Esther 8 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

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1 H3117 On that day H4428 did the king H325 Ahasuerus H5414 give H1004 the house H2001 of Haman H3064 the Jews' H6887 enemy H635 unto Esther H4436 the queen. H4782 And Mordecai H935 came H6440 before H4428 the king; H635 for Esther H5046 had told what he was unto her.

2 H4428 And the king H5493 took off H2885 his ring, H5674 which he had taken H2001 from Haman, H5414 and gave H4782 it unto Mordecai. H635 And Esther H7760 set H4782 Mordecai H1004 over the house H2001 of Haman.

3 H635 And Esther H1696 spake H3254 yet again H6440 before H4428 the king, H5307 and fell down H6440 at H7272 his feet, H2603 and besought H1058 him with tears H5674 to put away H7451 the mischief H2001 of Haman H91 the Agagite, H4284 and his device H2803 that he had devised H3064 against the Jews.

4 H4428 Then the king H3447 held out H635 to Esther H2091 the golden H8275 sceptre. H635 So Esther H6965 arose, H5975 and stood H6440 before H4428 the king.

5 H559 And she said, H2896 If it please H4428 the king, H4672 and if I have found H2580 favor H6440 in his sight, H1697 and the thing H3787 seem right H6440 before H4428 the king, H2896 and I be pleasing H5869 in his eyes, H3789 let it be written H7725 to reverse H5612 the letters H4284 devised H2001 by Haman, H1121 the son H4099 of Hammedatha H91 the Agagite, H3789 which he wrote H6 to destroy H3064 the Jews H4428 that are in all the king's H4082 provinces:

6 H349 for how H3201 can I endure H7200 to see H7451 the evil H4672 that shall come H5971 unto my people? H349 or how H3201 can I endure H7200 to see H13 the destruction H4138 of my kindred?

7 H4428 Then the king H325 Ahasuerus H559 said H635 unto Esther H4436 the queen H4782 and to Mordecai H3064 the Jew, H5414 Behold, I have given H635 Esther H1004 the house H2001 of Haman, H8518 and him they have hanged H6086 upon the gallows, H7971 because he laid H3027 his hand H3064 upon the Jews.

8 H3789 Write H3064 ye also to the Jews, H2896 as it pleaseth H5869 you, H4428 in the king's H8034 name, H2856 and seal H4428 it with the king's H2885 ring; H3791 for the writing H3789 which is written H4428 in the king's H8034 name, H2856 and sealed H4428 with the king's H2885 ring, H7725 may no man reverse.

9 H4428 Then were the king's H5608 scribes H7121 called H6256 at that time, H7992 in the third H2320 month H5510 Sivan, H7969 on the three H6242 and twentieth H3789 day thereof; and it was written H4782 according to all that Mordecai H6680 commanded H3064 unto the Jews, H323 and to the satraps, H6346 and the governors H8269 and princes H4082 of the provinces H1912 which are from India H3568 unto Ethiopia, H3967 a hundred H6242 twenty H7651 and seven H4082 provinces, H4082 unto every province H3791 according to the writing H5971 thereof, and unto every people H3956 after their language, H3064 and to the Jews H3791 according to their writing, H3956 and according to their language.

10 H3789 And he wrote H8034 the name H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus, H2856 and sealed H4428 it with the king's H2885 ring, H7971 and sent H5612 letters H3027 by H7323 post H5483 on horseback, H7392 riding H7409 on swift steeds H327 that were used in the king's service, H1121 bred H7424 of the stud:

11 H4428 wherein the king H5414 granted H3064 the Jews H5892 that were in every city H6950 to gather themselves together, H5975 and to stand H5315 for their life, H8045 to destroy, H2026 to slay, H6 and to cause to perish, H2428 all the power H5971 of the people H4082 and province H6696 that would assault H2945 them, their little ones H802 and women, H7998 and to take the spoil H962 of them for a prey,

12 H259 upon one H3117 day H4082 in all the provinces H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus, H7969 namely, upon the thirteenth H8147 day of the twelfth H2320 month, H2320 which is the month H143 Adar.

13 H6572 A copy H3791 of the writing, H1881 that the decree H5414 should be given H4082 out in every province, H1540 was published H5971 unto all the peoples, H3064 and that the Jews H6264 should be ready H3117 against that day H5358 to avenge H341 themselves on their enemies.

14 H7323 So the posts H7392 that rode H7409 upon swift steeds H4428 that were used in the king's H3318 service went out, H926 being hastened H1765 and pressed on H4428 by the king's H1697 commandment; H1881 and the decree H5414 was given H7800 out in Shushan H1002 the palace.

15 H4782 And Mordecai H3318 went forth H6440 from the presence H4428 of the king H4438 in royal H3830 apparel H8504 of blue H2353 and white, H1419 and with a great H5850 crown H2091 of gold, H8509 and with a robe H948 of fine linen H713 and purple: H5892 and the city H7800 of Shushan H6670 shouted H8056 and was glad.

16 H3064 The Jews H219 had light H8057 and gladness, H8342 and joy H3366 and honor.

17 H4082 And in every province, H5892 and in every city, H4725 whithersoever H4428 the king's H1697 commandment H1881 and his decree H5060 came, H3064 the Jews H8342 had gladness H8057 and joy, H4960 a feast H2896 and a good H3117 day. H7227 And many H5971 from among the peoples H776 of the land H3054 became Jews; H6343 for the fear H3064 of the Jews H5307 was fallen upon them.