Dual Panel1On that day <03117> did the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> give <05414> (8804) the house <01004> of Haman <02001> the Jews <03064>_' enemy <06887> (8802) unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436>_. And Mordecai <04782> came <0935> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>_; for Esther <0635> had told <05046> (8689) what he [was] unto her.
2And the king <04428> took off <05493> (8686) his ring <02885>_, which he had taken <05674> (8689) from Haman <02001>_, and gave <05414> (8799) it unto Mordecai <04782>_. And Esther <0635> set <07760> (8799) Mordecai <04782> over the house <01004> of Haman <02001>_.
3And Esther <0635> spake <01696> (8762) yet again <03254> (8686) before <06440> the king <04428>_, and fell down <05307> (8799) at <06440> his feet <07272>_, and besought <02603> (8691) him with tears <01058> (8799) to put away <05674> (8687) the mischief <07451> of Haman <02001> the Agagite <091>_, and his device <04284> that he had devised <02803> (8804) against the Jews <03064>_. {and besought...: Heb. and she wept, and besought him}
4Then the king <04428> held out <03447> (8686) the golden <02091> sceptre <08275> toward Esther <0635>_. So Esther <0635> arose <06965> (8799)_, and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>_,
5And said <0559> (8799)_, If it please <02896> the king <04428>_, and if I have found <04672> (8804) favour <02580> in his sight <06440>_, and the thing <01697> [seem] right <03787> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>_, and I [be] pleasing <02896> in his eyes <05869>_, let it be written <03789> (8735) to reverse <07725> (8687) the letters <05612> devised <04284> by Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>_, which he wrote <03789> (8804) to destroy <06> (8763) the Jews <03064> which [are] in all the king's <04428> provinces <04082>_: {devised: Heb. the device} {which he...: or, who wrote}
6For 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}
7Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> said <0559> (8799) unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436> and to Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>_, Behold, I have given <05414> (8804) Esther <0635> the house <01004> of Haman <02001>_, and him they have hanged <08518> (8804) upon the gallows <06086>_, because he laid <07971> (8804) his hand <03027> upon the Jews <03064>_.
8Write <03789> (8798) ye also for the Jews <03064>_, as it liketh <02896> you <05869>_, in the king's <04428> name <08034>_, and seal <02856> (8798) [it] with the king's <04428> ring <02885>_: for the writing <03791> which is written <03789> (8737) in the king's <04428> name <08034>_, and sealed <02856> (8737) with the king's <04428> ring <02885>_, may no man reverse <07725> (8687)_.
9Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) called <07121> (8735) at that time <06256> in the third <07992> month <02320>_, that [is], the month <02320> Sivan <05510>_, on the three <07969> and twentieth <06242> [day] thereof; and it was written <03789> (8735) according to all that Mordecai <04782> commanded <06680> (8765) unto the Jews <03064>_, and to the lieutenants <0323>_, and the deputies <06346> and rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082> which [are] from India <01912> unto Ethiopia <03568>_, an hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and seven <07651> provinces <04082>_, unto every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and unto every people <05971> after their language <03956>_, and to the Jews <03064> according to their writing <03791>_, and according to their language <03956>_.
10And he wrote <03789> (8799) in the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_' name <08034>_, and sealed <02856> (8799) [it] with the king's <04428> ring <02885>_, and sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612> by <03027> posts <07323> (8801) on horseback <05483>_, [and] riders <07392> (8802) on mules <07409>_, camels <0327>_, [and] young <01121> dromedaries <07424>_:
11Wherein the king <04428> granted <05414> (8804) the Jews <03064> which [were] in every city <05892> to gather themselves together <06950> (8736)_, and to stand <05975> (8800) for their life <05315>_, to destroy <08045> (8687)_, to slay <02026> (8800)_, and to cause to perish <06> (8763)_, all the power <02428> of the people <05971> and province <04082> that would assault <06696> (8802) them, [both] little ones <02945> and women <0802>_, and [to take] the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962> (8800)_,
12Upon one <0259> day <03117> in all the provinces <04082> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_, [namely], upon the thirteenth <07969> <06240> [day] of the twelfth <08147> <06240> month <02320>_, which [is] the month <02320> Adar <0143>_.
13The 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>_, and that the Jews <03064> should be ready <06264> (8675) <06259> against that day <03117> to avenge <05358> (8736) themselves on their enemies <0341> (8802)_. {published: Heb. revealed}
14[So] the posts <07323> (8801) that rode <07392> (8802) upon mules <07409> [and] camels <0327> went out <03318> (8804)_, being hastened <0926> (8794) and pressed on <01765> (8803) by the king's <04428> commandment <01697>_. And the decree <01881> was given <05414> (8738) at Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_.
15And Mordecai <04782> went out <03318> (8804) from the presence <06440> of the king <04428> in royal <04438> apparel <03830> of blue <08504> and white <02353>_, and with a great <01419> crown <05850> of gold <02091>_, and with a garment <08509> of fine linen <0948> and purple <0713>_: and the city <05892> of Shushan <07800> rejoiced <06670> (8804) and was glad <08056>_. {blue: or, violet}
16The Jews <03064> had light <0219>_, and gladness <08057>_, and joy <08342>_, and honour <03366>_.
17And in every province <04082>_, and in every city <05892>_, whithersoever <04725> the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060> (8688)_, the Jews <03064> had joy <08057> and gladness <08342>_, a feast <04960> and a good <02896> day <03117>_. And many <07227> of the people <05971> of the land <0776> became Jews <03054> (8693)_; for the fear <06343> of the Jews <03064> fell <05307> (8804) upon them.