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Esther 2:1--3:15

2:1

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.

2:2

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>_:

2:3

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}

2:4

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)_.

2:5

[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>_;

2:6

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}

2:7

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}

2:8

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>_.

2:9

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}

2:10

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].

2:11

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}

2:12

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>;)

2:13

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>_.

2:14

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>_.

2:15

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.

2:16

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>_.

2:17

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}

2:18

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}

2:19

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>_.

2:20

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.

2:21

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}

2:22

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>_.

2:23

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>_.

3:1

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.

3:2

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)_.

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
<05674> (8802)

thou the king's
<04428>

commandment
<04687>_?

3:4

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>_.

3:5

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>_.

3:6

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>_.

3:7

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>_.

3:8

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}

3:9

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}

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}

3:11

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.

3:12

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}

3:13

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)_.

3:14

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>_.

3:15

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)_.