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Chapter 9
Now
in
the
twelfth
month,
that
is,
the
month
Adar,
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
same,
when
the
king’s
commandment
and
his
decree
drew
near
to
be
put
in
execution,
in
the
day
that
the
enemies
of
the
Jews
hoped
to
have
power
over
them,
(though
it
was
turned
to
the
contrary,
that
the
Jews
had
rule
over
them
that
hated
them;)
2
The
Jews
gathered
themselves
together
in
their
cities
throughout
all
the
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
to
lay
hand
on
such
as
sought
their
hurt:
and
no
man
could
withstand
them;
for
the
fear
of
them
fell
upon
all
people.
3
And
all
the
rulers
of
the
provinces,
and
the
lieutenants,
and
the
deputies,
and
officers
of
the
king,
helped
the
Jews;
because
the
fear
of
Mordecai
fell
upon
them.
4
For
Mordecai
was
great
in
the
king’s
house,
and
his
fame
went
out
throughout
all
the
provinces:
for
this
man
Mordecai
waxed
greater
and
greater.
5
Thus
the
Jews
smote
all
their
enemies
with
the
stroke
of
the
sword,
and
slaughter,
and
destruction,
and
did
what
they
would
unto
those
that
hated
them.
6
And
in
Shushan
the
palace
the
Jews
slew
and
destroyed
five
hundred
men.
7
And
Parshandatha,
and
Dalphon,
and
Aspatha,
8
And
Poratha,
and
Adalia,
and
Aridatha,
9
And
Parmashta,
and
Arisai,
and
Aridai,
and
Vajezatha,
10
The
ten
sons
of
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
enemy
of
the
Jews,
slew
they;
but
on
the
spoil
laid
they
not
their
hand.
11
On
that
day
the
number
of
those
that
were
slain
in
Shushan
the
palace
was
brought
before
the
king.
12
And
the
king
said
unto
Esther
the
queen,
The
Jews
have
slain
and
destroyed
five
hundred
men
in
Shushan
the
palace,
and
the
ten
sons
of
Haman;
what
have
they
done
in
the
rest
of
the
king’s
provinces?
now
what
is
thy
petition?
and
it
shall
be
granted
thee:
or
what
is
thy
request
further?
and
it
shall
be
done.
13
Then
said
Esther,
If
it
please
the
king,
let
it
be
granted
to
the
Jews
which
are
in
Shushan
to
do
to
morrow
also
according
unto
this
day’s
decree,
and
let
Haman’s
ten
sons
be
hanged
upon
the
gallows.
14
And
the
king
commanded
it
so
to
be
done:
and
the
decree
was
given
at
Shushan;
and
they
hanged
Haman’s
ten
sons.
15
For
the
Jews
that
were
in
Shushan
gathered
themselves
together
on
the
fourteenth
day
also
of
the
month
Adar,
and
slew
three
hundred
men
at
Shushan;
but
on
the
prey
they
laid
not
their
hand.
16
But
the
other
Jews
that
were
in
the
king’s
provinces
gathered
themselves
together,
and
stood
for
their
lives,
and
had
rest
from
their
enemies,
and
slew
of
their
foes
seventy
and
five
thousand,
but
they
laid
not
their
hands
on
the
prey,
17
On
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar;
and
on
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
same
rested
they,
and
made
it
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
18
But
the
Jews
that
were
at
Shushan
assembled
together
on
the
thirteenth
day
thereof,
and
on
the
fourteenth
thereof;
and
on
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
same
they
rested,
and
made
it
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
19
Therefore
the
Jews
of
the
villages,
that
dwelt
in
the
unwalled
towns,
made
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
a
day
of
gladness
and
feasting,
and
a
good
day,
and
of
sending
portions
one
to
another.
20
And
Mordecai
wrote
these
things,
and
sent
letters
unto
all
the
Jews
that
were
in
all
the
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
both
nigh
and
far,
21
To
stablish
this
among
them,
that
they
should
keep
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar,
and
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
same,
yearly,
22
As
the
days
wherein
the
Jews
rested
from
their
enemies,
and
the
month
which
was
turned
unto
them
from
sorrow
to
joy,
and
from
mourning
into
a
good
day:
that
they
should
make
them
days
of
feasting
and
joy,
and
of
sending
portions
one
to
another,
and
gifts
to
the
poor.
23
And
the
Jews
undertook
to
do
as
they
had
begun,
and
as
Mordecai
had
written
unto
them;
24
Because
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
Agagite,
the
enemy
of
all
the
Jews,
had
devised
against
the
Jews
to
destroy
them,
and
had
cast
Pur,
that
is,
the
lot,
to
consume
them,
and
to
destroy
them;
25
But
when
Esther
came
before
the
king,
he
commanded
by
letters
that
his
wicked
device,
which
he
devised
against
the
Jews,
should
return
upon
his
own
head,
and
that
he
and
his
sons
should
be
hanged
on
the
gallows.
26
Wherefore
they
called
these
days
Purim
after
the
name
of
Pur.
Therefore
for
all
the
words
of
this
letter,
and
of
that
which
they
had
seen
concerning
this
matter,
and
which
had
come
unto
them,
27
The
Jews
ordained,
and
took
upon
them,
and
upon
their
seed,
and
upon
all
such
as
joined
themselves
unto
them,
so
as
it
should
not
fail,
that
they
would
keep
these
two
days
according
to
their
writing,
and
according
to
their
appointed
time
every
year;
28
And
that
these
days
should
be
remembered
and
kept
throughout
every
generation,
every
family,
every
province,
and
every
city;
and
that
these
days
of
Purim
should
not
fail
from
among
the
Jews,
nor
the
memorial
of
them
perish
from
their
seed.
29
Then
Esther
the
queen,
the
daughter
of
Abihail,
and
Mordecai
the
Jew,
wrote
with
all
authority,
to
confirm
this
second
letter
of
Purim.
30
And
he
sent
the
letters
unto
all
the
Jews,
to
the
hundred
twenty
and
seven
provinces
of
the
kingdom
of
Ahasuerus,
with
words
of
peace
and
truth,
31
To
confirm
these
days
of
Purim
in
their
times
appointed,
according
as
Mordecai
the
Jew
and
Esther
the
queen
had
enjoined
them,
and
as
they
had
decreed
for
themselves
and
for
their
seed,
the
matters
of
the
fastings
and
their
cry.
32
And
the
decree
of
Esther
confirmed
these
matters
of
Purim;
and
it
was
written
in
the
book.
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