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,esther    #ag3jja3jja ,now it came to  
pass in the days of ,ahasuerus1 7this is
             ,ahasuerus which reigned1  
from ,india even unto ,ethiopia1 over   
an hundred and seven and twenty         
provinces37    #ag3jja3jjb ,that in     
those days1 when the king ,ahasuerus sat
 on the throne             of his       
kingdom1 which was in ,shushan the      
palace1    #ag3jja3jjc ,in the third    
year of his reign1 he made a feast unto 
all his             princes and his     
servants2 the power of ,persia and      
,media1 the             nobles and      
princes of the provinces1 being before  
him3    #ag3jja3jjd ,when he shewed the 
riches of his glorious kingdom and the  
honour of his excellent majesty many    
days1 even an hundred and               
fourscore days4    #ag3jja3jje ,and when

 these days were expired1 the king made 
a feast unto             all the people 
that were present in ,shushan the       
palace1 both             unto great and 
small1 seven days1 in the court of the  
garden             of the king's palace2
    #ag3jja3jjf ,where were white1      
green1 and blue1 hangings1 fastened with
             cords of fine linen and    
purple to silver rings and pillars of   
marble3 the beds were of gold and       
silver1 upon a pavement of              
red1 and blue1 and white1 and black1    
marble4    #ag3jja3jjg ,and they gave   
them drink in vessels of gold1 7the     
vessels             being diverse one   
from another17 and royal wine in        
abundance1             according to the 
state of the king4    #ag3jja3jjh ,and  
the drinking was according to the law2  
none did compel3             for so the 
king had appointed to all the officers  
of his             house1 that they     
should do according to every man's      
pleasure4    #ag3jja3jji ,also ,vashti  

the queen made a feast for the women in 
the royal             house which       
belonged to king ,ahasuerus4            
#ag3jja3jaj ,on the seventh day1 when   
the heart of the king was merry with    
wine1 he commanded ,mehuman1 ,biztha1   
,harbona1 ,bigtha1 and                  
,abagtha1 ,zethar1 and ,carcas1 the     
seven chamberlains that                 
served in the presence of ,ahasuerus the
 king1    #ag3jja3jaa ,to bring ,vashti 
the queen before the king with the crown
             royal1 to shew the people  
and the princes her beauty3 for she     
was fair to look on4    #ag3jja3jab ,but
 the queen ,vashti refused to come at   
the king's commandment             by   
his chamberlains3 therefore was the king
 very wroth1 and             his anger  
burned in him4    #ag3jja3jac ,then the 
king said to the wise men1 which knew   
the times1 7for             so was the  
king's manner toward all that knew law  
and             judgment3    #ag3jja3jad
 ,and the next unto him was ,carshena1  

,shethar1 ,admatha1                     
,tarshish1 ,meres1 ,marsena1 and        
,memucan1 the seven princes of          
,persia and ,media1 which saw the king's
 face1 and which sat the                
first in the kingdom27    #ag3jja3jae   
,what shall we do unto the queen ,vashti
 according to law1             because  
she hath not performed the commandment  
of the king             ,ahasuerus by   
the chamberlains8    #ag3jja3jaf ,and   
,memucan answered before the king and   
the princes1 ,vashti             the    
queen hath not done wrong to the king   
only1 but also to             all the   
princes1 and to all the people that are 
in all the             provinces of the 
king ,ahasuerus4    #ag3jja3jag ,for    
this deed of the queen shall come abroad
 unto all women1             so that    
they shall despise their husbands in    
their eyes1 when             it shall be
 reported1 ,the king ,ahasuerus         
commanded ,vashti the             queen 
to be brought in before him1 but she    

came not4    #ag3jja3jah ,likewise shall
 the ladies of ,persia and ,media say   
this day             unto all the king's
 princes1 which have heard of the deed  
of             the queen4 ,thus shall   
there arise too much contempt and wrath4
    #ag3jja3jai ,if it please the king1 
let there go a royal commandment from   
him1 and let it be written among the    
laws of the ,persians and               
the ,medes1 that it be not altered1     
,that ,vashti come no more              
before king ,ahasuerus2 and let the king
 give her royal estate             unto 
another that is better than she4        
#ag3jja3jbj ,and when the king's decree 
which he shall make shall be            
published throughout all his empire1    
7for it is great17 all             the  
wives shall give to their husbands      
honour1 both to great             and   
small4    #ag3jja3jba ,and the saying   
pleased the king and the princes2 and   
the king             did according to   
the word of ,memucan3    #ag3jja3jbb    

,for he sent letters into all the king's
 provinces1 into every                  
province according to the writing       
thereof1 and to every people            
after their language1 that every man    
should bear rule in his             own 
house1 and that it should be published  
according to the             language of
 every people4    #ag3jjb3jja ,after    
these things1 when the wrath of king    
,ahasuerus was             appeased1 he 
remembered ,vashti1 and what she had    
done1 and             what was decreed  
against her4    #ag3jjb3jjb ,then said  
the king's servants that ministered unto
 him1 ,let             there be fair    
young virgins sought for the king3      
#ag3jjb3jjc ,and let the king appoint   
officers in all the provinces of his    
kingdom1 that they may gather together  
all the fair young             virgins  
unto ,shushan the palace1 to the house  
of the women1             unto the      
custody of ,hege the king's chamberlain1
 keeper of the             women2 and   

let their things for purification be    
given them3    #ag3jjb3jjd ,and let the 
maiden which pleaseth the king be queen 
instead of             ,vashti4 ,and the
 thing pleased the king2 and he did so4 
#ag3jjb3jje ,now in ,shushan the palace 
there was a certain ,jew1 whose name    
was ,mordecai1 the son of ,jair1 the son
 of ,shimei1 the son of                 
,kish1 a ,benjamite2    #ag3jjb3jjf ,who
 had been carried away from ,jerusalem  
with the captivity             which had
 been carried away with ,jeconiah king  
of ,judah1 whom                         
,nebuchadnezzar the king of ,babylon had
 carried away4    #ag3jjb3jjg ,and he   
brought up ,hadassah1 that is1 ,esther1 
his uncle's             daughter3 for   
she had neither father nor mother1 and  
the maid             was fair and       
beautiful2 whom ,mordecai1 when her     
father and             mother were dead1
 took for his own daughter4             
#ag3jjb3jjh ,so it came to pass1 when   
the king's commandment and his decree   

was heard1 and when many maidens were   
gathered together unto                  
,shushan the palace1 to the custody of  
,hegai1 that ,esther was                
brought also unto the king's house1 to  
the custody of ,hegai1                  
keeper of the women4    #ag3jjb3jji ,and
 the maiden pleased him1 and she        
obtained kindness of him2               
and he speedily gave her her things for 
purification1 with             such     
things as belonged to her1 and seven    
maidens1 which were             meet to 
be given her1 out of the king's house3  
and he             preferred her and her
 maids unto the best place of the house 
of the women4    #ag3jjb3jaj ,esther had
 not shewed her people nor her kindred3 
for ,mordecai             had charged   
her that she should not shew it4        
#ag3jjb3jaa ,and ,mordecai walked every 
day before the court of the women's     
house1 to know how ,esther did1 and what
 should become of her4    #ag3jjb3jab   
,now when every maid's turn was come to 

go in to king             ,ahasuerus1   
after that she had been twelve months1  
according to             the manner of  
the women1 7for so were the days of     
their             purifications         
accomplished1 to wit1 six months with   
oil of             myrrh1 and six months
 with sweet odours1 and with other      
things             for the purifying of 
the women27    #ag3jjb3jac ,then thus   
came every maiden unto the king2        
whatsoever she             desired was  
given her to go with her out of the     
house of the             women unto the 
king's house4    #ag3jjb3jad ,in the    
evening she went1 and on the morrow she 
returned into             the second    
house of the women1 to the custody of   
,shaashgaz1             the king's      
chamberlain1 which kept the concubines3 
she came in             unto the king no
 more1 except the king delighted in her1
 and             that she were called by
 name4    #ag3jjb3jae ,now when the turn
 of ,esther1 the daughter of ,abihail   

the uncle             of ,mordecai1 who 
had taken her for his daughter1 was come
 to             go in unto the king1 she
 required nothing but what ,hegai the   
king's chamberlain1 the keeper of the   
women1 appointed4 ,and                  
,esther obtained favour in the sight of 
all them that looked             upon   
her4    #ag3jjb3jaf ,so ,esther was     
taken unto king ,ahasuerus into his     
house royal             in the tenth    
month1 which is the month ,tebeth1 in   
the seventh             year of his     
reign4    #ag3jjb3jag ,and the king     
loved ,esther above all the women1 and  
she             obtained grace and      
favour in his sight more than all the   
virgins2 so that he set the royal crown 
upon her head1 and             made her 
queen instead of ,vashti4    #ag3jjb3jah
 ,then the king made a great feast unto 
all his princes and his                 
servants1 even ,esther's feast2 and he  
made a release to the                   
provinces1 and gave gifts1 according to 

the state of the king4    #ag3jjb3jai   
,and when the virgins were gathered     
together the second time1               
then ,mordecai sat in the king's gate4  
#ag3jjb3jbj ,esther had not yet shewed  
her kindred nor her people2 as          
,mordecai had charged her3 for ,esther  
did the commandment of                  
,mordecai1 like as when she was brought 
up with him4    #ag3jjb3jba ,in those   
days1 while ,mordecai sat in the king's 
gate1 two of             the king's     
chamberlains1 ,bigthan and ,teresh1 of  
those which             kept the door1  
were wroth1 and sought to lay hands on  
the king             ,ahasuerus4        
#ag3jjb3jbb ,and the thing was known to 
,mordecai1 who told it unto ,esther     
the queen2 and ,esther certified the    
king thereof in ,mordecai's             
name4    #ag3jjb3jbc ,and when          
inquisition was made of the matter1 it  
was found out2             therefore    
they were both hanged on a tree3 and it 
was written             in the book of  

the chronicles before the king4         
#ag3jjc3jja ,after these things did king
 ,ahasuerus promote ,haman the son of   
,hammedatha the ,agagite1 and advanced  
him1 and set his seat             above 
all the princes that were with him4     
#ag3jjc3jjb ,and all the king's         
servants1 that were in the king's gate1 
bowed1 and reverenced ,haman3 for the   
king had so commanded                   
concerning him4 ,but ,mordecai bowed    
not1 nor did him reverence4             
#ag3jjc3jjc ,then the king's servants1  
which were in the king's gate1 said     
unto ,mordecai1 ,why transgressest thou 
the king's commandment8    #ag3jjc3jjd  
,now it came to pass1 when they spake   
daily unto him1 and he                  
hearkened not unto them1 that they told 
,haman1 to see whether                  
,mordecai's matters would stand3 for he 
had told them that he             was a 
,jew4    #ag3jjc3jje ,and when ,haman   
saw that ,mordecai bowed not1 nor did   
him             reverence1 then was     

,haman full of wrath4    #ag3jjc3jjf    
,and he thought scorn to lay hands on   
,mordecai alone2 for they               
had shewed him the people of ,mordecai3 
wherefore ,haman sought             to  
destroy all the ,jews that were         
throughout the whole kingdom            
of ,ahasuerus1 even the people of       
,mordecai4    #ag3jjc3jjg ,in the first 
month1 that is1 the month ,nisan1 in the
 twelfth             year of king       
,ahasuerus1 they cast ,pur1 that is1 the
 lot1             before ,haman from day
 to day1 and from month to month1 to the
             twelfth month1 that is1 the
 month ,adar4    #ag3jjc3jjh ,and ,haman
 said unto king ,ahasuerus1 ,there is a 
certain people             scattered    
abroad and dispersed among the people in
 all the             provinces of thy   
kingdom2 and their laws are diverse from
 all             people2 neither keep   
they the king's laws3 therefore it is   
not             for the king's profit to
 suffer them4    #ag3jjc3jji ,if it     

please the king1 let it be written that 
they may be             destroyed3 and  
,i will pay ten thousand talents of     
silver to             the hands of those
 that have the charge of the business1  
to             bring it into the king's 
treasuries4    #ag3jjc3jaj ,and the king
 took his ring from his hand1 and gave  
it unto             ,haman the son of   
,hammedatha the ,agagite1 the ,jews'    
enemy4    #ag3jjc3jaa ,and the king said
 unto ,haman1 ,the silver is given to   
thee1 the             people also1 to do
 with them as it seemeth good to thee4  
#ag3jjc3jab ,then were the king's       
scribes called on the thirteenth day of 
the first month1 and there was written  
according to all that             ,haman
 had commanded unto the king's          
lieutenants1 and to the                 
governors that were over every province1
 and to the rulers of             every 
people of every province according to   
the writing             thereof1 and to 
every people after their language2 in   

the name             of king ,ahasuerus 
was it written1 and sealed with the     
king's             ring4    #ag3jjc3jac 
,and the letters were sent by posts into
 all the king's             provinces1  
to destroy1 to kill1 and to cause to    
perish1 all             ,jews1 both     
young and old1 little children and      
women1 in one             day1 even upon
 the thirteenth day of the twelfth      
month1 which             is the month   
,adar1 and to take the spoil of them for
 a prey4    #ag3jjc3jad ,the copy of the
 writing for a commandment to be given  
in every             province was       
published unto all people1 that they    
should be             ready against that
 day4    #ag3jjc3jae ,the posts went    
out1 being hastened by the king's       
commandment1             and the decree 
was given in ,shushan the palace4 ,and  
the king             and ,haman sat down
 to drink2 but the city ,shushan was    
perplexed4    #ag3jjd3jja ,when         
,mordecai perceived all that was done1  

,mordecai rent his             clothes1 
and put on sackcloth with ashes1 and    
went out into             the midst of  
the city1 and cried with a loud and a   
bitter cry2    #ag3jjd3jjb ,and came    
even before the king's gate3 for none   
might enter             into the king's 
gate clothed with sackcloth4            
#ag3jjd3jjc ,and in every province1     
whithersoever the king's commandment    
and his decree came1 there was great    
mourning among the ,jews1               
and fasting1 and weeping1 and wailing2  
and many lay in             sackcloth   
and ashes4    #ag3jjd3jjd ,so ,esther's 
maids and her chamberlains came and told
 it her4             ,then was the queen
 exceedingly grieved2 and she sent      
raiment             to clothe ,mordecai1
 and to take away his sackcloth from    
him3             but he received it not4
    #ag3jjd3jje ,then called ,esther for
 ,hatach1 one of the king's             
chamberlains1             whom he had   
appointed to attend upon her1 and gave  

him a             commandment to        
,mordecai1 to know what it was1 and why 
it was4    #ag3jjd3jjf ,so ,hatach went 
forth to ,mordecai unto the street of   
the city1             which was before  
the king's gate4    #ag3jjd3jjg ,and    
,mordecai told him of all that had      
happened unto him1 and             of   
the sum of the money that ,haman had    
promised to pay to the                  
king's treasuries for the ,jews1 to     
destroy them4    #ag3jjd3jjh ,also he   
gave him the copy of the writing of the 
decree that             was given at    
,shushan to destroy them1 to shew it    
unto ,esther1             and to declare
 it unto her1 and to charge her that she
 should             go in unto the king1
 to make supplication unto him1 and to  
make request before him for her people4 
#ag3jjd3jji ,and ,hatach came and told  
,esther the words of ,mordecai4         
#ag3jjd3jaj ,again ,esther spake unto   
,hatach1 and gave him commandment unto  
,mordecai2    #ag3jjd3jaa ,all the      

king's servants1 and the people of the  
king's             provinces1 do know1  
that whosoever1 whether man or women1   
shall come unto the king into the inner 
court1 who is not             called1   
there is one law of his to put him to   
death1 except             such to whom  
the king shall hold out the golden      
sceptre1 that             he may live3  
but ,i have not been called to come in  
unto the             king these thirty  
days4    #ag3jjd3jab ,and they told to  
,mordecai ,esther's words4              
#ag3jjd3jac ,then ,mordecai commanded to
 answer ,esther1 ,think not with        
thyself that thou shalt escape in the   
king's house1 more than             all 
the ,jews4    #ag3jjd3jad ,for if thou  
altogether holdest thy peace at this    
time1 then             shall there      
enlargement and deliverance arise to the
 ,jews from             another place2  
but thou and thy father's house shall be
             destroyed3 and who knoweth 
whether thou art come to the            

kingdom for such a time as this8        
#ag3jjd3jae ,then ,esther bade them     
return ,mordecai this answer1           
#ag3jjd3jaf ,go1 gather together all the
 ,jews that are present in ,shushan1    
and fast ye for me1 and neither eat nor 
drink three days1             night or  
day3 ,i also and my maidens will fast   
likewise2 and so             will ,i go 
in unto the king1 which is not according
 to the law3             and if ,i      
perish1 ,i perish4    #ag3jjd3jag ,so   
,mordecai went his way1 and did         
according to all that ,esther           
had commanded him4    #ag3jje3jja ,now  
it came to pass on the third day1 that  
,esther put on her             royal    
apparel1 and stood in the inner court of
 the king's             house1 over     
against the king's house3 and the king  
sat upon             his royal throne in
 the royal house1 over against the gate 
of             the house4    #ag3jje3jjb
 ,and it was so1 when the king saw      
,esther the queen standing in           

the court1 that she obtained favour in  
his sight3 and the king             held
 out to ,esther the golden sceptre that 
was in his hand4 ,so             ,esther
 drew near1 and touched the top of the  
sceptre4    #ag3jje3jjc ,then said the  
king unto her1 ,what wilt thou1 queen   
,esther8 and             what is thy    
request8 it shall be even given thee to 
the half             of the kingdom4    
#ag3jje3jjd ,and ,esther answered1 ,if  
it seem good unto the king1 let the     
king and ,haman come this day unto the  
banquet that ,i have                    
prepared for him4    #ag3jje3jje ,then  
the king said1 ,cause ,haman to make    
haste1 that he may do             as    
,esther hath said4 ,so the king and     
,haman came to the banquet              
that ,esther had prepared4              
#ag3jje3jjf ,and the king said unto     
,esther at the banquet of wine1 ,what is
             thy petition8 and it shall 
be granted thee3 and what is thy        
request8 even to the half of the kingdom

 it shall be             performed4     
#ag3jje3jjg ,then answered ,esther1 and 
said1 ,my petition and my request is2   
#ag3jje3jjh ,if ,i have found favour in 
the sight of the king1 and if it        
please the king to grant my petition1   
and to perform my             request1  
let the king and ,haman come to the     
banquet that ,i             shall       
prepare for them1 and ,i will do to     
morrow as the king             hath     
said4    #ag3jje3jji ,then went ,haman  
forth that day joyful and with a glad   
heart3             but when ,haman saw  
,mordecai in the king's gate1 that he   
stood             not up1 nor moved for 
him1 he was full of indignation against 
,mordecai4    #ag3jje3jaj ,nevertheless 
,haman refrained himself3 and when he   
came home1             he sent and      
called for his friends1 and ,zeresh his 
wife4    #ag3jje3jaa ,and ,haman told   
them of the glory of his riches1 and the
             multitude of his children1 
and all the things wherein the king     

had promoted him1 and how he had        
advanced him above the                  
princes and servants of the king4       
#ag3jje3jab ,haman said moreover1 ,yea1 
,esther the queen did let no man come   
in with the king unto the banquet that  
she had prepared but             myself2
 and to morrow am ,i invited unto her   
also with the             king4         
#ag3jje3jac ,yet all this availeth me   
nothing1 so long as ,i see ,mordecai    
the ,jew sitting at the king's gate4    
#ag3jje3jad ,then said ,zeresh his wife 
and all his friends unto him1 ,let a    
gallows be made of fifty cubits high1   
and to morrow speak thou                
unto the king that ,mordecai may be     
hanged thereon3 then go             thou
 in merrily with the king unto the      
banquet4 ,and the thing                 
pleased ,haman2 and he caused the       
gallows to be made4    #ag3jjf3jja ,on  
that night could not the king sleep1 and
 he commanded to             bring the  
book of records of the chronicles2 and  

they were             read before the   
king4    #ag3jjf3jjb ,and it was found  
written1 that ,mordecai had told of     
,bigthana             and ,teresh1 two  
of the king's chamberlains1 the keepers 
of the             door1 who sought to  
lay hand on the king ,ahasuerus4        
#ag3jjf3jjc ,and the king said1 ,what   
honour and dignity hath been done to    
,mordecai for this8 ,then said the      
king's servants that                    
ministered unto him1 ,there is nothing  
done for him4    #ag3jjf3jjd ,and the   
king said1 ,who is in the court8 ,now   
,haman was come             into the    
outward court of the king's house1 to   
speak unto the             king to hang 
,mordecai on the gallows that he had    
prepared for             him4           
#ag3jjf3jje ,and the king's servants    
said unto him1 ,behold1 ,haman standeth 
in the court4 ,and the king said1 ,let  
him come in4    #ag3jjf3jjf ,so ,haman  
came in4 ,and the king said unto him1   
,what shall be             done unto the

 man whom the king delighteth to honour8
 ,now             ,haman thought in his 
heart1 ,to whom would the king delight  
to             do honour more than to   
myself8    #ag3jjf3jjg ,and ,haman      
answered the king1 ,for the man whom the
 king             delighteth to honour1 
#ag3jjf3jjh ,let the royal apparel be   
brought which the king useth to wear1   
and the horse that the king rideth upon1
 and the crown royal             which  
is set upon his head3    #ag3jjf3jji    
,and let this apparel and horse be      
delivered to the hand of one            
of the king's most noble princes1 that  
they may array the man                  
withal whom the king delighteth to      
honour1 and bring him on                
horseback through the street of the     
city1 and proclaim before               
him1 ,thus shall it be done to the man  
whom the king delighteth             to 
honour4    #ag3jjf3jaj ,then the king   
said to ,haman1 ,make haste1 and take   
the apparel             and the horse1  

as thou hast said1 and do even so to    
,mordecai             the ,jew1 that    
sitteth at the king's gate3 let nothing 
fail of             all that thou hast  
spoken4    #ag3jjf3jaa ,then took ,haman
 the apparel and the horse1 and arrayed 
,mordecai1 and brought him on horseback 
through the street of             the   
city1 and proclaimed before him1 ,thus  
shall it be done             unto the   
man whom the king delighteth to honour4 
#ag3jjf3jab ,and ,mordecai came again to
 the king's gate4 ,but ,haman hasted    
to his house mourning1 and having his   
head covered4    #ag3jjf3jac ,and ,haman
 told ,zeresh his wife and all his      
friends every thing             that had
 befallen him4 ,then said his wise men  
and ,zeresh his             wife unto   
him1 ,if ,mordecai be of the seed of the
 ,jews1 before             whom thou    
hast begun to fall1 thou shalt not      
prevail against             him1 but    
shalt surely fall before him4           
#ag3jjf3jad ,and while they were yet    

talking with him1 came the king's       
chamberlains1 and hasted to bring ,haman
 unto the banquet that                  
,esther had prepared4    #ag3jjg3jja ,so
 the king and ,haman came to banquet    
with ,esther the queen4    #ag3jjg3jjb  
,and the king said again unto ,esther on
 the second day at the                  
banquet of wine1 ,what is thy petition1 
queen ,esther8 and it             shall 
be granted thee3 and what is thy        
request8 and it shall             be    
performed1 even to the half of the      
kingdom4    #ag3jjg3jjc ,then ,esther   
the queen answered and said1 ,if ,i have
 found             favour in thy sight1 
,o king1 and if it please the king1 let 
my             life be given me at my   
petition1 and my people at my request3  
#ag3jjg3jjd ,for we are sold1 ,i and my 
people1 to be destroyed1 to be          
slain1 and to perish4 ,but if we had    
been sold for bondmen and               
bondwomen1 ,i had held my tongue1       
although the enemy could not            

countervail the king's damage4          
#ag3jjg3jje ,then the king ,ahasuerus   
answered and said unto ,esther the      
queen1 ,who is he1 and where is he1 that
 durst presume in his             heart 
to do so8    #ag3jjg3jjf ,and ,esther   
said1 ,the adversary and enemy is this  
wicked ,haman4             ,then ,haman 
was afraid before the king and the      
queen4    #ag3jjg3jjg ,and the king     
arising from the banquet of wine in his 
wrath             went into the palace  
garden3 and ,haman stood up to make     
request for his life to ,esther the     
queen2 for he saw that             there
 was evil determined against him by the 
king4    #ag3jjg3jjh ,then the king     
returned out of the palace garden into  
the place             of the banquet of 
wine2 and ,haman was fallen upon the bed
             whereon ,esther was4 ,then 
said the king1 ,will he force the       
queen also before me in the house8 ,as  
the word went out of             king's 
mouth1 they covered ,haman's face4      

#ag3jjg3jji ,and ,harbonah1 one of the  
chamberlains1 said before the king1     
,behold also1 the gallows fifty cubits  
high1 which ,haman had             made 
for ,mordecai1 who spoken good for the  
king1 standeth in             the house 
of ,haman4 ,then the king said1 ,hang   
him thereon4    #ag3jjg3jaj ,so they    
hanged ,haman on the gallows that he had
 prepared for             ,mordecai4    
,then was the king's wrath pacified4    
#ag3jjh3jja ,on that day did the king   
,ahasuerus give the house of ,haman the 
,jews' enemy unto ,esther the queen4    
,and ,mordecai came before              
the king2 for ,esther had told what he  
was unto her4    #ag3jjh3jjb ,and the   
king took off his ring1 which he had    
taken from ,haman1             and gave 
it unto ,mordecai4 ,and ,esther set     
,mordecai over the             house of 
,haman4    #ag3jjh3jjc ,and ,esther     
spake yet again before the king1 and    
fell down at             his feet1 and  
besought him with tears to put away the 

mischief             of ,haman the      
,agagite1 and his device that he had    
devised             against the ,jews4  
#ag3jjh3jjd ,then the king held out the 
golden sceptre toward ,esther4 ,so      
,esther arose1 and stood before the     
king1    #ag3jjh3jje ,and said1 ,if it  
please the king1 and if ,i have favour  
in his             sight1 and the thing 
seem right before the king1 and ,i be   
pleasing in his eyes1 let it be written 
to reverse the letters                  
devised by ,haman the son of ,hammedatha
 the ,agagite1 which he                 
wrote to destroy the ,jews which are in 
all the king's             provinces3   
#ag3jjh3jjf ,for how can ,i endure to   
see the evil that shall come unto my    
people8 or how can ,i endure to see the 
destruction of my             kindred8  
#ag3jjh3jjg ,then the king ,ahasuerus   
said unto ,esther the queen and to      
,mordecai the ,jew1 ,behold1 ,i have    
given ,esther the house of              
,haman1 and him they have hanged upon   

the gallows1 because he             laid
 his hand upon the ,jews4    #ag3jjh3jjh
 ,write ye also for the ,jews1 as it    
liketh you1 in the king's               
name1 and seal it with the king's ring3 
for the writing which             is    
written in the king's name1 and sealed  
with the king's             ring1 may no
 man reverse4    #ag3jjh3jji ,then were 
the king's scribes called at that time  
in the third             month1 that is1
 the month ,sivan1 on the three and     
twentieth             day thereof2 and  
it was written according to all that    
,mordecai             commanded unto the
 ,jews1 and to the lieutenants1 and the 
deputies and rulers of the provinces    
which are from ,india unto              
,ethiopia1 an hundred twenty and seven  
provinces1 unto every                   
province according to the writing       
thereof1 and unto every                 
people after their language1 and to the 
,jews according to             their    
writing1 and according to their         

language4    #ag3jjh3jaj ,and he wrote  
in the king ,ahasuerus' name1 and sealed
 it with             the king's ring1   
and sent letters by posts on horseback1 
and             riders on mules1 camels1
 and young dromedaries3    #ag3jjh3jaa  
,wherein the king granted the ,jews     
which were in every city to             
gather themselves together1 and to stand
 for their life1 to             destroy1
 to slay and to cause to perish1 all the
 power of the             people and    
province that would assault them1 both  
little ones             and women1 and  
to take the spoil of them for a prey1   
#ag3jjh3jab ,upon one day in all the    
provinces of king ,ahasuerus1 namely1   
upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth  
month1 which is the             month   
,adar4    #ag3jjh3jac ,the copy of the  
writing for a commandment to be given in
 every             province was         
published unto all people1 and that the 
,jews             should be ready       
against that day to avenge themselves on

 their             enemies4             
#ag3jjh3jad ,so the posts that rode upon
 mules and camels went out1 being       
hastened and pressed on by the king's   
commandment4 ,and the             decree
 was given at ,shushan the palace4      
#ag3jjh3jae ,and ,mordecai went out from
 the presence of the king in royal      
apparel of blue and white1 and with a   
great crown of gold1 and                
with a garment of fine linen and purple3
 and the city of             ,shushan   
rejoiced and was glad4    #ag3jjh3jaf   
,the ,jews had light1 and gladness1 and 
joy1 and honour4    #ag3jjh3jag ,and in 
every province1 and in every city1      
whithersoever the             king's    
commandment and his decree came1 the    
,jews had joy and             gladness1 
a feast and a good day4 ,and many of the
 people of             the land became  
,jews2 for the fear of the ,jews fell   
upon them4    #ag3jji3jja ,now in the   
twelfth month1 that is1 the month ,adar1
 on the             thirteenth day of   

the same1 when the king's commandment   
and             his decree drew near to 
be put in execution1 in the day that    
the enemies of the ,jews hoped to have  
power over them1 7though             it 
was turned to the contrary1 that the    
,jews had rule over             them    
that hated them27    #ag3jji3jjb ,the   
,jews gathered themselves together in   
their cities             throughout all 
the provinces of the king ,ahasuerus1 to
 lay             hand on such as sought 
their hurt3 and no man could withstand  
them2 for the fear of them fell upon all
 people4    #ag3jji3jjc ,and all the    
rulers of the provinces1 and the        
lieutenants1 and             the        
deputies1 and officers of the king1     
helped the ,jews2             because   
the fear of ,mordecai fell upon them4   
#ag3jji3jjd ,for ,mordecai was great in 
the king's house1 and his fame went     
out throughout all the provinces3 for   
this man ,mordecai waxed                
greater and greater4    #ag3jji3jje     

,thus the ,jews smote all their enemies 
with the stroke of the                  
sword1 and slaughter1 and destruction1  
and did what they would             unto
 those that hated them4    #ag3jji3jjf  
,and in ,shushan the palace the ,jews   
slew and destroyed five                 
hundred men4    #ag3jji3jjg ,and        
,parshandatha1 and ,dalphon1 and        
,aspatha1    #ag3jji3jjh ,and ,poratha1 
and ,adalia1 and ,aridatha1             
#ag3jji3jji ,and ,parmashta1 and        
,arisai1 and ,aridai1 and ,vajezatha1   
#ag3jji3jaj ,the ten sons of ,haman the 
son of ,hammedatha1 the enemy of the    
,jews1 slew they2 but on the spoil laid 
they not their hand4    #ag3jji3jaa ,on 
that day the number of those that were  
slain in ,shushan the             palace
 was brought before the king4           
#ag3jji3jab ,and the king said unto     
,esther the queen1 ,the ,jews have slain
             and destroyed five hundred 
men in ,shushan the palace1 and the     
ten sons of ,haman2 what have they done 

in the rest of the             king's   
provinces8 now what is thy petition8 and
 it shall be             granted thee3  
or what is thy request further8 and it  
shall be             done4              
#ag3jji3jac ,then said ,esther1 ,if it  
please the king1 let it be granted to   
the ,jews which are in ,shushan to do to
 morrow also according             unto 
this day's decree1 and let ,haman's ten 
sons be hanged             upon the     
gallows4    #ag3jji3jad ,and the king   
commanded it so to be done3 and the     
decree was             given at         
,shushan2 and they hanged ,haman's ten  
sons4    #ag3jji3jae ,for the ,jews that
 were in ,shushan gathered themselves   
together             on the fourteenth  
day also of the month ,adar1 and slew   
three             hundred men at        
,shushan2 but on the prey they laid not 
their             hand4    #ag3jji3jaf  
,but the other ,jews that were in the   
king's provinces gathered               
themselves together1 and stood for their

 lives1 and had rest             from   
their enemies1 and slew of their foes   
seventy and five             thousand1  
but they laid not their hands on the    
prey1    #ag3jji3jag ,on the thirteenth 
day of the month ,adar2 and on the      
fourteenth             day of the same  
rested they1 and made it a day of       
feasting and             gladness4      
#ag3jji3jah ,but the ,jews that were at 
,shushan assembled together on the      
thirteenth day thereof1 and on the      
fourteenth thereof2 and on              
the fifteenth day of the same they      
rested1 and made it a day             of
 feasting and gladness4    #ag3jji3jai  
,therefore the ,jews of the villages1   
that dwelt in the unwalled              
towns1 made the fourteenth day of the   
month ,adar a day of                    
gladness and feasting1 and a good day1  
and of sending portions             one 
to another4    #ag3jji3jbj ,and         
,mordecai wrote these things1 and sent  
letters unto all the             ,jews  

that were in all the provinces of the   
king ,ahasuerus1             both nigh  
and far1    #ag3jji3jba ,to stablish    
this among them1 that they should keep  
the             fourteenth day of the   
month ,adar1 and the fifteenth day of   
the             same1 yearly1           
#ag3jji3jbb ,as the days wherein the    
,jews rested from their enemies1 and    
the month which was turned unto them    
from sorrow to joy1 and             from
 mourning into a good day3 that they    
should make them days             of    
feasting and joy1 and of sending        
portions one to another1             and
 gifts to the poor4    #ag3jji3jbc ,and 
the ,jews undertook to do as they had   
begun1 and as             ,mordecai had 
written unto them2    #ag3jji3jbd       
,because ,haman the son of ,hammedatha1 
the ,agagite1 the enemy of              
all the ,jews1 had devised against the  
,jews to destroy them1             and  
had cast ,pur1 that is1 the lot1 to     
consume them1 and to             destroy

 them2    #ag3jji3jbe ,but when ,esther 
came before the king1 he commanded by   
letters             that his wicked     
device1 which he devised against the    
,jews1             should return upon   
his own head1 and that he and his sons  
should be hanged on the gallows4        
#ag3jji3jbf ,wherefore they called these
 days ,purim after the name of ,pur4    
,therefore for all the words of this    
letter1 and of that which               
they had seen concerning this matter1   
and which had come unto                 
them1    #ag3jji3jbg ,the ,jews         
ordained1 and took upon them1 and upon  
their seed1             and upon all    
such as joined themselves unto them1 so 
as it             should not fail1 that 
they would keep these two days according
             to their writing1 and      
according to their appointed time every 
year2    #ag3jji3jbh ,and that these    
days should be remembered and kept      
throughout             every generation1
 every family1 every province1 and every

             city2 and that these days  
of ,purim should not fail from among    
the ,jews1 nor the memorial of them     
perish from their seed4    #ag3jji3jbi  
,then ,esther the queen1 the daughter of
 ,abihail1 and ,mordecai             the
 ,jew1 wrote with all authority1 to     
confirm this second             letter  
of ,purim4    #ag3jji3jcj ,and he sent  
the letters unto all the ,jews1 to the  
hundred             twenty and seven    
provinces of the kingdom of ,ahasuerus1 
with             words of peace and     
truth1    #ag3jji3jca ,to confirm these 
days of ,purim in their times appointed1
             according as ,mordecai the 
,jew and ,esther the queen had          
enjoined them1 and as they had decreed  
for themselves and for             their
 seed1 the matters of the fastings and  
their cry4    #ag3jji3jcb ,and the      
decree of ,esther confirmed these       
matters of ,purim2 and             it   
was written in the book4    #ag3jaj3jja 
,and the king ,ahasuerus laid a tribute 

upon the land1 and upon             the 
isles of the sea4    #ag3jaj3jjb ,and   
all the acts of his power and of his    
might1 and the             declaration  
of the greatness of ,mordecai1 whereunto
 the king             advanced him1 are 
they not written in the book of the     
chronicles of the kings of ,media and   
,persia8    #ag3jaj3jjc ,for ,mordecai  
the ,jew was next unto king ,ahasuerus1 
and great             among the ,jews1  
and accepted of the multitude of his    
brethren1             seeking the wealth
 of his people1 and speaking peace to   
all             his seed4