Now in the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} month{H2320}, that is, the month{H2320} Adar{H143}, on the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day{H3117} of the same, when the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} drew near{H5060}{(H8689)} to be put in execution{H6213}{(H8736)}, in the day{H3117} that the enemies{H341}{(H8802)} of the Jews{H3064} hoped{H7663}{(H8765)} to have power{H7980}{(H8800)} over them,(though it was turned{H2015}{(H8736)} to the contrary, that the Jews{H3064} had rule{H7980}{(H8799)} over them that hated{H8130}{(H8802)} them;)

The Jews{H3064} gathered themselves together{H6950}{(H8738)} in their cities{H5892} throughout all the provinces{H4082} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}, to lay{H7971}{(H8800)} hand{H3027} on such as sought{H1245}{(H8764)} their hurt{H7451}: and no man{H376} could withstand{H5975}{(H8804)} them{H6440}; for the fear{H6343} of them fell{H5307}{(H8804)} upon all people{H5971}.

And all the rulers{H8269} of the provinces{H4082}, and the lieutenants{H323}, and the deputies{H6346}, and officers{H6213}{(H8802)}{H4399} of the king{H4428}, helped{H5375}{(H8764)} the Jews{H3064}; because the fear{H6343} of Mordecai{H4782} fell{H5307}{(H8804)} upon them.

For Mordecai{H4782} was great{H1419} in the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, and his fame{H8089} went out{H1980}{(H8802)} throughout all the provinces{H4082}: for this man{H376} Mordecai{H4782} waxed{H1980}{(H8802)} greater and greater{H1419}.

Thus the Jews{H3064} smote{H5221}{(H8686)} all their enemies{H341}{(H8802)} with the stroke{H4347} of the sword{H2719}, and slaughter{H2027}, and destruction{H12}, and did{H6213}{(H8799)} what they would{H7522} unto those that hated{H8130}{(H8802)} them.

And in Shushan{H7800} the palace{H1002} the Jews{H3064} slew{H2026}{(H8804)} and destroyed{H6}{(H8763)} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} men{H376}.

And Parshandatha{H6577}, and Dalphon{H1813}, and Aspatha{H630},

And Poratha{H6334}, and Adalia{H118}, and Aridatha{H743},

And Parmashta{H6534}, and Arisai{H747}, and Aridai{H742}, and Vajezatha{H2055},

The ten{H6235} sons{H1121} of Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099}, the enemy{H6887}{(H8802)} of the Jews{H3064}, slew{H2026}{(H8804)} they; but on the spoil{H961} laid{H7971}{(H8804)} they not their hand{H3027}.

On that day{H3117} the number{H4557} of those that were slain{H2026}{(H8803)} in Shushan{H7800} the palace{H1002} was brought{H935}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}.

And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Esther{H635} the queen{H4436}, The Jews{H3064} have slain{H2026}{(H8804)} and destroyed{H6}{(H8763)} five{H2568} hundred{H3967} men{H376} in Shushan{H7800} the palace{H1002}, and the ten{H6235} sons{H1121} of Haman{H2001}; what have they done{H6213}{(H8804)} in the rest{H7605} of the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082}? now what is thy petition{H7596}? and it shall be granted{H5414}{(H8735)} thee: or what is thy request{H1246} further{H5750}? and it shall be done{H6213}{(H8735)}.

Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Esther{H635}, If it please{H2896} the king{H4428}, let it be granted{H5414}{(H8735)} to the Jews{H3064} which are in Shushan{H7800} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} to morrow{H4279} also according unto this day's{H3117} decree{H1881}, and let Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons{H1121} be hanged{H8518}{(H8799)} upon the gallows{H6086}.

And the king{H4428} commanded{H559}{(H8799)} it so to be done{H6213}{(H8736)}: and the decree{H1881} was given{H5414}{(H8735)} at Shushan{H7800}; and they hanged{H8518}{(H8804)} Haman's{H2001} ten{H6235} sons{H1121}.

For the Jews{H3064} that were in Shushan{H7800} gathered themselves together{H6950}{(H8735)} on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day{H3117} also of the month{H2320} Adar{H143}, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} three{H7969} hundred{H3967} men{H376} at Shushan{H7800}; but on the prey{H961} they laid{H7971}{(H8804)} not their hand{H3027}.

But the other{H7605} Jews{H3064} that were in the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082} gathered themselves together{H6950}{(H8738)}, and stood{H5975}{(H8800)} for their lives{H5315}, and had rest{H5118} from their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and slew{H2026}{(H8800)} of their foes{H8130}{(H8802)} seventy{H7657} and five{H2568} thousand{H505}, but they laid{H7971}{(H8804)} not their hands{H3027} on the prey{H961},

On the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar{H143}; and on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day of the same rested{H5118} they, and made{H6213}{(H8800)} it a day{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and gladness{H8057}.

But the Jews{H3064} that were at Shushan{H7800} assembled together{H6950}{(H8738)} on the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day thereof, and on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} thereof; and on the fifteenth{H2568}{H6240} day of the same they rested{H5118}, and made{H6213}{(H8800)} it a day{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and gladness{H8057}.

Therefore the Jews{H3064} of the villages{H6521}, that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the unwalled{H6519} towns{H5892}, made{H6213}{(H8802)} the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar{H143} a day of gladness{H8057} and feasting{H4960}, and a good{H2896} day{H3117}, and of sending{H4916} portions{H4490} one{H376} to another{H7453}.

And Mordecai{H4782} wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} these things{H1697}, and sent{H7971}{(H8799)} letters{H5612} unto all the Jews{H3064} that were in all the provinces{H4082} of the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}, both nigh{H7138} and far{H7350},

To stablish{H6965}{(H8763)} this among them, that they should keep{H6213}{(H8802)} the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} Adar{H143}, and the fifteenth{H2568}{H6240} day{H3117} of the same, yearly{H8141}{H8141},

As the days{H3117} wherein the Jews{H3064} rested{H5117}{(H8804)} from their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and the month{H2320} which was turned{H2015}{(H8738)} unto them from sorrow{H3015} to joy{H8057}, and from mourning{H60} into a good{H2896} day{H3117}: that they should make{H6213}{(H8800)} them days{H3117} of feasting{H4960} and joy{H8057}, and of sending{H4916} portions{H4490} one{H376} to another{H7453}, and gifts{H4979} to the poor{H34}.

And the Jews{H3064} undertook{H6901}{(H8765)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} as they had begun{H2490}{(H8689)}, and as Mordecai{H4782} had written{H3789}{(H8804)} unto them;

Because Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099}, the Agagite{H91}, the enemy{H6887}{(H8802)} of all the Jews{H3064}, had devised{H2803}{(H8804)} against the Jews{H3064} to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} them, and had cast{H5307}{(H8689)} Pur{H6332}, that is, the lot{H1486}, to consume{H2000}{(H8800)} them, and to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} them;

But when Esther came{H935}{(H8800)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}, he commanded{H559}{(H8804)} by letters{H5612} that his wicked{H7451} device{H4284}, which he devised{H2803}{(H8804)} against the Jews{H3064}, should return{H7725}{(H8799)} upon his own head{H7218}, and that he and his sons{H1121} should be hanged{H8518}{(H8804)} on the gallows{H6086}.

Wherefore they called{H7121}{(H8804)} these days{H3117} Purim{H6332} after the name{H8034} of Pur{H6332}. Therefore for all the words{H1697} of this letter{H107}, and of that which they had seen{H7200}{(H8804)} concerning this matter{H3602}, and which had come{H5060}{(H8689)} unto them,

The Jews{H3064} ordained{H6965}{(H8765)}, and took{H6901}{(H8765)} upon them, and upon their seed{H2233}, and upon all such as joined{H3867}{(H8737)} themselves unto them, so as it should not fail{H5674}{(H8799)}, that they would keep{H6213}{(H8802)} these two{H8147} days{H3117} according to their writing{H3791}, and according to their appointed time{H2165} every year{H8141}{H8141};

And that these days{H3117} should be remembered{H2142}{(H8737)} and kept{H6213}{(H8737)} throughout{H1755} every generation{H1755}, every family{H4940}, every province{H4082}, and every city{H5892}; and that these days{H3117} of Purim{H6332} should not fail{H5674}{(H8799)} from among{H8432} the Jews{H3064}, nor the memorial{H2143} of them perish{H5486}{(H8799)} from their seed{H2233}.

Then Esther{H635} the queen{H4436}, the daughter{H1323} of Abihail{H32}, and Mordecai{H4782} the Jew{H3064}, wrote{H3789}{(H8799)} with all authority{H8633}, to confirm{H6965}{(H8763)} this second{H8145} letter{H107} of Purim{H6332}.

And he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} the letters{H5612} unto all the Jews{H3064}, to the hundred{H3967} twenty{H6242} and seven{H7651} provinces{H4082} of the kingdom{H4438} of Ahasuerus{H325}, with words{H1697} of peace{H7965} and truth{H571},

To confirm{H6965}{(H8763)} these days{H3117} of Purim{H6332} in their times{H2165} appointed, according as Mordecai{H4782} the Jew{H3064} and Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} had enjoined{H6965}{(H8765)} them, and as they had decreed{H6965}{(H8765)} for themselves{H5315} and for their seed{H2233}, the matters{H1697} of the fastings{H6685} and their cry{H2201}.

And the decree{H3982} of Esther{H635} confirmed{H6965}{(H8765)} these matters{H1697} of Purim{H6332}; and it was written{H3789}{(H8737)} in the book{H5612}.