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CHAPTER 4
Esther 4:1
1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and
put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and
cried  with a loud  and a bitter  cry; Esther 4:2
2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the
king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
Esther 4:3
3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his
decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and
weeping, and wailing; and many  lay  in sackcloth  and ashes. Esther 4:4
4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the
queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to
take away  his sackcloth  from him: but he received  it not. Esther 4:5
5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he
had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai,
to know what it was, and why it was.
Esther 4:6
6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was
before the king's gate.
Esther 4:7
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum
of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for
the Jews, to destroy them.
Esther 4:8
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at
Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto
her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king,  to make
supplication unto him, and to make request  before  him for her people.
Esther 4:9
9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. Esther 4:10
10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
Esther 4:11
11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do
know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into
the inner court, who is not called,  there is one  law  of his to put him
to death,  except  such to whom the king  shall hold out  the golden 
sceptre, that he may live:  but I have not been called  to come in  unto
the king these thirty  days.
Esther 4:12
12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. Esther 4:13
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that
thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. Esther 4:14
14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there
enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou
and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth  whether thou
art come  to the kingdom  for such a time  as this? Esther 4:15
15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Esther 4:16
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast
ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and
my maidens  will fast  likewise; and so  will I go  in unto the king, 
which is not according to the law:  and if I perish,  I perish. Esther 4:17
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
CHAPTER 5
Esther 5:1
1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal
apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the
king's house:  and the king  sat  upon his royal  throne  in the royal
house,  over against  the gate  of the house. Esther 5:2
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court,
that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the
golden  sceptre  that was in his hand.  So Esther  drew near,  and touched
the top  of the sceptre.
Esther 5:3
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is
thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. Esther
5:4
4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Esther
5:5
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther
hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
Esther 5:6
6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to
the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. Esther 5:7
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; Esther 5:8
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the
king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and
Haman come to the banquet  that I shall prepare  for them, and I will do 
to morrow  as the king  hath said.
Esther 5:9
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when
Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up,  nor moved 
for him, he  was full  of indignation  against Mordecai. Esther 5:10
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and
called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. Esther 5:11
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his
children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he
had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. Esther 5:12
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with
the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow
am I invited unto her also with the king. Esther 5:13
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king's gate.
Esther 5:14
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be
made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that
Mordecai  may be hanged  thereon: then go  thou in merrily  with the king
unto the banquet.  And the thing  pleased  Haman;  and he caused  the
gallows  to be made.
CHAPTER 6
Esther 6:1
1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the
book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
Esther 6:2
2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh,
two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay
hand  on the king  Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:3
3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for
this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is
nothing done for him.
Esther 6:4
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai
on the gallows  that he had prepared  for him. Esther 6:5
5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the
court. And the king said, Let him come in. Esther 6:6
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the
man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To
whom would the king  delight  to do  honour  more  than to myself? Esther
6:7
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
Esther 6:8
8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the
horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his
head:
Esther 6:9
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the
king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king
delighteth to honour,  and bring  him on horseback  through the street  of
the city,  and proclaim  before  him, Thus shall it be done  to the man
whom the king  delighteth  to honour. Esther 6:10
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the
horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth
at the king's  gate:  let nothing  fail  of all that thou hast spoken.
Esther 6:11
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and
brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed
before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man  whom the king  delighteth
to honour.
Esther 6:12
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his
house mourning, and having his head covered. Esther 6:13
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had
befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews,  before  whom thou hast begun  to
fall, thou shalt not prevail  against him, but shalt surely  fall  before 
him. Esther 6:14
14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains,
and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
CHAPTER 7
Esther 7:1
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Esther 7:2
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of
wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and
what is thy request? and it shall be performed,  even to the half  of the
kingdom.
Esther 7:3
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy
sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition,  and my people  at my request: Esther 7:4
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to
perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my
tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's  damage. Esther
7:5
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is
he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? Esther 7:6
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman
was afraid before the king and the queen. Esther 7:7
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the
palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther
the queen;  for he saw  that there was evil  determined  against him by the
king.
Esther 7:8
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the
banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then
said the king,  Will he force  the queen  also before me in the house?  As
the word  went out  of the king's  mouth,  they covered  Haman's  face.
Esther 7:9
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also,
the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai,  who had
spoken  good  for the king,  standeth  in the house  of Haman.  Then the
king  said,  Hang  him thereon.
Esther 7:10
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.
Then was the king's wrath pacified.


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