<vn='1'>Now in the <sn="8147 6240">twelfth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="1931">that</s> is, the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="143">Adar</s>, on the <sn="7969 6240">thirteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the same, <sn="834">when</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1697">commandment</s> and his <sn="1881">decree</s> drew <sn="5060">near</s> to be put in <sn="6213">execution</s>, in the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="341">enemies</s> of the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="7663">hoped</s> to have <sn="7980">power</s> over them, (though <sn="1931">it</s> was turned to the <sn="2015">contrary</s>, <sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s> had rule <sn="7980">over</s><sn="1992">them</s> that <sn="8130">hated</s> them;) </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="3064">Jews</s> gathered themselves <sn="6950">together</s> in their <sn="5892">cities</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4082">provinces</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="325">Ahasuerus</s>, to <sn="7971">lay</s><sn="3027">hand</s> on such as <sn="1245">sought</s> their <sn="7451">hurt</s>: and <sn="3808">no</s><sn="376">man</s> could <sn="5975">withstand</s> them; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="6343">fear</s> of them <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">rulers</s> of the <sn="4082">provinces</s>, and the <sn="323">lieutenants</s>, and the <sn="6346">deputies</s>, and <sn="6213 4399">officers</s><sn="834">of</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="5375">helped</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="6343">fear</s> of <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> was <sn="1419">great</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, and his <sn="8089">fame</s> went <sn="1980">out</s> throughout <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4082">provinces</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> this <sn="376">man</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="1980">waxed</s> greater and <sn="1419">greater</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Thus the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="5221">smote</s><sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="341">enemies</s> with the <sn="4347">stroke</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="2027">slaughter</s>, and <sn="12">destruction</s>, and <sn="6213">did</s> what they <sn="7522">would</s> unto those that <sn="8130">hated</s> them. </v>
<vn='6'>And in <sn="7800">Shushan</s> the <sn="1002">palace</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="2026">slew</s> and <sn="6">destroyed</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="6577">Parshandatha</s>, and <sn="1813">Dalphon</s>, and <sn="630">Aspatha</s>, </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="6334">Poratha</s>, and <sn="118">Adalia</s>, and <sn="743">Aridatha</s>, </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="6534">Parmashta</s>, and <sn="747">Arisai</s>, and <sn="742">Aridai</s>, and <sn="2055">Vajezatha</s>, </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2001">Haman</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4099">Hammedatha</s>, the <sn="6887">enemy</s> of the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, <sn="2026">slew</s> they; but on the <sn="961">spoil</s><sn="7971">laid</s> they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>On <sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> the <sn="4557">number</s> of those that were <sn="2026">slain</s> in <sn="7800">Shushan</s> the <sn="1002">palace</s> was <sn="935">brought</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="635">Esther</s> the <sn="4436">queen</s>, The <sn="3064">Jews</s> have <sn="2026">slain</s> and <sn="6">destroyed</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> in <sn="7800">Shushan</s> the <sn="1002">palace</s>, and the <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2001">Haman</s>; <sn="4100">what</s> have they <sn="6213">done</s> in the <sn="7605">rest</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4082">provinces</s>? now <sn="4100">what</s> is thy <sn="7596">petition</s>? and it shall be <sn="5414">granted</s> thee: or <sn="4100">what</s> is thy <sn="1246">request</s><sn="5750">further</s>? and it shall be <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="635">Esther</s>, <sn="518">If</s> it <sn="2895 5921">please</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, let it be <sn="5414">granted</s> to the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="834">which</s> are in <sn="7800">Shushan</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="4279">tomorrow</s><sn="1571">also</s> according unto this <sn="3117">day</s> 's <sn="1881">decree</s>, and let <sn="2001">Haman</s> 's <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s> be <sn="8518">hanged</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="6086">gallows</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">commanded</s> it <sn="3651">so</s> to be <sn="6213">done</s>: and the <sn="1881">decree</s> was <sn="5414">given</s> at <sn="7800">Shushan</s>; and they <sn="8518">hanged</s><sn="2001">Haman</s> 's <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="1121">sons</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>For the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="7800">Shushan</s> gathered themselves <sn="6950">together</s> on the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="1571">also</s> of the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="143">Adar</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s> at <sn="7800">Shushan</s>; but on the <sn="961">prey</s> they <sn="7971">laid</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>But the <sn="7605">other</s><sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4082">provinces</s> gathered themselves <sn="6950">together</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">for</s> their <sn="5315">lives</s>, and had <sn="5117">rest</s> from their <sn="4480 341">enemies</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s> of their <sn="8130">foes</s><sn="7657">seventy</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="505">thousand</s>, but they <sn="7971">laid</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3027">hands</s> on the <sn="961">prey</s>, </v>
<vn='17'>On the <sn="7969 6240">thirteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="143">Adar</s>; and on the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s> day of the same <sn="5117">rested</s> they, and <sn="6213">made</s> it a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4960">feasting</s> and <sn="8057">gladness</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>But the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="834">that</s> were at <sn="7800">Shushan</s> assembled <sn="6950">together</s> on the <sn="7969 6240">thirteenth</s> day thereof, and on the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s> thereof; and on the <sn="2568 6240">fifteenth</s> day of the same they <sn="5117">rested</s>, and <sn="6213">made</s> it a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="4960">feasting</s> and <sn="8057">gladness</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s> of the <sn="6521">villages</s>, that <sn="3427">dwelt</s> in the <sn="6519">unwalled</s><sn="5892">towns</s>, <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="143">Adar</s> a day of <sn="8057">gladness</s> and <sn="4960">feasting</s>, and a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="3117">day</s>, and of <sn="4916">sending</s><sn="4490">portions</s><sn="376">one</s> to <sn="7453">another</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="4782">Mordecai</s><sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5612">letters</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4082">provinces</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="325">Ahasuerus</s>, both <sn="7138">nigh</s> and <sn="7350">far</s>, </v>
<vn='21'>To <sn="6965">establish</s> this <sn="5921">among</s> them, that they <sn="1961">should</s><sn="6213">keep</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="143">Adar</s>, and the <sn="2568 6240">fifteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the same, <sn="3605 8141 8141">yearly</s>, </v>
<vn='22'>As the <sn="3117">days</s><sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="5117">rested</s> from their <sn="4480 341">enemies</s>, and the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="834">which</s> was <sn="2015">turned</s> unto them from <sn="4480 3015">sorrow</s> to <sn="8057">joy</s>, and from <sn="4480 60">mourning</s> into a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="3117">day</s>: that they should <sn="6213">make</s> them <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="4960">feasting</s> and <sn="8057">joy</s>, and of <sn="4916">sending</s><sn="4490">portions</s><sn="376">one</s> to <sn="7453">another</s>, and <sn="4979">gifts</s> to the <sn="34">poor</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="6901">undertook</s> to <sn="6213">do</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="834">as</s> they had <sn="2490">begun</s>, and <sn="834">as</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> had <sn="3789">written</s><sn="413">unto</s> them; </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3588">Because</s><sn="2001">Haman</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4099">Hammedatha</s>, the <sn="91">Agagite</s>, the <sn="6887">enemy</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, had <sn="2803">devised</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s> to <sn="6">destroy</s> them, and had <sn="5307">cast</s><sn="6332">Pur</s>, <sn="1931">that</s> is, the <sn="1486">lot</s>, to <sn="2000">consume</s> them, and to <sn="6">destroy</s> them; </v>
<vn='25'>But when Esther <sn="935">came</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, he <sn="559">commanded</s><sn="5973">by</s><sn="5612">letters</s> that his <sn="7451">wicked</s><sn="4284">device</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="2803">devised</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, should <sn="7725">return</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his own <sn="7218">head</s>, and that he and his <sn="1121">sons</s> should be <sn="8518">hanged</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="6086">gallows</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> they <sn="7121">called</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="3117">days</s><sn="6332">Purim</s><sn="5921">after</s> the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="6332">Pur</s>. <sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="107">letter</s>, and of that <sn="4100">which</s> they had <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> this <sn="3602">matter</s>, and <sn="4100">which</s> had <sn="5060">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, </v>
<vn='27'>The <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="6965">ordained</s>, and <sn="6901">took</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them, and <sn="5921">upon</s> their <sn="2233">seed</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> such as joined <sn="3867">themselves</s><sn="5921">unto</s> them, so as it should <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5674">fail</s>, that they would <sn="6213">keep</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="3117">days</s> according to their <sn="3791">writing</s>, and according to their <sn="2165">appointed</s><sn="3605">every</s><sn="8141 8141">year</s>; </v>
<vn='28'>And that <sn="428">these</s><sn="3117">days</s> should be <sn="2142">remembered</s> and <sn="6213">kept</s> throughout <sn="3605">every</s><sn="1755 1755">generation</s>, every <sn="4940 4940">family</s>, every <sn="4082 4082">province</s>, and every <sn="5892 5892">city</s>; and that <sn="428">these</s><sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="6332">Purim</s> should <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5674">fail</s> from <sn="4480 8432">among</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> the <sn="2143">memorial</s> of them <sn="5486">perish</s> from their <sn="4480 2233">seed</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Then <sn="635">Esther</s> the <sn="4436">queen</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="32">Abihail</s>, and <sn="4782">Mordecai</s> the <sn="3064">Jew</s>, <sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="8633">authority</s>, to <sn="6965">confirm</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="8145">second</s><sn="107">letter</s> of <sn="6332">Purim</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s> the <sn="5612">letters</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="4082">provinces</s> of the <sn="4438">kingdom</s> of <sn="325">Ahasuerus</s>, with <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="7965">peace</s> and <sn="571">truth</s>, </v>
<vn='31'>To <sn="6965">confirm</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="6332">Purim</s> in their <sn="2165">times</s> appointed, according <sn="834">as</s><sn="4782">Mordecai</s> the <sn="3064">Jew</s> and <sn="635">Esther</s> the <sn="4436">queen</s> had <sn="6965 5921">enjoined</s> them, and <sn="834">as</s> they had <sn="6965">decreed</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="5315">themselves</s> and <sn="5921">for</s> their <sn="2233">seed</s>, the <sn="1697">matters</s> of the <sn="6685">fastings</s> and their <sn="2201">cry</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And the <sn="3982">decree</s> of <sn="635">Esther</s><sn="6965">confirmed</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">matters</s> of <sn="6332">Purim</s>; and it was <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s>. </v>