Dual Panel1Now in the twelfth <08147> <06240> month <02320>_, that [is], the month <02320> Adar <0143>_, on the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day <03117> of the same, when the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> drew near <05060> (8689) to be put in execution <06213> (8736)_, in the day <03117> that the enemies <0341> (8802) of the Jews <03064> hoped <07663> (8765) to have power <07980> (8800) over them, (though it was turned <02015> (8736) to the contrary, that the Jews <03064> had rule <07980> (8799) over them that hated <08130> (8802) them;)
2The Jews <03064> gathered themselves together <06950> (8738) in their cities <05892> throughout all the provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_, to lay <07971> (8800) hand <03027> on such as sought <01245> (8764) their hurt <07451>_: and no man <0376> could withstand <05975> (8804) them <06440>_; for the fear <06343> of them fell <05307> (8804) upon all people <05971>_.
3And all the rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082>_, and the lieutenants <0323>_, and the deputies <06346>_, and officers <06213> (8802) <04399> of the king <04428>_, helped <05375> (8764) the Jews <03064>_; because the fear <06343> of Mordecai <04782> fell <05307> (8804) upon them. {officers...: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king}
4For Mordecai <04782> [was] great <01419> in the king's <04428> house <01004>_, and his fame <08089> went out <01980> (8802) throughout all the provinces <04082>_: for this man <0376> Mordecai <04782> waxed <01980> (8802) greater and greater <01419>_.
5Thus the Jews <03064> smote <05221> (8686) all their enemies <0341> (8802) with the stroke <04347> of the sword <02719>_, and slaughter <02027>_, and destruction <012>_, and did <06213> (8799) what they would <07522> unto those that hated <08130> (8802) them. {what...: Heb. according to their will}
6And in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> the Jews <03064> slew <02026> (8804) and destroyed <06> (8763) five <02568> hundred <03967> men <0376>_.
7And Parshandatha <06577>_, and Dalphon <01813>_, and Aspatha <0630>_,
8And Poratha <06334>_, and Adalia <0118>_, and Aridatha <0743>_,
9And Parmashta <06534>_, and Arisai <0747>_, and Aridai <0742>_, and Vajezatha <02055>_,
10The ten <06235> sons <01121> of Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099>_, the enemy <06887> (8802) of the Jews <03064>_, slew <02026> (8804) they; but on the spoil <0961> laid <07971> (8804) they not their hand <03027>_.
11On that day <03117> the number <04557> of those that were slain <02026> (8803) in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002> was brought <0935> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>_. {was...: Heb. came}
12And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436>_, The Jews <03064> have slain <02026> (8804) and destroyed <06> (8763) five <02568> hundred <03967> men <0376> in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_, and the ten <06235> sons <01121> of Haman <02001>_; what have they done <06213> (8804) in the rest <07605> of the king's <04428> provinces <04082>_? now what [is] thy petition <07596>_? and it shall be granted <05414> (8735) thee: or what [is] thy request <01246> further <05750>_? and it shall be done <06213> (8735)_.
13Then said <0559> (8799) Esther <0635>_, If it please <02896> the king <04428>_, let it be granted <05414> (8735) to the Jews <03064> which [are] in Shushan <07800> to do <06213> (8800) to morrow <04279> also according unto this day's <03117> decree <01881>_, and let Haman's <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121> be hanged <08518> (8799) upon the gallows <06086>_. {let Haman's...: Heb. let men hang, etc}
14And the king <04428> commanded <0559> (8799) it so to be done <06213> (8736)_: and the decree <01881> was given <05414> (8735) at Shushan <07800>_; and they hanged <08518> (8804) Haman's <02001> ten <06235> sons <01121>_.
15For the Jews <03064> that [were] in Shushan <07800> gathered themselves together <06950> (8735) on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day <03117> also of the month <02320> Adar <0143>_, and slew <02026> (8799) three <07969> hundred <03967> men <0376> at Shushan <07800>_; but on the prey <0961> they laid <07971> (8804) not their hand <03027>_.
16But the other <07605> Jews <03064> that [were] in the king's <04428> provinces <04082> gathered themselves together <06950> (8738)_, and stood <05975> (8800) for their lives <05315>_, and had rest <05118> from their enemies <0341> (8802)_, and slew <02026> (8800) of their foes <08130> (8802) seventy <07657> and five <02568> thousand <0505>_, but they laid <07971> (8804) not their hands <03027> on the prey <0961>_,
17On the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day <03117> of the month <02320> Adar <0143>_; and on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day of the same rested <05118> they, and made <06213> (8800) it a day <03117> of feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>_. {of the same: Heb. in it}
18But the Jews <03064> that [were] at Shushan <07800> assembled together <06950> (8738) on the thirteenth <07969> <06240> [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> thereof; and on the fifteenth <02568> <06240> [day] of the same they rested <05118>_, and made <06213> (8800) it a day <03117> of feasting <04960> and gladness <08057>_.
19Therefore the Jews <03064> of the villages <06521>_, that dwelt <03427> (8802) in the unwalled <06519> towns <05892>_, made <06213> (8802) the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day <03117> of the month <02320> Adar <0143> [a day of] gladness <08057> and feasting <04960>_, and a good <02896> day <03117>_, and of sending <04916> portions <04490> one <0376> to another <07453>_.
20And Mordecai <04782> wrote <03789> (8799) these things <01697>_, and sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612> unto all the Jews <03064> that [were] in all the provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_, [both] nigh <07138> and far <07350>_,
21To stablish <06965> (8763) [this] among them, that they should keep <06213> (8802) the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day <03117> of the month <02320> Adar <0143>_, and the fifteenth <02568> <06240> day <03117> of the same, yearly <08141> <08141>_,
22As the days <03117> wherein the Jews <03064> rested <05117> (8804) from their enemies <0341> (8802)_, and the month <02320> which was turned <02015> (8738) unto them from sorrow <03015> to joy <08057>_, and from mourning <060> into a good <02896> day <03117>_: that they should make <06213> (8800) them days <03117> of feasting <04960> and joy <08057>_, and of sending <04916> portions <04490> one <0376> to another <07453>_, and gifts <04979> to the poor <034>_.
23And the Jews <03064> undertook <06901> (8765) to do <06213> (8800) as they had begun <02490> (8689)_, and as Mordecai <04782> had written <03789> (8804) unto them;
24Because Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099>_, the Agagite <091>_, the enemy <06887> (8802) of all the Jews <03064>_, had devised <02803> (8804) against the Jews <03064> to destroy <06> (8763) them, and had cast <05307> (8689) Pur <06332>_, that [is], the lot <01486>_, to consume <02000> (8800) them, and to destroy <06> (8763) them; {consume: Heb. crush}
25But when [Esther] came <0935> (8800) before <06440> the king <04428>_, he commanded <0559> (8804) by letters <05612> that his wicked <07451> device <04284>_, which he devised <02803> (8804) against the Jews <03064>_, should return <07725> (8799) upon his own head <07218>_, and that he and his sons <01121> should be hanged <08518> (8804) on the gallows <06086>_. {when...: Heb. when she came}
26Wherefore they called <07121> (8804) these days <03117> Purim <06332> after the name <08034> of Pur <06332>_. Therefore for all the words <01697> of this letter <0107>_, and [of that] which they had seen <07200> (8804) concerning this matter <03602>_, and which had come <05060> (8689) unto them, {Pur: that is, Lot}
27The Jews <03064> ordained <06965> (8765)_, and took <06901> (8765) upon them, and upon their seed <02233>_, and upon all such as joined <03867> (8737) themselves unto them, so as it should not fail <05674> (8799)_, that they would keep <06213> (8802) these two <08147> days <03117> according to their writing <03791>_, and according to their [appointed] time <02165> every year <08141> <08141>_; {fail: Heb. pass}
28And [that] these days <03117> [should be] remembered <02142> (8737) and kept <06213> (8737) throughout <01755> every generation <01755>_, every family <04940>_, every province <04082>_, and every city <05892>_; and [that] these days <03117> of Purim <06332> should not fail <05674> (8799) from among <08432> the Jews <03064>_, nor the memorial <02143> of them perish <05486> (8799) from their seed <02233>_. {fail: Heb. pass} {perish: Heb. be ended}
29Then Esther <0635> the queen <04436>_, the daughter <01323> of Abihail <032>_, and Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>_, wrote <03789> (8799) with all authority <08633>_, to confirm <06965> (8763) this second <08145> letter <0107> of Purim <06332>_. {authority: Heb. strength}
30And he sent <07971> (8799) the letters <05612> unto all the Jews <03064>_, to the hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and seven <07651> provinces <04082> of the kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>_, [with] words <01697> of peace <07965> and truth <0571>_,
31To confirm <06965> (8763) these days <03117> of Purim <06332> in their times <02165> [appointed], according as Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> and Esther <0635> the queen <04436> had enjoined <06965> (8765) them, and as they had decreed <06965> (8765) for themselves <05315> and for their seed <02233>_, the matters <01697> of the fastings <06685> and their cry <02201>_. {themselves: Heb. their souls}
32And the decree <03982> of Esther <0635> confirmed <06965> (8765) these matters <01697> of Purim <06332>_; and it was written <03789> (8737) in the book <05612>_.