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      <verse number='1'><strongs number="310">After</strongs><strongs number="428">these</strongs><strongs number="1697">things</strongs>, when the <strongs number="2534">wrath</strongs>of <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="325">Ahasuerus</strongs>was <strongs number="7918">appeased</strongs>, he <strongs number="2142">remembered</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="2060">Vashti</strongs>, and <strongs number="834">what</strongs>she had <strongs number="6213">done</strongs>, and <strongs number="834">what</strongs>was <strongs number="1504">decreed</strongs><strongs number="5921">against</strongs>her. </verse>
      <verse number='2'>Then <strongs number="559">said</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="5288">servants</strongs>that <strongs number="8334">ministered</strongs>unto him, Let there be <strongs number="2896 4758">fair</strongs><strongs number="5291">young</strongs><strongs number="1330">virgins</strongs><strongs number="1245">sought</strongs>for the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='3'>And let the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="6485">appoint</strongs><strongs number="6496">officers</strongs>in <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="4082">provinces</strongs>of his <strongs number="4438">kingdom</strongs>, that they may gather <strongs number="6908">together</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="2896 4758">fair</strongs><strongs number="5291">young</strongs><strongs number="1330">virgins</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="7800">Shushan</strongs>the <strongs number="1002">palace</strongs>, <strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>, <strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="3027">custody</strongs>of <strongs number="1896">Hege</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="5631">chamberlain</strongs>, <strongs number="8104">keeper</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>; and let their things for <strongs number="8562">purification</strongs>be <strongs number="5414">given</strongs><em> them </em>: </verse>
      <verse number='4'>And let the <strongs number="5291">maiden</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs><strongs number="3190 5869">pleaseth</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>be <strongs number="4427">queen</strongs><strongs number="8478">instead</strongs>of <strongs number="2060">Vashti</strongs>. And the <strongs number="1697">thing</strongs><strongs number="3190 5869">pleased</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>; and he <strongs number="6213">did</strongs><strongs number="3651">so</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='5'><em> Now </em>in <strongs number="7800">Shushan</strongs>the <strongs number="1002">palace</strongs>there <strongs number="1961">was</strongs>a <strongs number="376">certain</strongs><strongs number="3064">Jew</strongs>, whose <strongs number="8034">name</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="2971">Jair</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="8096">Shimei</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="7027">Kish</strongs>, a <strongs number="1145">Benjamite</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="834">Who</strongs>had been carried <strongs number="1540">away</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 3389">Jerusalem</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>the <strongs number="1473">captivity</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs>had been carried <strongs number="1540">away</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs><strongs number="3204">Jeconiah</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="3063">Judah</strongs>, <strongs number="834">whom</strongs><strongs number="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="894">Babylon</strongs>had carried <strongs number="1540">away</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>And he brought <strongs number="1961 539">up</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="1919">Hadassah</strongs>, <strongs number="1931">that</strongs><em> is </em>, <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>, his <strongs number="1730">uncle</strongs>'s <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs>she had <strongs number="369">neither</strongs><strongs number="1">father</strongs>nor <strongs number="517">mother</strongs>, and the <strongs number="5291">maid</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="3303 8389">fair</strongs>and <strongs number="2896 4758">beautiful</strongs>; whom <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>, when her <strongs number="1">father</strongs>and <strongs number="517">mother</strongs>were <strongs number="4194">dead</strongs>, <strongs number="3947">took</strongs>for his own <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>So it came to <strongs number="1961">pass</strongs>, when the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="1697">commandment</strongs>and his <strongs number="1881">decree</strongs>was <strongs number="8085">heard</strongs>, and when <strongs number="7227">many</strongs><strongs number="5291">maidens</strongs>were gathered <strongs number="6908">together</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="7800">Shushan</strongs>the <strongs number="1002">palace</strongs>, <strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="3027">custody</strongs>of <strongs number="1896">Hegai</strongs>, that <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>was <strongs number="3947">brought</strongs>also <strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>, <strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="3027">custody</strongs>of <strongs number="1896">Hegai</strongs>, <strongs number="8104">keeper</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'>And the <strongs number="5291">maiden</strongs><strongs number="3190 5869">pleased</strongs>him, and she <strongs number="5375">obtained</strongs><strongs number="2617">kindness</strongs><strongs number="6440">of</strongs>him; and he <strongs number="926">speedily</strongs><strongs number="5414">gave</strongs>her <strongs number="*853"></strongs>her things for <strongs number="8562">purification</strongs>, <strongs number="854">with</strongs>such things as <strongs number="4490">belonged</strongs>to her, and <strongs number="7651">seven</strongs><strongs number="5291">maidens</strongs>, <em> which </em><em> were </em><strongs number="7200">meet</strongs>to be <strongs number="5414">given</strongs>her, out of the king's <strongs number="4480 1004 4428">house</strongs>: and he <strongs number="8138">preferred</strongs>her and her <strongs number="5291">maids</strongs>unto the <strongs number="2896">best</strongs><em> place </em>of the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>had <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="5046">showed</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>her <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>nor her <strongs number="4138">kindred</strongs>: <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>had <strongs number="6680">charged</strongs><strongs number="5921">her</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>she should <strongs number="3808">not</strongs><strongs number="5046">show</strongs><em> it </em>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>And <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs><strongs number="1980">walked</strongs>every <strongs number="3605 3117 3117">day</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>the <strongs number="2691">court</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>, to <strongs number="3045">know</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>how <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs><strongs number="7965">did</strongs>, and <strongs number="4100">what</strongs>should <strongs number="6213">become</strongs>of her. </verse>
      <verse number='12'>Now when every <strongs number="5291 5291">maid</strongs>'s <strongs number="8447">turn</strongs>was <strongs number="5060">come</strongs>to go <strongs number="935">in</strongs><strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="325">Ahasuerus</strongs>, after <strongs number="4480 7093">that</strongs>she had <strongs number="1961">been</strongs><strongs number="8147 6240">twelve</strongs><strongs number="2320">months</strongs>, according to the <strongs number="1881">manner</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>, ( <strongs number="3588">for</strongs><strongs number="3651">so</strongs>were the <strongs number="3117">days</strongs>of their <strongs number="4795">purifications</strongs><strongs number="4390">accomplished</strongs>, <em> to </em><em> wit </em>, <strongs number="8337">six</strongs><strongs number="2320">months</strongs>with <strongs number="8081">oil</strongs>of <strongs number="4753">myrrh</strongs>, and <strongs number="8337">six</strongs><strongs number="2320">months</strongs>with sweet <strongs number="1314">odors</strongs>, and with <em> other </em>things for the <strongs number="8562">purification</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>;) </verse>
      <verse number='13'>Then <strongs number="2088">thus</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs><em> every </em><strongs number="5291">maiden</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>; <strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="3605 834">whatsoever</strongs>she <strongs number="559">desired</strongs>was <strongs number="5414">given</strongs>her to <strongs number="935">go</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>her out of the <strongs number="4480 1004">house</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs><strongs number="5704">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='14'>In the <strongs number="6153">evening</strongs><strongs number="1931">she</strongs><strongs number="935">went</strongs>, and on the <strongs number="1242">morrow</strongs><strongs number="1931">she</strongs><strongs number="7725">returned</strongs><strongs number="413">into</strongs>the <strongs number="8145">second</strongs><strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>, <strongs number="413">to</strongs>the <strongs number="3027">custody</strongs>of <strongs number="8190">Shaashgaz</strongs>, the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="5631">chamberlain</strongs>, which <strongs number="8104">kept</strongs>the <strongs number="6370">concubines</strongs>: she came <strongs number="935">in</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="3808">no</strongs><strongs number="5750">more</strongs>, <strongs number="3588 518">except</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="2654">delighted</strongs>in her, and that she were <strongs number="7121">called</strongs>by <strongs number="8034">name</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='15'>Now when the <strongs number="8447">turn</strongs>of <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>, the <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>of <strongs number="32">Abihail</strongs>the <strongs number="1730">uncle</strongs>of <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>, <strongs number="834">who</strongs>had <strongs number="3947">taken</strongs>her for his <strongs number="1323">daughter</strongs>, was <strongs number="5060">come</strongs>to go <strongs number="935">in</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, she <strongs number="1245">required</strongs><strongs number="3808 1697">nothing</strongs><strongs number="3588 518">but</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="834">what</strongs><strongs number="1896">Hegai</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="5631">chamberlain</strongs>, the <strongs number="8104">keeper</strongs>of the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>, <strongs number="559">appointed</strongs>. And <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs><strongs number="1961 5375">obtained</strongs><strongs number="2580">favor</strongs>in the <strongs number="5869">sight</strongs>of <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>them that <strongs number="7200">looked</strongs>upon her. </verse>
      <verse number='16'>So <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>was <strongs number="3947">taken</strongs><strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="325">Ahasuerus</strongs><strongs number="413">into</strongs>his <strongs number="1004">house</strongs><strongs number="4438">royal</strongs>in the <strongs number="6224">tenth</strongs><strongs number="2320">month</strongs>, <strongs number="1931">which</strongs><em> is </em>the <strongs number="2320">month</strongs><strongs number="2887">Tebeth</strongs>, in the <strongs number="7651">seventh</strongs><strongs number="8141">year</strongs>of his <strongs number="4438">reign</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='17'>And the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="157">loved</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>above <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="802">women</strongs>, and she <strongs number="5375">obtained</strongs><strongs number="2580">grace</strongs>and <strongs number="2617">favor</strongs>in his <strongs number="6440">sight</strongs>more than <strongs number="4480 3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="1330">virgins</strongs>; so that he <strongs number="7760">set</strongs>the <strongs number="4438">royal</strongs><strongs number="3804">crown</strongs>upon her <strongs number="7218">head</strongs>, and made her <strongs number="4427">queen</strongs><strongs number="8478">instead</strongs>of <strongs number="2060">Vashti</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>Then the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="6213">made</strongs>a <strongs number="1419">great</strongs><strongs number="4960">feast</strongs>unto <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="8269">princes</strongs>and his <strongs number="5650">servants</strongs>, <em> even </em><strongs number="*853"></strongs><strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>'s <strongs number="4960">feast</strongs>; and he <strongs number="6213">made</strongs>a <strongs number="2010">release</strongs>to the <strongs number="4082">provinces</strongs>, and <strongs number="5414">gave</strongs><strongs number="4864">gifts</strongs>, according to the <strongs number="3027">state</strongs>of the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>And when the <strongs number="1330">virgins</strongs>were gathered <strongs number="6908">together</strongs>the second <strongs number="8145">time</strongs>, then <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs><strongs number="3427">sat</strongs>in the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="8179">gate</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'><strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>had <strongs number="369">not</strongs><em> yet </em><strongs number="5046">showed</strongs>her <strongs number="4138">kindred</strongs>nor her <strongs number="5971">people</strongs>; <strongs number="834">as</strongs><strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>had <strongs number="6680">charged</strongs><strongs number="5921">her</strongs>: for <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs><strongs number="6213">did</strongs>the <strongs number="3982">commandment</strongs>of <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>, like <strongs number="834">as</strongs>when she <strongs number="1961">was</strongs>brought <strongs number="545">up</strongs><strongs number="854">with</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='21'>In <strongs number="1992">those</strongs><strongs number="3117">days</strongs>, while <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs><strongs number="3427">sat</strongs>in the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="8179">gate</strongs>, <strongs number="8147">two</strongs>of the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="5631">chamberlains</strongs>, <strongs number="904">Bigthan</strongs>and <strongs number="8657">Teresh</strongs>, of those which <strongs number="4480 8104">kept</strongs>the <strongs number="5592">door</strongs>, were <strongs number="7107">wroth</strongs>, and <strongs number="1245">sought</strongs>to <strongs number="7971">lay</strongs><strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>on the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="325">Ahasuerus</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='22'>And the <strongs number="1697">thing</strongs>was <strongs number="3045">known</strongs>to <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>, who <strongs number="5046">told</strongs><em> it </em>unto <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs>the <strongs number="4436">queen</strongs>; and <strongs number="635">Esther</strongs><strongs number="559">certified</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><em> thereof </em>in <strongs number="4782">Mordecai</strongs>'s <strongs number="8034">name</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'>And when inquisition was <strongs number="1245">made</strongs>of the <strongs number="1697">matter</strongs>, it was found <strongs number="4672">out</strongs>; therefore they were <strongs number="8147">both</strongs><strongs number="8518">hanged</strongs><strongs number="5921">on</strongs>a <strongs number="6086">tree</strongs>: and it was <strongs number="3789">written</strongs>in the <strongs number="5612">book</strongs>of the <strongs number="1697">chronicles</strongs><strongs number="6440">before</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>. </verse>
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