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Ester 9

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 enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it wasThis was by God's great providence, who turns the joy of the wicked into sorrow, and the tears of the godly into gladness.turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

2 The Iewes gathered themselues together into their cities throughout all the prouinces of the King Ahashuerosh, to lay hande on such as sought their hurt, and no man coulde withstande them: for the feare of them fel vpon al people.

3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king,Honoured them and befriended them.helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

4 For Mordecai was great in the kings house, and the report of him went through all the prouinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

5 Thus the Jews smote all theirWho had conspired their death by the permission of the wicked Haman.enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyedBesides the three hundred that they slew the second day, (Est_9:15).five hundred men.

7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaiezatha,

10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; butBy which they declared that this was God's just judgment on the enemies of his Church as they fought not for their own gain, but to execute his vengeance.on the spoil laid they not their hand.

11 On the same day came ye nomber of those that were slayne, vnto the palace of Shushan before the King.

12 And the King sayd vnto the Queene Ester, The Iewes haue slayne in Shushan the palace and destroyed fiue hundreth men, & the ten sonnes of Haman: what haue they done in the rest of the Kings prouinces? and what is thy petition, that it may be giuen thee? or what is thy request moreouer, that it may be performed?

13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which [are] in Shushan to do to morrow also accordingThis she requires not out of a desire for vengeance but with zeal to see God's judgment's executed against his enemies.unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

14 And the King charged to doe so, and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.

15 So the Iewes that were in Shushan, assembled themselues vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, & slew three hundreth men in Shushan, but on the spoyle they layd not their hand.

16 But the other Jews that [were] in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood forRead (Est_8:11).their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of theirMeaning, that they laid hands on no one that was not the enemy of God.foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

17 On theMeaning, in all places saving Shushan.thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

18 But the Iewes that were in Shushan assembled themselues on the thirteenth day, & on the fourteenth therof, & they rested on the fifteenth of the same, and kept it a day of feasting & ioy.

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns,As the Jews do even to this day, calling it in the Persian language Purim, that is, the day of lots.made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

20 And Mordecai wroteThe Jews gather from this that Mordecai wrote this book, but it seems that he wrote only these letters and decrees that follow.these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both] nigh and far,

21 Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, euery yeere.

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and ofHe sets before our eyes the use of this feast which was for the remembrance of God's deliverance, the maintenance of mutual friendship and relief of the poor.sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

23 And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, & as Mordecai had written vnto them,

24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and hadRead (Est_3:7).cast Pur, that [is], the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

25 But whenThat is, Esther.[Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wickedThese are the words of the kings commandment to disannul Haman's wicked enterprise.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 Therfore they called these dayes Purim, by the name of Pur, & because of all the wordes of this letter, & of that which they had seene besides this, and of that which had come vnto them.

27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these twoMeaning, the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar.days according to their writing, and according to their [appointed] time every year;

28 And that these dayes shoulde be remembred, and kept throughout euery generation and euery familie, and euery prouince, and euery citie: euen these daies of Purim should not faile among the Iewes, and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede.

29 And the Queene Ester ye daughter of Abihail & Mordecai the Iew wrote with al authoritie (to cofirme this letter of Purim ye second time)

30 And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with]Which were letters declaring to them quietness and assurance and putting them out of doubt and fear.words of peace and truth,

31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of theThat they would observe this feast with fasting and earnest prayer, which in Hebrew is signified by this word (they cry).fastings and their cry.

32 And the decree of Ester confirmed these words of Purim, and was written in the booke.

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