priests[03548]; Eliakim[0471], Maaseiah[04641], Miniamin[04509], Michaiah[04320], Elioenai[0454], Zechariah[02148], and Hananiah[02608], with trumpets[02689];
1:12 And Maaseiah[04641], and Shemaiah[08098], and Eleazar[0499], and Uzzi[05813], and Jehohanan[03076], and Malchijah[04441], and Elam[05867], and Ezer[05829]. And the singers[07891][8789] sang loud[08085][8686], with Jezrahiah[03156] their overseer[06496]. sang...: Heb. made their voice to be heard
1:13 Also that day[03117] they offered[02076][8799] great[01419] sacrifices[02077], and rejoiced[08055][8799]: for God[0430] had made them rejoice[08055][8765] with great[01419] joy[08057]: the wives[0802] also and the children[03206] rejoiced[08055][8804]: so that the joy[08057] of Jerusalem[03389] was heard[08085][8735] even afar off[07350].
1:14 And at that time[03117] were some[0582] appointed[06485][8735] over the chambers[05393] for the treasures[0214], for the offerings[08641], for the firstfruits[07225], and for the tithes[04643], to gather[03664][8800] into them out of the fields[07704] of the cities[05892] the portions[04521] of the law[08451] for the priests[03548] and Levites[03881]: for Judah[03063] rejoiced[08057] for the priests[03548] and for the Levites[03881] that waited[05975][8802]. of the law: that is, appointed by the law for Judah...: Heb. for the joy of Judah waited: Heb. stood
1:15 And both the singers[07891][8789] and the porters[07778] kept[08104][8799] the ward[04931] of their God[0430], and the ward[04931] of the purification[02893], according to the commandment[04687] of David[01732], and  of Solomon[08010] his son[01121].
1:16 For in the days[03117] of David[01732] and Asaph[0623] of old[06924] there were chief[07218] of the singers[07891][8789], and songs[07892] of praise[08416] and thanksgiving[03034][8687] unto God[0430].
1:17 And all Israel[03478] in the days[03117] of Zerubbabel[02216], and in the days[03117] of Nehemiah[05166], gave[05414][8802] the portions[04521] of the singers[07891][8789] and the porters[07778], every day[03117] his portion[01697]: and they sanctified[06942][8688] holy things unto the Levites[03881]; and the Levites[03881] sanctified[06942][8688] them  unto the children[01121] of Aaron[0175]. sanctified: that is, set apart
1:18 On that day[03117] they read[07121][8738] in the book[05612] of Moses[04872] in the audience[0241] of the people[05971]; and therein was found[04672][8738] written[03789][8803], that the Ammonite[05984] and the Moabite[04125] should not come[0935][8799] into the congregation[06951] of God[0430] for[05704] ever[05769]; they...: Heb. there was read audience: Heb. ears
1:19 Because they met[06923][8765] not the children[01121] of Israel[03478] with bread[03899] and with water[04325], but hired[07936][8799] Balaam[01109] against them, that he should curse[07043][8763] them: howbeit our God[0430] turned[02015][8799] the curse[07045] into a blessing[01293].
1:20 Now it came to pass, when they had heard[08085][8800] the law[08451], that they separated[0914][8686] from Israel[03478] all the mixed multitude[06154].
1:21 And before[06440] this, Eliashib[0475] the priest[03548], having the oversight[05414][8803] of the chamber[03957] of the house[01004] of our God[0430], was allied[07138] unto Tobiah[02900]: having...: Heb. being set over
1:22 And he had prepared[06213][8799] for him a great[01419] chamber[03957], where aforetime[06440] they laid[05414][8802] the meat offerings[04503], the frankincense[03828], and the vessels[03627], and the tithes[04643] of the corn[01715], the new wine[08492], and the oil[03323], which was commanded[04687] to be given to the Levites[03881], and the singers[07891][8789], and the porters[07778]; and the offerings[08641] of the priests[03548]. which...: Heb. the commandment of the Levites
2:1 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem[03389]: for in the two[08147] and thirtieth[07970] year[08141] of Artaxerxes[0783] king[04428] of Babylon[0894] came[0935][8804] I unto the king[04428], and after[07093] certain days[03117] obtained I leave[07592][8738] of the king[04428]: after...: Heb. at the end of days obtained...: or, I earnestly requested
2:2 And I came[0935][8799] to Jerusalem[03389], and understood[0995][8799] of the evil[07451] that Eliashib[0475] did[06213][8804] for Tobiah[02900], in preparing[06213][8800] him a chamber[05393] in the courts[02691] of the house[01004] of God[0430].
2:3 And it grieved[03415][8799] me sore[03966]: therefore I cast forth[07993][8686] all the household[01004] stuff[03627] of Tobiah[02900] out of[02351] the chamber[03957].
2:4 Then I commanded[0559][8799], and they cleansed[02891][8762] the chambers[03957]: and thither brought I again[07725][8686] the vessels[03627] of the house[01004] of God[0430], with the meat offering[04503] and the frankincense[03828].
2:5 And I perceived[03045][8799] that the portions[04521] of the Levites[03881] had not been given[05414][8738] them : for the Levites[03881] and the singers[07891][8789], that did[06213][8802] the work[04399], were fled[01272][8799] every one[0376] to his field[07704].
2:6 Then contended[07378][8799] I with the rulers[05461], and said[0559][8799], Why is the house[01004] of God[0430] forsaken[05800][8738]? And I gathered them together[06908][8762], and set[05975][8686] them in their place[05977]. place: Heb. standing
2:7 Then brought[0935][8689] all Judah[03063] the tithe[04643] of the corn[01715] and the new wine[08492] and the oil[03323] unto the treasuries[0214]. treasuries: or, storehouses
2:8 And I made treasurers[0686][8799] over the treasuries[0214], Shelemiah[08018] the priest[03548], and Zadok[06659] the scribe[05608][8802], and of the Levites[03881], Pedaiah[06305]: and next to them[03027] was Hanan[02605] the son[01121] of Zaccur[02139], the son[01121] of Mattaniah[04983]: for they were counted[02803][8738] faithful[0539][8737], and their office was to distribute[02505][8800] unto their brethren[0251]. treasuries: or, storehouses next...: Heb. at their hand their office...: Heb. it was upon them
2:9 Remember[02142][8798] me, O my God[0430], concerning this, and wipe not out[04229][8686] my good[02617] deeds that I have done[06213][8804] for the house[01004] of my God[0430], and for the offices[04929] thereof. good...: Heb. kindnesses offices: or, observations
2:10 In those days[03117] saw[07200][8804] I in Judah[03063] some treading[01869][8802] wine presses[01660] on the sabbath[07676], and bringing in[0935][8688] sheaves[06194], and lading[06006][8802] asses[02543]; as also wine[03196], grapes[06025], and figs[08384], and all manner of burdens[04853], which they brought[0935][8688] into Jerusalem[03389] on the sabbath[07676] day[03117]: and I testified[05749][8686] against them in the day[03117] wherein they sold[04376][8800] victuals[06718].
2:11 There dwelt[03427][8804] men of Tyre[06876] also therein, which brought[0935][8688] fish[01709][8675][01709], and all manner of ware[04377], and sold[04376][8802] on the sabbath[07676] unto the children[01121] of Judah[03063], and in Jerusalem[03389].
2:12 Then I contended[07378][8799] with the nobles[02715] of Judah[03063], and said[0559][8799] unto them, What evil[07451] thing[01697] is this that ye do[06213][8802], and profane[02490][8764] the sabbath[07676] day[03117]?
2:13 Did[06213][8804] not your fathers[01] thus, and did[0935][00] not our God[0430] bring[0935][8686] all this evil[07451] upon us, and upon this city[05892]? yet ye bring[0935][8686] more[03254][8688] wrath[02740] upon Israel[03478] by profaning[02490][8763] the sabbath[07676].
2:14 And it came to pass, that when the gates[08179] of Jerusalem[03389] began to be dark[06751][8804] before[06440] the sabbath[07676], I commanded[0559][8799] that the gates[01817] should be shut[05462][8735], and charged[0559][8799] that they should not be opened[06605][8799] till after[0310] the sabbath[07676]: and some of my servants[05288] set[05975][8689] I at the gates[08179], that there should no burden[04853] be brought in[0935][8799] on the sabbath[07676] day[03117].
2:15 So the merchants[07402][8802] and sellers[04376][8802] of all kind of ware[04465] lodged[03885][8799] without[02351] Jerusalem[03389] once[06471] or twice[08147].
2:16 Then I testified[05749][8686] against them, and said[0559][8799] unto them, Why lodge[03885][8801] ye about[05048] the wall[02346]? if ye do so again[08138][8799], I will lay[07971][8799] hands[03027] on you. From that time[06256] forth came[0935][8804] they no more on the sabbath[07676]. about: Heb. before
2:17 And I commanded[0559][8799] the Levites[03881] that they should cleanse[02891][8693] themselves, and that they should come[0935][8802] and keep[08104][8802] the gates[08179], to sanctify[06942][8763] the sabbath[07676] day[03117]. Remember[02142][8798] me, O my God[0430], concerning this also, and spare[02347][8798] me according to the greatness[07230] of thy mercy[02617]. greatness: or, multitude
2:18 In those days[03117] also saw[07200][8804] I Jews[03064] that had married[03427][8689] wives[0802] of Ashdod[0796], of Ammon[05984], and of Moab[04125]: had...: Heb. had made to dwell with them
2:19 And their children[01121] spake[01696][8764] half[02677] in the speech of Ashdod[0797], and could[05234][8688] not speak[01696][8763] in the Jews' language[03066], but according to the language[03956] of each[05971] people[05971]. could...: Heb. they discerned not to speak of each...: Heb. of people and people
2:20 And I contended[07378][8799] with them, and cursed[07043][8762] them, and smote[05221][8686] certain[0582] of them, and plucked off their hair[04803][8799], and made them swear[07650][8686] by God[0430], saying , Ye shall not give[05414][8799] your daughters[01323] unto their sons[01121], nor take[05375][8799] their daughters[01323] unto your sons[01121], or for yourselves. cursed: or, reviled
2:21 Did not Solomon[08010] king[04428] of Israel[03478] sin[02398][8804] by these things? yet among many[07227] nations[01471] was there no king[04428] like him, who was beloved[0157][8803] of his God[0430], and God[0430] made[05414][8799] him king[04428] over all Israel[03478]: nevertheless even him[01571] did outlandish[05237] women[0802] cause to sin[02398][8689].
2:22 Shall we then hearken[08085][8799] unto you to do[06213][8800] all this great[01419] evil[07451], to transgress[04603][8800] against our God[0430] in marrying[03427][8687] strange[05237] wives[0802]?
2:23 And one of the sons[01121] of Joiada[03111], the son[01121] of Eliashib[0475] the high[01419] priest[03548], was son in law[02860] to Sanballat[05571] the Horonite[02772]: therefore I chased[01272][8686] him from me.
3:1 Remember[02142][8798] them, O my God[0430], because they have defiled[01352] the priesthood[03550], and the covenant[01285] of the priesthood[03550], and of the Levites[03881]. because...: Heb. for the defilings
3:2 Thus cleansed[02891][8765] I them from all strangers[05236], and appointed[05975][8686] the wards[04931] of the priests[03548] and the Levites[03881], every one[0376] in his business[04399];
3:3 And for the wood[06086] offering[07133], at times[06256] appointed[02163][8794], and for the firstfruits[01061]. Remember[02142][8798] me, O my God[0430], for good[02896].
3:4 Now it came to pass in the days[03117] of Ahasuerus[0325], (this is Ahasuerus[0325] which reigned[04427][8802], from India[01912] even unto Ethiopia[03568], over an hundred[03967] and seven[07651] and twenty[06242] provinces[04082]:)
3:5 That in those days[03117], when the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325] sat[03427][8800] on the throne[03678] of his kingdom[04438], which was in Shushan[07800] the palace[01002],
3:6 In the third[07969] year[08141] of his reign[04427][8800], he made[06213][8804] a feast[04960] unto all his princes[08269] and his servants[05650]; the power[02428] of Persia[06539] and Media[04074], the nobles[06579] and princes[08269] of the provinces[04082], being before[06440] him:
3:7 When he shewed[07200][8687] the riches[06239] of his glorious[03519] kingdom[04438] and the honour[03366] of his excellent[08597] majesty[01420] many[07227] days[03117], even  an hundred[03967] and fourscore[08084] days[03117].
3:8 And when these days[03117] were expired[04390][8800], the king[04428] made[06213][8804] a feast[04960] unto all the people[05971] that were present[04672][8737] in Shushan[07800] the palace[01002], both unto great[01419] and small[06996], seven[07651] days[03117], in the court[02691] of the garden[01594] of the king's[04428] palace[01055]; present: Heb. found
3:9 Where were white[02353], green[03768], and blue[08504], hangings , fastened[0270][8803] with cords[02256] of fine linen[0948] and purple[0713] to silver[03701] rings[01550] and pillars[05982] of marble[08336]: the beds[04296] were of gold[02091] and silver[03701], upon a pavement[07531] of red[0923], and blue[08504], and white[01858], and black[05508], marble[08336]. blue, hangings: or, violet, etc of red...: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour
3:10 And they gave them drink[08248][8687] in vessels[03627] of gold[02091], (the vessels[03627] being diverse[08138][8802] one from another[03627],) and royal[04438] wine[03196] in abundance[07227], according to the state[03027] of the king[04428]. royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom state: Heb. hand
3:11 And the drinking[08360] was according to the law[01881]; none did compel[0597][8802]: for so the king[04428] had appointed[03245][8765] to all the officers[07227] of his house[01004], that they should do[06213][8800] according to every man's[0376] pleasure[07522].
3:12 Also Vashti[02060] the queen[04436] made[06213][8804] a feast[04960] for the women[0802] in the royal[04438] house[01004] which belonged to king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325].
3:13 On the seventh[07637] day[03117], when the heart[03820] of the king[04428] was merry[02896] with wine[03196], he commanded[0559][8804] Mehuman[04104], Biztha[0968], Harbona[02726], Bigtha[0903], and Abagtha[05], Zethar[02242], and Carcas[03752], the seven[07651] chamberlains[05631] that served[08334][8764] in the presence[06440] of Ahasuerus[0325] the king[04428], chamberlains: or, eunuchs
3:14 To bring[0935][8687] Vashti[02060] the queen[04436] before[06440] the king[04428] with the crown[03804] royal[04438], to shew[07200][8687] the people[05971] and the princes[08269] her beauty[03308]: for she was fair[02896] to look on[04758]. fair...: Heb. good of countenance
3:15 But the queen[04436] Vashti[02060] refused[03985][8762] to come[0935][8800] at the king's[04428] commandment[01697] by[03027] his chamberlains[05631]: therefore was the king[04428] very[03966] wroth[07107][8799], and his anger[02534] burned[01197][8804] in him. by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs
4:1 Then the king[04428] said[0559][8799] to the wise men[02450], which knew[03045][8802] the times[06256], (for so was the king's[04428] manner[01697] toward[06440] all that knew[03045][8802] law[01881] and judgment[01779]:
4:2 And the next[07138] unto him was Carshena[03771], Shethar[08369], Admatha[0133], Tarshish[08659], Meres[04825], Marsena[04826], and Memucan[04462], the seven[07651] princes[08269] of Persia[06539] and Media[04074], which saw[07200][8802] the king's[04428] face[06440], and which sat[03427][8802] the first[07223] in the kingdom[04438];)
4:3 What shall we do[06213][8800] unto the queen[04436] Vashti[02060] according to law[01881], because she hath not performed[06213][8804] the commandment[03982] of the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325] by[03027] the chamberlains[05631]? What...: Heb. What to do
4:4 And Memucan[04462] answered[0559][8799] before[06440] the king[04428] and the princes[08269], Vashti[02060] the queen[04436] hath not done wrong[05753][8804] to the king[04428] only, but also to all the princes[08269], and to all the people[05971] that are in all the provinces[04082] of the king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325].
4:5 For this deed[01697] of the queen[04436] shall come abroad[03318][8799] unto all women[0802], so that they shall despise[0959][8687] their husbands[01167] in their eyes[05869], when it shall be reported[0559][8800], The king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325] commanded[0559][8804] Vashti[02060] the queen[04436] to be brought in[0935][8687] before[06440] him, but she came[0935][8804] not.
4:6 Likewise shall the ladies[08282] of Persia[06539] and Media[04074] say[0559][8799] this day[03117] unto all the king's[04428] princes[08269], which have heard[08085][8804] of the deed[01697] of the queen[04436]. Thus shall there arise too much[01767] contempt[0963] and wrath[07110].
4:7 If it please[02895][8804] the king[04428], let there go[03318][8799] a royal[04438] commandment[01697] from him[06440], and let it be written[03789][8735] among the laws[01881] of the Persians[06539] and the Medes[04074], that it be not altered[05674][8799], That Vashti[02060] come[0935][8799] no more before[06440] king[04428] Ahasuerus[0325]; and let the king[04428] give[05414][8799] her royal estate[04438] unto another[07468] that is better[02896] 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
4:8 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].
4:9 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
4:10 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
4:11 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.
4:12 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]:
4:13 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
4:14 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].
4:15 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];
4:16 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
4:17 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
5:1 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].
5:2 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
5:3 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 .
5:4 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
5:5 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];)
5:6 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].
5:7 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].
5:8 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.
5:9 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].
5:10 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
5:11 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
5:12 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].
5:13 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.
5:14 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
6:1 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].
6:2 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].
6:3 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.
6:4 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].
6:5 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]?
6:6 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].
6:7 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].
6:8 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].
6:9 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].
6:10 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
6:11 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
6:12 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
6:13 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.
6:14 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
7:1 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].
7:2 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].
7:3 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].
7:4 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];
7:5 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].
7:6 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
7:7 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
7:8 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
7:9 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].
7:10 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.
8:1 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].
8:2 And Hatach[02047] came[0935][8799] and told[05046][8686] Esther[0635] the words[01697] of Mordecai[04782].
8:3 Again Esther[0635] spake[0559][8799] unto Hatach[02047], and gave him commandment[06680][8762] unto Mordecai[04782];
8:4 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].
8:5 And they told[05046][8686] to Mordecai[04782] Esther's[0635] words[01697].
8:6 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].
8:7 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
8:8 Then Esther[0635] bade[0559][8799] them return[07725][8687] Mordecai[04782] this answer ,
8:9 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
8:10 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
8:11 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].
8:12 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].
8:13 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].
8:14 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.
8:15 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].
8:16 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].
8:17 Then answered[06030][8799] Esther[0635], and said[0559][8799], My petition[07596] and my request[01246] is ;
9:1 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
9:2 Then went[03318][00] 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].
9:3 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
9:4 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].
9:5 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].
9:6 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].
9:7 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][00] the gallows[06086] to be made[06213][8799]. gallows: Heb. tree
9:8 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
9:9 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
9:10 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.
9:11 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.
9:12 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].
9:13 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
9:14 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
9:15 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
9:16 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
9:17 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
9:18 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].
9:19 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].
9:20 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.
9:21 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].
9:22 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
9:23 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].
9:24 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]:
9:25 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
9:26 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
9:27 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
9:28 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].
9:29 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
9:30 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
9:31 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].
9:32 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.
10:1 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].
10:2 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
10:3 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],
