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3:6. And he counted it nothing to lay his hands upon Mardochai alone:
for he had heard that he was of the nation of the Jews, and he chose
rather to destroy all the nation of the Jews that were in the kingdom of
Assuerus.
3:7. In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of
the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is
called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the
Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is
called Adar.
3:8. And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through
all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that
use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances:
and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that
they should grow insolent by impunity.
3:9. If it please thee, decree that they may be destroyed, and I will
pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.
3:10. And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and
gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of
the Jews,
3:11. And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it
for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.
3:12. And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on
the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had
commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the
provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear
according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus:
and the letters, sealed with his ring,
3:13. Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and
destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in
one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is
called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.
3:14. And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all
provinces might know and be ready against that day.
3:15. The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's
commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king
and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city
weeping.
Esther Chapter 4
Mardochai desireth Esther to petition the king for the Jews. They join
in fasting and prayer.
4:1. Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments,
and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a
loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish
of his mind.
4:2. And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the
palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court.
4:3. And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel
edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting,
wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.
4:4. Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs went in, and told her. And when
she heard it she was in a consternation and she sent a garment, to
clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth: but he would not receive it.
4:5. And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed
to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn
of him why he did this.
4:6. And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the
street of the city, before the palace gate:
4:7. And Mardochai told him all that had happened, how Aman had promised
to pay money into the king's treasures, to have the Jews destroyed.
4:8. He gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan,
that he should shew it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the
king, and to entreat him for her people.
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