Now in the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} on the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} of the same, when the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} drew near{H5060} to be put in execution,{H6213} on the day{H3117} that the enemies{H341} of the Jews{H3064} hoped{H7663} to have rule{H7980} over them, (whereas it was turned{H2015} to the contrary, that the Jews{H3064} had rule{H7980} over them that hated{H8130} them,)

the Jews{H3064} gathered themselves together{H6950} in their cities{H5892} throughout all the provinces{H4082} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} to lay{H7971} hand{H3027} on such as sought{H1245} their hurt:{H7451} and no man{H376} could withstand{H5975} them;{H6440} for the fear{H6343} of them was fallen{H5307} upon all the peoples.{H5971}

And all the princes{H8269} of the provinces,{H4082} and the satraps,{H323} and the governors,{H6346} and they{H6213} that did the king's{H4428} business, helped{H5375} the Jews;{H3064} because the fear{H6343} of Mordecai{H4782} was fallen{H5307} upon them.

For Mordecai{H4782} was great{H1419} in the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and his fame{H8089} went forth{H1980} throughout all the provinces;{H4082} for the man{H376} Mordecai{H4782} waxed{H1980} greater and greater.{H1419}

And the Jews{H3064} smote{H5221} all their enemies{H341} with the stroke{H4347} of the sword,{H2719} and with slaughter{H2027} and destruction,{H12} and did{H6213} what they would{H7522} unto them that hated{H8130} them.

And in Shushan{H7800} the palace{H1002} the Jews{H3064} slew{H2026} and destroyed{H6} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} men.{H376}

And Parshandatha,{H6577} and Dalphon,{H1813} and Aspatha,{H630}

and Poratha,{H6334} and Adalia,{H118} and Aridatha,{H743}

and Parmashta,{H6534} and Arisai,{H747} and Aridai,{H742} and Vaizatha,{H2055}

the ten{H6235} sons{H1121} of Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha,{H4099} the Jew's{H3064} enemy,{H6887} slew{H2026} they; but on the spoil{H961} they laid{H7971} not their hand.{H3027}

On that day{H3117} the number{H4557} of those that were slain{H2026} in Shushan{H7800} the palace{H1002} was brought{H935} before{H6440} the king.{H4428}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Esther{H635} the queen,{H4436} The Jews{H3064} have slain{H2026} and destroyed{H6} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} men{H376} in Shushan{H7800} the palace,{H1002} and the ten{H6235} sons{H1121} of Haman;{H2001} what then have they done{H6213} in the rest{H7605} of the king's{H4428} provinces!{H4082} Now what is thy petition?{H7596} and it shall be granted{H5414} thee: or what is thy request{H1246} further?{H5750} and it shall be done.{H6213}

Then said{H559} Esther,{H635} If it please{H2896} the king,{H4428} let it be granted{H5414} to the Jews{H3064} that are in Shushan{H7800} to do{H6213} to-morrow{H4279} also according unto this day's{H3117} decree,{H1881} and let Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons{H1121} be hanged{H8518} upon the gallows.{H6086}

And the king{H4428} commanded{H559} it so to be done:{H6213} and a decree{H1881} was given{H5414} out in Shushan;{H7800} and they hanged{H8518} Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons.{H1121}

And the Jews{H3064} that were in Shushan{H7800} gathered themselves together{H6950} on the fourteenth{H702} day{H3117} also of the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and slew{H2026} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} men{H376} in Shushan;{H7800} but on the spoil{H961} they laid{H7971} not their hand.{H3027}

And the other{H7605} Jews{H3064} that were in the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082} gathered themselves together,{H6950} and stood{H5975} for their lives,{H5315} and had rest{H5118} from their enemies,{H341} and slew{H2026} of them that hated{H8130} them seventy{H7657} and five{H2568} thousand;{H505} but on the spoil{H961} they laid{H7971} not their hand.{H3027}

[ This was done] on the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar;{H143} and on the fourteenth{H702} day of the same they rested,{H5118} and made{H6213} it a day{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and gladness.{H8057}

But the Jews{H3064} that were in Shushan{H7800} assembled together{H6950} on the thirteenth{H7969} [day] thereof, and on the fourteenth{H702} thereof; and on the fifteenth{H2568} [day] of the same they rested,{H5118} and made{H6213} it a day{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and gladness.{H8057}

Therefore do the Jews{H3064} of the villages,{H6521} that dwell{H3427} in the unwalled{H6519} towns,{H5892} make{H6213} the fourteenth{H702} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar{H143} [a day of] gladness{H8057} and feasting,{H4960} and a good{H2896} day,{H3117} and of sending{H4916} portions{H4490} one{H376} to another.{H7453}

And Mordecai{H4782} wrote{H3789} these things,{H1697} and sent{H7971} letters{H5612} unto all the Jews{H3064} that were in all the provinces{H4082} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} both nigh{H7138} and far,{H7350}

to enjoin{H6965} them that they should keep{H6213} the fourteenth{H702} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and the fifteenth{H2568} day{H3117} of the same, yearly,{H8141}

as the days{H3117} wherein the Jews{H3064} had rest{H5117} from their enemies,{H341} and the month{H2320} which was turned{H2015} unto them from sorrow{H3015} to gladness,{H8057} and from mourning{H60} into a good{H2896} day;{H3117} that they should make{H6213} them days{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and gladness,{H8057} and of sending{H4916} portions{H4490} one{H376} to another,{H7453} and gifts{H4979} to the poor.{H34}

And the Jews{H3064} undertook{H6901} to do{H6213} as they had begun,{H2490} and as Mordecai{H4782} had written{H3789} unto them;

because Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha,{H4099} the Agagite,{H91} the enemy{H6887} of all the Jews,{H3064} had plotted{H2803} against the Jews{H3064} to destroy{H6} them, and had cast{H5307} Pur,{H6332} that is the lot,{H1486} to consume{H2000} them, and to destroy{H6} them;

but when [the matter] came{H935} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} he commanded{H559} by letters{H5612} that his wicked{H7451} device,{H4284} which he had devised{H2803} against the Jews,{H3064} should return{H7725} upon his own head,{H7218} and that he and his sons{H1121} should be hanged{H8518} on the gallows.{H6086}

Wherefore they called{H7121} these days{H3117} Purim,{H6332} after the name{H8034} of Pur.{H6332} Therefore because of all the words{H1697} of this letter,{H107} and of that which they had seen{H7200} concerning this matter,{H3602} and that which had come{H5060} unto them,

the Jews{H3064} ordained,{H6965} and took{H6901} upon them, and upon their seed,{H2233} and upon all such as joined{H3867} themselves unto them, so that it should not fail,{H5674} that they would keep{H6213} these two{H8147} days{H3117} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and according to the appointed time{H2165} thereof, every year;{H8141}

and that these days{H3117} should be remembered{H2142} and kept{H6213} throughout{H1755} every generation,{H1755} every family,{H4940} every province,{H4082} and every city;{H5892} and that these days{H3117} of Purim{H6332} should not fail{H5674} from among{H8432} the Jews,{H3064} nor the remembrance{H2143} of them perish{H5486} from their seed.{H2233}

Then Esther{H635} the queen,{H4436} the daughter{H1323} of Abihail,{H32} and Mordecai{H4782} the Jew,{H3064} wrote{H3789} with all authority{H8633} to confirm{H6965} this second{H8145} letter{H107} of Purim.{H6332}

And he sent{H7971} letters{H5612} unto all the Jews,{H3064} to the hundred{H3967} twenty{H6242} and seven{H7651} provinces{H4082} of the kingdom{H4438} of Ahasuerus,{H325} with words{H1697} of peace{H7965} and truth,{H571}

to confirm{H6965} these days{H3117} of Purim{H6332} in their appointed times,{H2165} according as Mordecai{H4782} the Jew{H3064} and Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} had enjoined{H6965} them, and as they had ordained{H6965} for themselves{H5315} and for their seed,{H2233} in the matter{H1697} of the fastings{H6685} and their cry.{H2201}

And the commandment{H3982} of Esther{H635} confirmed{H6965} these matters{H1697} of Purim;{H6332} and it was written{H3789} in the book.{H5612}