Esther 3:11
And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
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- Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- Jer 26:14 : 14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
- Jer 40:4 : 4 And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
- Luke 23:25 : 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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- Esth 3:1-1010 verses85%
1 After the things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princ that were with him.
2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgrst thou the king's commandment?
4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to dtroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinc of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be dtroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the busins, to bring it into the king's treasuri.
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
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12 Then were the king's scrib called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was 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 was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinc, to dtroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
- Esth 8:7-82 verses80%
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto ther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given ther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as 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.
- Esth 6:9-113 verses78%
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princ, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as 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.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was 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.
5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
- Esth 8:1-33 verses78%
1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto ther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for ther had told what he was unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And ther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And ther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and bought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
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5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his ey, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to dtroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinc:
- Esth 4:7-82 verses76%
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuri for the Jews, to dtroy them.
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to dtroy them, to shew it unto ther, 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 requt before him for her people.
- Esth 9:10-145 verses75%
10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
12 And the king said unto ther the queen, The Jews have slain and dtroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rt of the king's provinc? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy requt further? and it shall be done.
13 Then said ther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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11 And Haman told them of the glory of his rich, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princ and servants of the king.
- Esth 9:24-263 verses75%
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to dtroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to dtroy them;
25 But when ther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called the days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
- Esth 5:3-53 verses75%
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen ther? and what is thy requt? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
4 And ther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as ther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that ther had prepared.
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11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselv together, and to stand for their life, to dtroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little on and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
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5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto ther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst prume in his heart to do so?
6 And ther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make requt for his life to ther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon ther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
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21 And the saying pleased the king and the princ; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
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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 the day that the enemi of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)