Esther 8
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Esther 8:1-6

1On that dayH3117 did the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 giveH5414 the houseH1004 of HamanH2001 the Jews’H3064 enemy unto EstherH635 the queenH4436. And MordecaiH4782 cameH935 before the kingH4428; for EstherH635 had toldH5046 what he was unto her. 2And the kingH4428 took off his ringH2885, which he had taken from HamanH2001, and gaveH5414 it unto MordecaiH4782. And EstherH635 setH7760 MordecaiH4782 over the houseH1004 of HamanH2001.

3And EstherH635 spake yet again before the kingH4428, and fellH5307 downH5307 at his feetH7272, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of HamanH2001 the AgagiteH91, and his device that he had devised against the JewsH3064. 4Then the kingH4428 held out to EstherH635 the golden sceptre. So EstherH635 aroseH6965, and stoodH5975 before the kingH4428. 5And she saidH559, If it please the kingH4428, and if I have foundH4672 favorH2580 in his sight, and the thingH1697 seem right before the kingH4428, and I be pleasing in his eyesH5869, let it be writtenH3789 to reverse the lettersH5612 devised by HamanH2001, the sonH1121 of Hammedatha the AgagiteH91, which he wroteH3789 to destroyH6 the JewsH3064 that are in all the king’sH4428 provincesH4082: 6for howH349 can I endure to seeH7200 the evilH7451 that shall comeH4672 unto my peopleH5971? or howH349 can I endure to seeH7200 the destruction of my kindredH4138?

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain