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Esther 1:4

1:4

When he shewed
<07200> (8687)

the riches
<06239>

of his glorious
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kingdom
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and the honour
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of his excellent
<08597>

majesty
<01420>

many
<07227>

days
<03117>_,

[even] an hundred
<03967>

and fourscore
<08084>

days
<03117>_.

Esther 1:15

1:15

What shall we do
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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}

Esther 1:18

1:18

[Likewise] shall the ladies
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of Persia
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and Media
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say
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this day
<03117>

unto all the king's
<04428>

princes
<08269>_,

which have heard
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of the deed
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of the queen
<04436>_.

Thus [shall there arise] too much
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contempt
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and wrath
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Esther 2:1

2:1

After
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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
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against her.

Esther 2:10-11

2:10

Esther
<0635>

had not shewed
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her people
<05971>

nor her kindred
<04138>_:

for Mordecai
<04782>

had charged
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her that she should not shew
<05046> (8686)

[it].

2:11

And Mordecai
<04782>

walked
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every day
<03117>

before
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the court
<02691>

of the women's
<0802>

house
<01004>_,

to know
<03045> (8800)

how Esther
<0635>

did
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and what should become
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of her. {to know...: Heb. to know the peace}

Esther 2:13

2:13

Then thus came
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[every] maiden
<05291>

unto the king
<04428>_;

whatsoever she desired
<0559> (8799)

was given
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her to go
<0935> (8800)

with her out of the house
<01004>

of the women
<0802>

unto the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_.

Esther 2:18

2:18

Then the king
<04428>

made
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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}

Esther 3:3

3:3

Then the king's
<04428>

servants
<05650>_,

which [were] in the king's
<04428>

gate
<08179>_,

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Mordecai
<04782>_,

Why transgressest
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thou the king's
<04428>

commandment
<04687>_?

Esther 3:10

3:10

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}

Esther 5:13

5:13

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>_.

Esther 6:1

6:1

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}

Esther 6:14

6:14

And while they [were] yet talking
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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)_.

Esther 8:6

8:6

For how
<0349>

can I endure
<03201> (8799)

to see
<07200> (8804)

the evil
<07451>

that shall come
<04672> (8799)

unto my people
<05971>_?

or how
<0349>

can I endure
<03201> (8799)

to see
<07200> (8804)

the destruction
<013>

of my kindred
<04138>_?

{endure...: Heb. be able that I may see}

Esther 9:3

9:3

And all the rulers
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_,

and the lieutenants
<0323>_,

and the deputies
<06346>_,

and officers
<06213> (8802) <04399>

of the king
<04428>_,

helped
<05375> (8764)

the Jews
<03064>_;

because the fear
<06343>

of Mordecai
<04782>

fell
<05307> (8804)

upon them. {officers...: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king}

Esther 9:10

9:10

The ten
<06235>

sons
<01121>

of Haman
<02001>

the son
<01121>

of Hammedatha
<04099>_,

the enemy
<06887> (8802)

of the Jews
<03064>_,

slew
<02026> (8804)

they; but on the spoil
<0961>

laid
<07971> (8804)

they not their hand
<03027>_.

Esther 9:20-21

9:20

And Mordecai
<04782>

wrote
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these things
<01697>_,

and sent
<07971> (8799)

letters
<05612>

unto all the Jews
<03064>

that [were] in all the provinces
<04082>

of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_,

[both] nigh
<07138>

and far
<07350>_,

9:21

To stablish
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[this] among them, that they should keep
<06213> (8802)

the fourteenth
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day
<03117>

of the month
<02320>

Adar
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and the fifteenth
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day
<03117>

of the same, yearly
<08141> <08141>_,