Esther 1:1

Now it came to pass in the days
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of Ahasuerus
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(this [is] Ahasuerus
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which reigned
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from India
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even unto Ethiopia
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[over] an hundred
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and seven
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and twenty
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provinces
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Esther 2:19

And when the virgins
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were gathered together
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the second time
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then Mordecai
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sat
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in the king's
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gate
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Then Esther
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the queen
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the daughter
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of Abihail
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and Mordecai
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the Jew
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wrote
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with all authority
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to confirm
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this second
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letter
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of Purim
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{authority: Heb. strength}

And the decree
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of Esther
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confirmed
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these matters
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of Purim
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and it was written
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in the book
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