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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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