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1. And after this the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Astin, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
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1. After H310 these H428 things H1697 , when the wrath H2534 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was appeased H7918 , he remembered H2142 H853 Vashti H2060 , and what H834 she had done H6213 , and what H834 was decreed H1504 against H5921 her.
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2. Then the servants of the king said, Let there be sought for the king chaste and beautiful young virgins.
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2. Then said H559 the king H4428 's servants H5288 that ministered H8334 unto him , Let there be fair H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgins H1330 sought H1245 for the king H4428 :
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3. And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair and chaste young damsels and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment, and let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given to them.
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3. And let the king H4428 appoint H6485 officers H6496 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of his kingdom H4438 , that they may gather together H6908 H853 all H3605 the fair H2896 H4758 young H5291 virgins H1330 unto H413 Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 , to H413 the house H1004 of the women H802 , unto H413 the custody H3027 of Hege H1896 the king H4428 's chamberlain H5631 , keeper H8104 of the women H802 ; and let their things for purification H8562 be given H5414 them :
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4. And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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4. And let the maiden H5291 which H834 pleaseth H3190 H5869 the king H4428 be queen H4427 instead H8478 of Vashti H2060 . And the thing H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 the king H4428 ; and he did H6213 so H3651 .
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5. Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the son of Jairus, the son of Semeias, the son of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;
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5. Now in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 there was H1961 a certain H376 Jew H3064 , whose name H8034 was Mordecai H4782 , the son H1121 of Jair H2971 , the son H1121 of Shimei H8096 , the son H1121 of Kish H7027 , a Benjamite H1145 ;
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6. who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
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6. Who H834 had been carried away H1540 from Jerusalem H4480 H3389 with H5973 the captivity H1473 which H834 had been carried away H1540 with H5973 Jeconiah H3204 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had carried away H1540 .
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7. And he had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother, and her name was Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
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7. And he brought up H1961 H539 H853 Hadassah H1919 , that H1931 is , Esther H635 , his uncle H1730 's daughter H1323 : for H3588 she had neither H369 father H1 nor mother H517 , and the maid H5291 was fair H3303 H8389 and beautiful H2896 H4758 ; whom Mordecai H4782 , when her father H1 and mother H517 were dead H4194 , took H3947 for his own daughter H1323 .
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8. And because the king’s ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.
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8. So it came to pass H1961 , when the king H4428 's commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 was heard H8085 , and when many H7227 maidens H5291 were gathered together H6908 unto H413 Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 , to H413 the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896 , that Esther H635 was brought H3947 also unto H413 the king H4428 's house H1004 , to H413 the custody H3027 of Hegai H1896 , keeper H8104 of the women H802 .
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9. And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
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9. And the maiden H5291 pleased H3190 H5869 him , and she obtained H5375 kindness H2617 of H6440 him ; and he speedily H926 gave H5414 her H853 her things for purification H8562 , with H854 such things as belonged H4490 to her , and seven H7651 maidens H5291 , which were meet H7200 to be given H5414 her , out of the king's house H4480 H1004 H4428 : and he preferred H8138 her and her maids H5291 unto the best H2896 place of the house H1004 of the women H802 .
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10. But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell.
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10. Esther H635 had not H3808 showed H5046 H853 her people H5971 nor her kindred H4138 : for H3588 Mordecai H4782 had charged H6680 her H5921 that H834 she should not H3808 show H5046 it .
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11. But Mardochaeus used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.
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11. And Mordecai H4782 walked H1980 every day H3605 H3117 H3117 before H6440 the court H2691 of the women H802 's house H1004 , to know H3045 H853 how Esther H635 did H7965 , and what H4100 should become H6213 of her.
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12. Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications.
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12. Now when every maid H5291 H5291 's turn H8447 was come H5060 to go in H935 to H413 king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , after that H4480 H7093 she had been H1961 twelve H8147 H6240 months H2320 , according to the manner H1881 of the women H802 , ( for H3588 so H3651 were the days H3117 of their purifications H4795 accomplished H4390 , to wit , six H8337 months H2320 with oil H8081 of myrrh H4753 , and six H8337 months H2320 with sweet odors H1314 , and with other things for the purification H8562 of the women H802 ;)
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13. And then the damsel goes in to the king; and the officer to whomsoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.
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13. Then thus H2088 came H935 every maiden H5291 unto H413 the king H4428 ; H853 whatsoever H3605 H834 she desired H559 was given H5414 her to go H935 with H5973 her out of the house H4480 H1004 of the women H802 unto H5704 the king H4428 's house H1004 .
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14. She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Gai the king’s chamberlain is keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.
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14. In the evening H6153 she H1931 went H935 , and on the morrow H1242 she H1931 returned H7725 into H413 the second H8145 house H1004 of the women H802 , to H413 the custody H3027 of Shaashgaz H8190 , the king H4428 's chamberlain H5631 , which kept H8104 the concubines H6370 : she came in H935 unto H413 the king H4428 no H3808 more H5750 , except H3588 H518 the king H4428 delighted H2654 in her , and that she were called H7121 by name H8034 .
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15. And when the time. was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochaeus’ father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
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15. Now when the turn H8447 of Esther H635 , the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 the uncle H1730 of Mordecai H4782 , who H834 had taken H3947 her for his daughter H1323 , was come H5060 to go in H935 unto H413 the king H4428 , she required H1245 nothing H3808 H1697 but H3588 H518 H853 what H834 Hegai H1896 the king H4428 's chamberlain H5631 , the keeper H8104 of the women H802 , appointed H559 . And Esther H635 obtained H1961 H5375 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 them that looked H7200 upon her.
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16. So Esther went in to king Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.
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16. So Esther H635 was taken H3947 unto H413 king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 into H413 his house H1004 royal H4438 in the tenth H6224 month H2320 , which H1931 is the month H2320 Tebeth H2887 , in the seventh H7651 year H8141 of his reign H4438 .
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17. And the king loved Esther, and she found favour beyond all the other virgins: and he put on her the queen’s crown.
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17. And the king H4428 loved H157 H853 Esther H635 above all H4480 H3605 the women H802 , and she obtained H5375 grace H2580 and favor H2617 in his sight H6440 more than all H4480 H3605 the virgins H1330 ; so that he set H7760 the royal H4438 crown H3804 upon her head H7218 , and made her queen H4427 instead H8478 of Vashti H2060 .
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18. And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.
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18. Then the king H4428 made H6213 a great H1419 feast H4960 unto all H3605 his princes H8269 and his servants H5650 , even H853 Esther H635 's feast H4960 ; and he made H6213 a release H2010 to the provinces H4082 , and gave H5414 gifts H4864 , according to the state H3027 of the king H4428 .
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19. But Mardochaeus served in the palace.
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19. And when the virgins H1330 were gathered together H6908 the second time H8145 , then Mordecai H4782 sat H3427 in the king H4428 's gate H8179 .
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20. Now Esther had not discovered her Gr. country kindred; for so Mardochaeus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.
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20. Esther H635 had not H369 yet showed H5046 her kindred H4138 nor her people H5971 ; as H834 Mordecai H4782 had charged H6680 her H5921 : for Esther H635 did H6213 the commandment H3982 of Mordecai H4782 , like as H834 when she was H1961 brought up H545 with H854 him.
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21. And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochaeus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes.
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21. In those H1992 days H3117 , while Mordecai H4782 sat H3427 in the king H4428 's gate H8179 , two H8147 of the king H4428 's chamberlains H5631 , Bigthan H904 and Teresh H8657 , of those which kept H4480 H8104 the door H5592 , were wroth H7107 , and sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 .
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22. And the matter was discovered to Mardochaeus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.
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22. And the thing H1697 was known H3045 to Mordecai H4782 , who told H5046 it unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 ; and Esther H635 certified H559 the king H4428 thereof in Mordecai H4782 's name H8034 .
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23. And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal Gr. library records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.
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23. And when inquisition was made H1245 of the matter H1697 , it was found out H4672 ; therefore they were both H8147 hanged H8518 on H5921 a tree H6086 : and it was written H3789 in the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 before H6440 the king H4428 .
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