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Chapter 1
1: Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
2: That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
3: In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his serv ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 2
1: After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2: Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3: And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather toget ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 3
1: After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
2: And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for theking had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3: Then the ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 4
1: When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud anda bitter cry;
2: And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothedwith sackcloth.
3: And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and hi ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 5
1: Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
2: And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 6
1: On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2: And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
3: And the king said, What honour and ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 7
1: So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2: And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3: Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favo ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 8
1: 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 untoher.
2: And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3: And Esther spake yet again before the k ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 9
1: Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in theday that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it wasturned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
2: The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the ......More in This Ester Book
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Chapter 10
1: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
2: And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles ofthe kings of Media and Persia?
3: For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, a ......More in This Ester Book
