00325 DAN 009 001 In the first <00259 +>echad > year <08141
+shaneh > of Darius <01867 +Dar<yavesh > the son <01121 +ben >
of Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , of the seed <02233
+zera< > of the Medes <04074 +Maday > , which <00834 +>aher >
was made king <04427 +malak > over <05921 +<al > the realm
<04438 +malkuwth > of the Chaldeans <03778 +Kasdiy > ;
00325 EST 001 001 Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in the
days <03117 +yowm > of Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , (
this [ is ] Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > which reigned
<04427 +malak > , from India <01912 +Hoduw > even unto Ethiopia
<03568 +Kuwsh > , [ over ] an hundred <03967 +me>ah > and seven
<07651 +sheba< > and twenty <06242 +<esriym > provinces <04082
+m@diynah > : )
00325 EST 001 001 Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in the
days <03117 +yowm > of Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , (
this [ is ] Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > which reigned
<04427 +malak > , from India <01912 +Hoduw > even unto Ethiopia
<03568 +Kuwsh > , [ over ] an hundred <03967 +me>ah > and seven
<07651 +sheba< > and twenty <06242 +<esriym > provinces <04082
+m@diynah > : )
00325 EST 001 002 [ That ] in those <01992 +hem > days <03117
+yowm > , when the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325}
+>Achashverowsh > sat <03427 +yashab > on <05921 +<al > the
throne <03678 +kicce> > of his kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > ,
which <00834 +>aher > [ was ] in Shushan <07800 +Shuwshan > the
palace <01002 +biyrah > ,
00325 EST 001 009 Also <01571 +gam > Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy >
the queen <04436 +malkah > made <06213 +<asah > a feast <04960
+mishteh > for the women <00802 +>ishshah > [ in ] the royal
<04438 +malkuwth > house <01004 +bayith > which [ belonged ] to
king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > .
00325 EST 001 010 On the seventh <07637 +sh@biy<iy > day <03117
+yowm > , when the heart <03820 +leb > of the king <04428 +melek
> was merry <02896 +towb > with wine <03196 +yayin > , he
commanded <00559 +>amar > Mehuman <04104 +M@huwman > , Biztha
<00968 +Biztha> > , Harbona <02726 +Charbowna> > , Bigtha <00903
+Bigtha> > , and Abagtha <5> , Zethar , and Carcas <03752
+Karkac > , the seven <07651 +sheba< > chamberlains <05631
+cariyc > that served <08334 +sharath > in the presence <06440
+paniym > of Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > the king
<04428 +melek > ,
00325 EST 001 015 What <04100 +mah > shall we do <06213 +<asah >
unto the queen <04436 +malkah > Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy >
according to law <01881 +dath > , because she hath not performed
<06213 +<asah > the commandment <03982 +ma>amar > of the king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > by the
chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > ?
00325 EST 001 016 And Memucan <04462 +M@muwkan > answered <00559
+>amar > before <06440 +paniym >the king <04428 +melek > and the
princes <08269 +sar > , Vashti <02060 +Vashtiy > the queen
<04436 +malkah > hath not done wrong <05753 +<avah > to the king
<04428 +melek > only <00905 +bad > , but also to all <03605 +kol
> the princes <08269 +sar > , and to all <03605 +kol > the
people <05971 +<am > that [ are ] in all <03605 +kol > the
provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of the king <04428 +melek >
Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > .
00325 EST 001 017 For [ this ] deed <01697 +dabar > of the queen
<04436 +malkah > shall come <03318 +yatsa> > abroad <03318
+yatsa> > unto all <03605 +kol > women <00802 +>ishshah > , so
that they shall despise <00959 +bazah > their husbands <01167
+ba<al > in their eyes <05869 +<ayin > , when it shall be
reported <00559 +>amar > , The king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus
<{00325} +>Achashverowsh > commanded <00559 +>amar > Vashti
<02060 +Vashtiy > the queen <04436 +malkah > to be brought
<00935 +bow> > in before <06440 +paniym > him , but she came
<00935 +bow> > not .
00325 EST 001 019 If <00518 +>im > it please <02895 +towb > the
king <04428 +melek > , let there go <03318 +yatsa> > a royal
<04438 +malkuwth > commandment <01697 +dabar > from him , and
let it be written <03789 +kathab > among the laws <01881 +dath >
of the Persians <06539 +Parac > and the Medes <04074 +Maday > ,
that it be not altered <05674 +<abar > , That Vashti <02060
+Vashtiy > come <00935 +bow> > no <03808 +lo> > more before
<06440 +paniym > king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325}
+>Achashverowsh > ; and let the king <04428 +melek > give <05414
+nathan > her royal <04438 +malkuwth > estate unto another
<07468 +r@<uwth > that is better <02896 +towb > than she .
00325 EST 002 001 After <00310 +>achar > these <00428 +>el - leh
> things <01697 +dabar > , when the wrath <02534 +chemah > of
king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > was
appeased <07918 +shakak > , he remembered <02142 +zakar > Vashti
<02060 +Vashtiy > , and what she had done <06213 +<asah > , and
what was decreed <01504 +gazar > against <05921 +<al > her .
00325 EST 002 012 Now when every maid s <05291 +na<arah > turn
<08447 +towr > was come <05060 +naga< > to go <00935 +bow> > in
to king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > ,
after <07093 +qets > that she had been <01961 +hayah > twelve
months <02320 +chodesh > , according to the manner <01881 +dath
> of the women <00802 +>ishshah > , ( for so <03651 +ken > were
the days <03117 +yowm > of their purifications <04795 +maruwq >
accomplished <04390 +male> > , [ to wit ] , six <08337 +shesh >
months <02320 +chodesh > with oil <08081 +shemen > of myrrh
<04753 +more > , and six <08337 +shesh > months <02320 +chodesh
> with sweet <01314 +besem > odours <01314 +besem > , and with [
other ] things for the purifying <08562 +tamruwq > of the women
<00802 +>ishshah > ; )
00325 EST 002 016 So Esther <00635 +>Ecter > was taken <03947
+laqach > unto king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325}
+>Achashverowsh > into <00413 +>el > his house <01004 +bayith >
royal <04438 +malkuwth > in the tenth <06224 +<asiyriy > month
<02320 +chodesh > , which [ is ] the month <02320 +chodesh >
Tebeth <02887 +Tebeth > , in the seventh <07651 +sheba< > year
<08141 +shaneh > of his reign <04438 +malkuwth > .
00325 EST 002 021 In those <01992 +hem > days <03117 +yowm > ,
while Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > sat <03427 +yashab > in the
king s <04428 +melek > gate <08179 +sha<ar > , two <08147
+sh@nayim > of the king s <04428 +melek > chamberlains <05631
+cariyc > , Bigthan <00904 +Bigthan > and Teresh <08657 +Teresh
> , of those which kept <08104 +shamar > the door <05592 +caph >
, were wroth <07107 +qatsaph > , and sought <01245 +baqash > to
lay <07971 +shalach > hand <03027 +yad > on the king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > .
00325 EST 003 001 After <00310 +>achar > these <00428 +>el - leh
> things <01697 +dabar > did king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus
<{00325} +>Achashverowsh > promote <01431 +gadal > Haman <02001
+Haman > the son <01121 +ben > of Hammedatha <04099 +M@datha >
the Agagite <91> , and advanced <05375 +nasa> > him , and set
<07760 +suwm > his seat <03678 +kicce> > above <05921 +<al > all
<03605 +kol > the princes <08269 +sar > that [ were ] with him .
00325 EST 003 006 And he thought <05869 +<ayin > scorn <00959
+bazah > to lay <07971 +shalach > hands <03027 +yad > on
Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > alone <00905 +bad > ; for they had
shewed <05046 +nagad > him the people <05971 +<am > of Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > : wherefore Haman <02001 +Haman > sought
<01245 +baqash > to destroy <08045 +shamad > all <03605 +kol >
the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > that [ were ] throughout the whole
<03605 +kol > kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > of Ahasuerus <{00325}
+>Achashverowsh > , [ even ] the people <05971 +<am > of
Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > .
00325 EST 003 007 In the first <07223 +ri>shown > month <02320
+chodesh > , that [ is ] , the month<02320 +chodesh > Nisan
<05212 +Niycan > , in the twelfth year <08141 +shaneh > of king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , they cast
<05307 +naphal > Pur <06332 +Puwr > , that [ is ] , the lot
<01486 +gowral > , before <06440 +paniym > Haman <02001 +Haman >
from day <03117 +yowm > to day <03117 +yowm > , and from month
to month <02320 +chodesh > , [ to ] the twelfth [ month <02320
+chodesh > ] , that [ is ] , the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar
<00143 +>Adar > .
00325 EST 003 008 And Haman <02001 +Haman > said <00559 +>amar >
unto king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > ,
There is a certain <00259 +>echad > people <05971 +<am >
scattered <06340 +pazar > abroad <06340 +pazar > and dispersed
<06504 +parad > among <00996 +beyn > the people <05971 +<am > in
all <03605 +kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of thy
kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > ; and their laws <01881 +dath > [ are
] diverse <08138 +shanah > from all <03605 +kol > people <05971
+<am > ; neither <00369 +>ayin > keep <06213 +<asah > they the
king s <04428 +melek > laws <01881 +dath > : therefore it [ is ]
not for the king s <04428 +melek > profit <07737 +shavah > to
suffer <03240 +yanach > them .
00325 EST 003 012 Then were the king s <04428 +melek > scribes
<05608 +caphar > called <07121 +qara> > on the thirteenth day
<03117 +yowm > of the first <07223 +ri>shown > month <02320
+chodesh > , and there was written <03789 +kathab > according to
all <03605 +kol > that Haman <02001 +Haman > had commanded
<06680 +tsavah > unto the king s <04428 +melek > lieutenants
<00323 +>achashdarpan > , and to the governors <06346 +pechah >
that [ were ] over <05921 +<al > every province <04082 +m@diynah
> , and to the rulers <08269 +sar > of every people <05971 +<am
> of every province <04082 +m@diynah > according to the writing
<03791 +kathab > thereof , and [ to ] every people <05971 +<am >
after their language <03956 +lashown > ; in the name <08034
+shem > of king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325}
+>Achashverowsh > was it written <03789 +kathab > , and sealed
<02856 +chatham > with the king s <04428 +melek > ring <02885
+tabba<ath > .
00325 EST 006 002 And it was found <04672 +matsa> > written
<03789 +kathab > , that Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > had told
<05046 +nagad > of Bigthana <00904 +Bigthan > and Teresh <08657
+Teresh > , two <08147 +sh@nayim > of the king s <04428 +melek >
chamberlains <05631 +cariyc > , the keepers <08104 +shamar > of
the door <05592 +caph > , who <00834 +>aher > sought <01245
+baqash > to lay <07971 +shalach > hand <03027 +yad > on the
king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > .
00325 EST 007 005 Then the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus
<{00325} +>Achashverowsh > answered <00559 +>amar > and said
<00559 +>amar > unto Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436
+malkah > , Who <04310 +miy > is he , and where <00335 +>ay > is
he , that durst presume <04390 +male> > in his heart <03820 +leb
> to do <06213 +<asah > so <03651 +ken > ?
00325 EST 008 001 On that day <03117 +yowm > did the king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > give <05414
+nathan > the house <01004 +bayith > of Haman <02001 +Haman >
the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > enemy <06887 +tsarar > unto Esther
<00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > . And Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > came <00935 +bow> > before <06440 +paniym >
the king <04428 +melek > ; for Esther <00635 +>Ecter > had told
<05046 +nagad > what <04100 +mah > he [ was ] unto her .
00325 EST 008 007 Then the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus
<{00325} +>Achashverowsh > said <00559 +>amar > unto Esther
<00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > and to Mordecai
<04782 +Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , Behold <02009
+hinneh > , I have given <05414 +nathan > Esther <00635 +>Ecter
> the house <01004 +bayith > of Haman <02001 +Haman > , and him
they have hanged <08518 +talah > upon the gallows <06086 +<ets >
, because he laid <07971 +shalach > his hand <03027 +yad > upon
the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > .
00325 EST 008 010 And he wrote <03789 +kathab > in the king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > name <08034
+shem > , and sealed <02856 +chatham > [ it ] with the king s
<04428 +melek > ring <02885 +tabba<ath > , and sent <07971
+shalach > letters <05612 +cepher > by posts <07323 +ruwts > on
horseback <05483 +cuwc > , [ and ] riders <07392 +rakab > on
mules <07409 +rekesh > , camels <00327 +>achastaran > , [ and ]
young <01121 +ben > dromedaries <07424 +rammak > :
00325 EST 008 012 Upon one <00259 +>echad > day <03117 +yowm >
in all <03605 +kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of king
<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , [ namely
] , upon the thirteenth [ day ] of the twelfth month <02320
+chodesh > , which <01931 +huw> > [ is ] the month <02320
+chodesh > Adar <00143 +>Adar > .
00325 EST 009 002 The Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > gathered <06950
+qahal > themselves together intheir cities <05892 +<iyr >
throughout all <03605 +kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of
the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > ,
to lay <07971 +shalach > hand <03027 +yad > on such as sought
<01245 +baqash > their hurt <07451 +ra< > : and no <03808 +lo> >
man <00376 +>iysh > could withstand <05975 +<amad > them ; for
the fear <06343 +pachad > of them fell <05307 +naphal > upon all
<03605 +kol > people <05971 +<am > .
00325 EST 009 020 And Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > wrote <03789
+kathab > these <00428 +>el - leh > things <01697 +dabar > , and
sent <07971 +shalach > letters <05612 +cepher > unto all <03605
+kol > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > that [ were ] in all <03605
+kol > the provinces <04082 +m@diynah > of the king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , [ both ] nigh
<07126 +qarab > and far <07350 +rachowq > ,
00325 EST 009 030 And he sent <07971 +shalach > the letters
<05612 +cepher > unto all <03605 +kol > the Jews <03064
+Y@huwdiy > , to the hundred <03967 +me>ah > twenty <06242
+<esriym > and seven <07651 +sheba< > provinces <04082 +m@diynah
> of the kingdom <04438 +malkuwth > of Ahasuerus <{00325}
+>Achashverowsh > , [ with ] words <01697 +dabar > of peace
<07965 +shalowm > and truth <00571 +>emeth > ,
00325 EST 010 001 And the king <04428 +melek > Ahasuerus
<{00325} +>Achashverowsh > laid <07760 +suwm > a tribute <04522
+mac > upon the land <00776 +>erets > , and [ upon ] the isles
<00339 +>iy > of the sea <03220 +yam > .
00325 EST 010 003 For Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > the Jew <03064
+Y@huwdiy > [ was ] next <04932 +mishneh > unto king <04428
+melek > Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , and great <01419
+gadowl > among the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , and accepted
<07521 +ratsah > of the multitude <07230 +rob > of his brethren
<00251 +>ach > , seeking <01875 +darash > the wealth <02896
+towb > of his people <05971 +<am > , and speaking <01696 +dabar
> peace <07965 +shalowm > to all <03605 +kol > his seed <02233
+zera< > .
00325 EZR 004 006 And in the reign <04438 +malkuwth > of
Ahasuerus <{00325} +>Achashverowsh > , in the beginning <08462
+t@chillah > of his reign <04438 +malkuwth > , wrote <03789
+kathab > they [ unto him ] an accusation <07855 +sitnah >
against <05921 +<al > the inhabitants <03427 +yashab > of Judah
<03063 +Y@huwdah > and Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .
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