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4:9. And Athach went back and told Esther all that Mardochai had said.
4:10. She answered him, and bade him say to Mardochai:
4:11. All the king's servants, and all the provinces that are under his
dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the
king's inner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to
death without any delay: except the king shall hold out the golden
sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can
I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called
unto him?
4:12. And when Mardochai had heard this,
4:13. He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst
save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all
the Jews:
4:14. For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered
by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father's house shall perish.
And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that
thou mightest be ready in such a time as this?
4:15. And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
4:16. Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in
Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and
three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then
I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose
myself to death and to danger.
4:17. So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him.
Esther Chapter 5
Esther is graciously received: she inviteth the king and Aman to dinner,
Aman prepareth a gibbet for Mardochai.
5:1. And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in
the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's hall: now
he sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace, over against the door
of the house.
5:2. And when he saw Esther the queen standing, she pleased his eyes,
and he held out toward her the golden sceptre, which he held in his hand
and she drew near, and kissed the top of his sceptre.
5:3. And the king said to her: What wilt thou, queen Esther? what is
thy request? if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall
be given to thee.
5:4. But she answered: If it please the king, I beseech thee to come to
me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have prepared.
5:5. And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman quickly, that he may obey
Esther's will. So the king and Aman came to the banquet which the queen
had prepared for them.
5:6. And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What
dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing askest thou?
although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.
5:7. And Esther answered: My petition and request is this:
5:8. If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it please the
king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king and
Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I
will open my mind to the king.
5:9. So Aman went out that day joyful and merry. And when he saw
Mardochai sitting before the gate of the palace, and that he not only
did not rise up to honour him, but did not so much as move from the
place where he sat, he was exceedingly angry:
5:10. But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called
together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:
5:11. And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the
multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had
advanced him above all his princes and servants.
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