strkjv@Esther:4:1
@ 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
;
strkjv@Esther:4:2
@ And
came
even
before
the
kings
gate
: for none might
enter
into the
kings
gate
clothed
with
sackcloth
.
strkjv@Esther:4:3
@ And in every
province
,
whithersoever
the
kings
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
.
strkjv@Esther:4:4
@ So
Esthers
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.
strkjv@Esther:4:5
@ Then
called
Esther
for
Hatach
, one of the
kings
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.
strkjv@Esther:4:6
@ So
Hatach
went
forth
to
Mordecai
unto the
street
of the
city
, which was
before
the
kings
gate
.
strkjv@Esther:4:7
@ 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
kings
treasuries
for the
Jews
, to
destroy
them.
strkjv@Esther:4:8
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:4:9
@ And
Hatach
came
and
told
Esther
the
words
of
Mordecai
.
strkjv@Esther:4:10
@ Again
Esther
spake
unto
Hatach
, and gave him
commandment
unto
Mordecai
;
strkjv@Esther:4:11
@ All the
kings
servants
, and the
people
of the
kings
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
.
strkjv@Esther:4:12
@ And they
told
to
Mordecai
Esthers
words
.
strkjv@Esther:4:13
@ Then
Mordecai
commanded
to
answer
Esther
,
Think
not with
thyself
that thou shalt
escape
in the
kings
house
, more than all the
Jews
.
strkjv@Esther:4:14
@ 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
fathers
house
shall be
destroyed
: and who
knoweth
whether thou art
come
to the
kingdom
for such a
time
as this?
strkjv@Esther:4:15
@ Then
Esther
bade
them
return
Mordecai
this answer,
strkjv@Esther:4:16
@
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
.
strkjv@Esther:4:17
@ So
Mordecai
went his
way
, and
did
according to all that
Esther
had
commanded
him.
strkjv@Esther:5:1
@ Now it came to pass on the
third
day
, that
Esther
put
on
her
royal
apparel, and
stood
in the
inner
court
of the
kings
house
, over
against
the
kings
house
: and the
king
sat
upon his
royal
throne
in the
royal
house
, over
against
the
gate
of the
house
.
strkjv@Esther:5:2
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:5:3
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:5:4
@ 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.
strkjv@Esther: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
.
strkjv@Esther:5:6
@ And the
king
said
unto
Esther
at the
banquet
of
wine
, What is thy
petition
sh@? and it shall be
granted
thee: and what is thy
request
? even to the
half
of the
kingdom
it shall be
performed
.
strkjv@Esther:5:7
@ Then
answered
Esther
, and
said
, My
petition
and my
request
is;
strkjv@Esther:5:8
@ If I have
found
favour
in the
sight
of the
king
, and if it
please
the
king
to
grant
my
petition
sh@, 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
.
strkjv@Esther:5:9
@ Then
went
Haman
forth
that
day
joyful
and with a
glad
heart
: but when
Haman
saw
Mordecai
in the
kings
gate
, that he stood not
up
, nor
moved
for him,
he
was
full
of
indignation
against
Mordecai
.
strkjv@Esther:5:10
@ Nevertheless
Haman
refrained
himself: and when he
came
home
, he
sent
and
called
for his
friends
, and
Zeresh
his
wife
.
strkjv@Esther:5:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:5:12
@
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
.
strkjv@Esther:5:13
@ Yet all this
availeth
me nothing, so long
as
I
see
Mordecai
the
Jew
sitting
at the
kings
gate
.
strkjv@Esther:5:14
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:6:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:6:2
@ And it was
found
written
, that
Mordecai
had
told
of
Bigthana
and
Teresh
,
two
of the
kings
chamberlains
, the
keepers
of the
door
, who
sought
to
lay
hand
on the
king
Ahasuerus
.
strkjv@Esther:6:3
@ And the
king
said
, What
honour
and
dignity
hath been
done
to
Mordecai
for this? Then
said
the
kings
servants
that
ministered
unto him, There is
nothing
done
for him.
strkjv@Esther:6:4
@ And the
king
said
, Who is in the
court
? Now
Haman
was
come
into the
outward
court
of the
kings
house
, to
speak
unto the
king
to
hang
Mordecai
on the
gallows
that he had
prepared
for him.
strkjv@Esther:6:5
@ And the
kings
servants
said
unto him, Behold,
Haman
standeth
in the
court
. And the
king
said
, Let him come
in
.
strkjv@Esther: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?
strkjv@Esther:6:7
@ And
Haman
answered
the
king
, For the
man
whom the
king
delighteth
to
honour
,
strkjv@Esther:6:8
@ 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
:
strkjv@Esther:6:9
@ And let this
apparel
and
horse
be
delivered
to the
hand
of
one
of the
kings
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
.
strkjv@Esther:6:10
@ 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
kings
gate
: let
nothing
fail
of all that thou hast
spoken
.
strkjv@Esther:6:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@Esther:6:12
@ And
Mordecai
came
again
to the
kings
gate
. But
Haman
hasted
to his
house
mourning
, and having his
head
covered
.
strkjv@Esther:6:13
@ 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.
strkjv@Esther:6:14
@ And while they were yet
talking
with him,
came
the
kings
chamberlains
, and
hasted
to
bring
Haman
unto the
banquet
that
Esther
had
prepared
.
strkjv@Esther:7:1
@ So the
king
and
Haman
came
to
banquet
with
Esther
the
queen
.
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