Exact Word Count in Shushan the palace, according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass=hlblue>as, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, fair to look on. the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what wass=hlblue>as decreed against her. a certain Jew, whose name wass=hlblue>as Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther wass=hlblue>as brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like ass=hlgree>as when she wass=hlblue>as brought up with him. known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. made of the matter, it wass=hlblue>as found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it wass=hlblue>as written in the book of the chronicles before the king. a Jew. Haman full of wrath. it seemeth good to thee. written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus wass=hlblue>as it written, and sealed with the king's ring. published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan wass=hlblue>as perplexed. done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ass=hlblue>ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ass=hlblue>ashes. the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. , and why it wass=hlblue>as. before the king's gate. given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. this? 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 the golden sceptre that wass=hlblue>as in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. the king hath said. full of indignation against Mordecai. I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 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. come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. afraid before the king and the queen. evil determined against him by the king. fallen upon the bed whereon Esther wass=hlblue>as. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? ass=hlgree>As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. the king's wrath pacified. unto her. it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. sault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. given at Shushan the palace. glad. turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. patha, brought before the king. given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. sembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which wass=hlblue>as turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. they had begun, and ass=hlgree>as Mordecai had written unto them; joined themselves unto them, so ass=hlgree>as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and ass=hlgree>as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. written in the book. next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. |