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1 …1:1. In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven p…
2  1:2. When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.
3 …the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants, for t…
4 …1:4. That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of…
5 …the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the people that were found in Susan, from the g…
6 … which were put into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble pillars. The beds also were of g…
7 …ed, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine als…
8 …1:8. Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had …
9 …1:9. Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used …
10 …the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well warmed with wine, …
11 …To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with the crown set upon her head, to shew her beauty to …
12 …she refused, and would not come at the king's commandment, which he had signified to her by the eu…
13 …3. Asked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were always near his person, and …
14 …the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Mar…
15 …ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused to obey the commandment of king Assuerus, whi…
16 …d, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but al…
17 …1:17. For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husb…
18 … this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the commandme…
19 … be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that…
20 …be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as …
21 …1:21. His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of …
22 … sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers …
23 …2:1. After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she …
24 …2:2. And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgin…
25 …the provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of Su…
26 …d whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The w…
27 …2:5. There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the son of Sem…
28 …2:6. Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carr…
30 …the king's ordinance was noised abroad, and according to his commandment many beautiful virgins we…
31 …d he commanded the eunuch to hasten the women's ornaments, and to deliver to her her part, and sev…
33 …2:11. And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept…
34 …every virgin's turn came to go in to the king, after all had been done for setting them off to adv…
35 …the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves they received: and being decked out, as it ple…
36 …the morning, and from thence she was conducted to the second house, that was under the hand of Sus…
37 …the time came orderly about, the day was at hand, when Esther, the daughter of Abihail the brother…
38 …2:16. So she was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth month, which is called Tebeth, …
39 …2:17. And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favour and kindness before him a…
40 …t to be prepared for all the princes, and for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther…
41 …2:19. And when the virgins were sought the second time, and gathered together, Mardochai stayed at…
42 …t. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she …
43 …the king's gate, Bagathan and Thares, two of the king's eunuchs, who were porters, and presided in…
44 …immediately he told it to queen Esther: and she to the king in Mardochai's name, who had reported …
45 …were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles befo…
46 …ngs, king Assuerus advanced Aman, the son of Amadathi, who was of the race of Agag: and he set his…
47 …3:2. And all the king's servants, that were at the doors of the palace, bent their knees, and wors…
48 …3:3. And the king's servants that were chief at the doors of the palace, said to him: Why dost tho…
51 …e had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose rather to destroy all the nation o…
52 …the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was …
53 …red through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws an…
55 …:10. And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of A…
56 …3:11. And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the…
57 …the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: …
58 …the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, litt…
59 …3:14. And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be re…
60 …The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's commandment. And immediately the edict…
61 …ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing t…
62 …e came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth …
63 …all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourni…
64 …in a consternation and she sent a garment, to clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth: but he w…
65 …4:5. And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her, and she…
66 …nd Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the pala…
67 … that had happened, how Aman had promised to pay money into the king's treasures, to have the Jews…
68 …e him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan, that he should shew it to the queen,…
71 …the king's servants, and all the provinces that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever, whet…
73 …ot that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jew…
74 …the Jews shall be delivered by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father's house shall perish.…
76 …the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days a…
78 …the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, o…
79 …r the queen standing, she pleased his eyes, and he held out toward her the golden sceptre, which h…
80 …5:3. And the king said to her: What wilt thou, queen Esther? what is thy request? if thou shouldst…
81 …5:4. But she answered: If it please the king, I beseech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with…
82 …5:5. And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman quickly, that he may obey Esther's will. So the kin…
83 …the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What dost thou desire should be given t…
85 …the king's sight, and if it please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let …
86 …chai sitting before the gate of the palace, and that he not only did not rise up to honour him, bu…
88 …5:11. And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and …
89 …her also hath invited no other to the banquet with the king, but me: and with her I am also to din…
90 …ese things, I think I have nothing, so long as I see Mardochai the Jew sitting before the king's g…
91 …the rest of his friends answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in…
92 …6:1. That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of fo…
93 …place where it was written, how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eu…
94 …6:3. And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardochai received for thi…
95 …the king said immediately: Who is in the court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court of the k…
96  6:5. The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.
97 …: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his h…
98  6:7. Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
99 …6:8. Ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king ridet…
100 …the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the cit…
101 … the king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the horse, and do as thou hast spoken to M…
102 …the robe and the horse, and arraying Mardochai in the street of the city, and setting him on the h…
103 …6:12. But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning …
104 …that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mard…
105 …6:14. As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the b…
106  7:1. So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.
107 …the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esth…
109 …d bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an…
111 …ng this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the qu…
112 …the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with tree…
113 …the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he…
114 …the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mar…
115 …7:10. So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath …
116 …1. On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews' enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardoch…
117 …8:2. And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to…
118 …the king's feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the mal…
119 …8:4. But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of c…
120 …the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I be…
121  8:6. For how can I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
122 …the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman's house to Esther, and I have commanded him to…
123 …the Jews, as it pleaseth you in the king's name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was t…
124 …the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which i…
125 …ch were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run thr…
126 …8:11. And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to…
127 …:12. And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the…
128 …his was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were s…
129  8:14. So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king's edict was hung up in Susan.
130 …the palace, and from the king's presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour…
131  8:16. But to the Jews, a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
132 …the king's commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy…
133 …the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the …
134 …their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power…
135 …And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, tha…
136 …9:4. For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his na…
137 …9:5. So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to w…
138 …ven in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of …
142  9:10. And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
143  9:11. And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
144 …the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Ama…
145 … answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as they …
146 …9:14. And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Sus…
147 …9:15. And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they …
148 …all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and sl…
149 …9:17. Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, a…
150 …t were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteen…
151 … Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Ad…
152 …rote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's…
153 …1. That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and …
154 …the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirt…
155 …9:23. And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, whic…
156 …the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil aga…
157 …ent in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king's letters: a…
158 …s, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, …
159 …the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves and…
160 …the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate t…
161 …the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with …
162 …9:30. And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty- seven provinces of king A…
163 …the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had ap…
164  9:32. And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
165  10:1. And king Assuerus made all the land, and all the islands of the sea tributary.
166 …th and his empire, and the dignity and greatness wherewith he exalted Mardochai, are written in th…
167 …the race of the Jews, was next after king Assuerus: and great among the Jews, and acceptable to th…
170 …0:6. The little fountain which grew into a river, and was turned into a light, and into the sun, a…
171  10:7. But the two dragons are I and Aman.
172  10:8. The nations that were assembled are they that endeavoured to destroy the name of the Jews.
173 …who cried to the Lord, and the Lord saved his people: and he delivered us from all evils, and hath…
174 …And he commanded that there should be two lots, one of the people of God, and the other of all the…
175  10:11. And both lots came to the day appointed already from that time before God to all nations:
176  10:12. And the Lord remembered his people, and had mercy on his inheritance.
177 …the month of Adar on the fourteenth, and fifteenth day of the same month, with all diligence, and …
178 …the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest, and of…
179 …the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardoch…
180 …11:3. A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the first of the king's court, h…
181 …11:4. Now he was of the number of the captives, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried aw…
182 …ld there were voices, and tumults, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth.
184  11:7. And at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the nation of the just.
185 … that was a day of darkness and danger, of tribulation and distress, and great fear upon the earth.
186  11:9. And the nation of the just was troubled fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.
188  11:11. The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the glorious.
189 …what God would do: and he kept it fixed in his mind, desirous to know what the dream should signif…
190 …12:1. And he abode at that time in the king's court with Bagatha and Thara the king's eunuchs, who…
191 …learned that they went about to lay violent hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof.
192 …12:3. Then the king had them both examined, and after they had confessed, commanded them to be put…
193 …12:4. But the king made a record of what was done: and Mardochai also committed the memory of the …
194 …12:5. And the king commanded him, to abide in the court of the palace, and gave him presents for t…
195 …man the son of Amadathi the Bugite was in great honour with the king, and sought to hurt Mardochai…
196 …. And this was the copy of the letter: Artaxerxes the great king who reigneth from India to Ethiop…
197 …reigned over many nations, and had brought all the world under my dominion, I was not willing to a…
198 …w this might be accomplished, one that excelled the rest in wisdom and fidelity, and was second af…
199 …the whole world, which used new laws, and acted against the customs of all nations, despised the c…
200 …erse laws, and going against our commandments, and disturbing the peace and concord of the provinc…
201 …the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honour as a father, shall be utterly destroy…
202 …13:7. That these wicked men going down to hell in one day, may restore to our empire the peace whi…
203  13:8. But Mardochai besought the Lord, remembering all his works,
205  13:10. Thou hast made heaven and earth and all things that are under the cope of heaven.
207 … that it was not out of pride and or any desire of glory, that I refused to worship the proud Aman,
208 …13:13. (For I would willingly and readily for the salvation of Israel have kissed even the steps o…
209 …13:14. But I feared lest I should transfer the honour of my God to a man, and lest I should adore …
212 …rning into joy, that we may live and praise thy name, O Lord, and shut not the mouths of them that…
213 …13:18. And all Israel with like mind and supplication cried to the Lord, because they saw certain …
214  14:1. Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord.
215 …her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with fasts: and all the places in which bef…
216 …14:3. And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, hel…
219 …14:6. We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enem…
221 …tent to oppress us with most hard bondage, but attributing the strength of their hands to the powe…
222 … promises, and destroy thy inheritance, and shut the mouths of them that praise thee, and extingui…
223 …14:10. That they may open the mouths of Gentiles, and praise the strength of idols, and magnify fo…
225 …14:12. Remember, O Lord, and shew thyself to us in the time of our tribulation, and give me boldne…
226 …eech in my mouth in the presence of the lion, and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy, that …
227 …hy hand, and help me, who have no other helper, but thee, O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all th…
228 …14:15. And thou knowest that I hate the glory of the wicked, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcise…
229 …e the sign of my pride and glory, which is upon my head in the days of my public appearance, and d…
230 …ave not eaten at Aman's table, nor hath the king's banquet pleased me, and that I have not drunk t…
231 …h never rejoiced, since I was brought hither unto this day but in thee, O Lord, the God of Abraham.
232 … God, who art mighty above all, hear the voice of them, that have no other hope, and deliver us fr…
233 …15:1. And he commanded her (no doubt but he was Mardochai) to go to the king, and petition for her…
234 …15:2. Remember, (said he,) the days of thy low estate, how thou wast brought up by my hand, becaus…
235  15:3. And do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king for us, and deliver us from death.
236  15:4. And on the third day she laid away the garments she wore, and put on her glorious apparel.
237 …15:5. And glittering in royal robes, after she had called upon God the ruler and Saviour of all, s…
239  15:7. And the other maid followed her lady, bearing up her train flowing on the ground.
241 …15:9. So going in she passed through all doors in order, and stood before the king, where he sat u…
242 …had lifted up his countenance, and with burning eyes had shewn the wrath of his heart, the queen s…
243 …15:11. And God changed the king's spirit into mildness, and all in haste and in fear he leaped fro…
244  15:12. What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother, fear not.
246  15:14. Come near then, and touch the sceptre.
247 …15:15. And as she held her peace, he took the golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and kisse…
251  15:19. But the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
252 …16:1. The great king Artaxerxes, from India to Ethiopia, to the governors and princes of a hundred…
253 …16:2. Many have abused unto pride the goodness of princes, and the honour that hath been bestowed …
254 …16:3. And not only endeavour to oppress the king's subjects, but not bearing the glory that is giv…
255 …nefits received, and to violate in themselves the laws of humanity, but they think they can also e…
256 …t madness, as to endeavour to undermine by lies such as observe diligently the offices committed t…
257 …16:6. While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are well meaning, and judge of…
258 …oth from ancient histories, and by the things which are done daily, how the good designs of kings …
259  16:8. Wherefore we must provide for the peace of all provinces.
260 …hat it cometh of the levity of our mind, but that we give sentence according to the quality and ne…
261 …inly understand what we say, Aman the son of Amadathi, a Macedonian both in mind and country, and …
262 …wards him, that he was called our father, and was worshipped by all as the next man after the king:
264 …f devices he hath sought the destruction of Mardochai, by whose fidelity and good services our lif…
265 … against us left alone without friends, and might transfer the kingdom of the Persians to the Mace…
266 …16:15. But we have found that the Jews, who were by that most wicked man appointed to be slain, ar…
267 …16:16. And are the children of the highest and the greatest, and the ever living God, by whose ben…
269 …th he himself that devised it, and all his kindred hang on gibbets, before the gates of this city …
270 …16:19. But this edict, which we now send, shall be published in all cities, that the Jews may free…
271 …hey may kill those who had prepared themselves to kill them, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth …
272  16:21. For the almighty God hath turned this day of sadness and mourning into joy to them.
274 …16:23. That all they who faithfully obey the Persians, receive a worthy reward for their fidelity:…
275 …16:24. And let every province and city, that will not be partaker of this solemnity, perish by the…