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Chapter 9
Now
in
the
twelfth
month
(that
is
the
moneth
Adar)
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
same,
when
the
Kings
commaundement
and
his
decree
drew
neere
to
bee
put
in
execution,
in
the
day
that
the
enemies
of
the
Iewes
hoped
to
haue
power
ouer
them:
(though
it
was
turned
to
the
contrary,
that
the
Iewes
had
rule
ouer
them
that
hated
them.)
2
The
Iewes
gathered
themselues
together
in
their
cities,
throughout
all
the
prouinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
to
lay
hand
on
such
as
sought
their
hurt,
and
no
man
could
withstand
them:
for
the
feare
of
them
fell
vpon
all
people.
3
And
all
the
rulers
of
the
prouinces,
and
the
Lieutenants,
and
the
deputies,
and
officers
of
the
king,
helped
the
Iewes:
because
the
feare
of
Mordecai
fell
vpon
them.
4
For
Mordecai
was
great
in
the
kings
house,
and
his
fame
went
out,
throughout
all
the
prouinces:
for
this
man
Mordecai
waxed
greater
and
greater.
5
Thus
the
Iewes
smote
all
their
enemies
with
the
stroke
of
the
sword,
and
slaughter,
and
destruction,
and
did
what
they
would
vnto
those
that
hated
them.
6
And
in
Shushan
the
palace
the
Iewes
slew
and
destroyed
fiue
hundred
men:
7
And
Parshandatha,
and
Dalphon,
and
Aspatha,
8
And
Poratha,
and
Adalia,
and
Aridatha,
9
And
Parmashta,
and
Arisai,
and
Aridai,
and
Uaiezatha,
10
The
ten
sonnes
of
Haman
the
sonne
of
Hammedatha,
the
enemie
of
the
Iewes,
slew
they,
but
on
the
spoile
laid
they
not
their
hand.
11
On
that
day,
the
number
of
those
that
were
slaine
in
Shushan
the
palace,
was
brought
before
the
king.
12
And
the
king
said
vnto
Esther
the
Queene;
The
Iewes
haue
slaine
and
destroied
fiue
hundred
men
in
Shushan
the
palace,
&
the
ten
sonnes
of
Haman;
what
haue
they
done
in
the
rest
of
the
kings
prouinces?
now
what
is
thy
petition?
and
it
shalbe
granted
thee:
or
what
is
thy
request
further?
and
it
shall
be
done.
13
Then
said
Esther,
If
it
please
the
king,
Let
it
bee
granted
to
the
Iewes
which
are
in
Shushan,
to
doe
to
morow
also,
according
vnto
this
dayes
decree,
and
let
Hamans
ten
sonnes
be
hanged
vpon
the
gallous.
14
And
the
king
commanded
it
so
to
be
done;
and
the
decree
was
giuen
at
Shushan,
and
they
hanged
Hamans
ten
sonnes.
15
For
the
Iewes
that
were
in
Shushan,
gathered
themselues
together
on
the
fourteenth
day
also
of
the
moneth
Adar,
and
slewe
three
hundred
men
at
Shushan:
but
on
the
pray
they
laid
not
their
hand.
16
But
the
other
Iewes
that
were
in
the
kings
prouinces,
gathered
themselues
together,
&
stood
for
their
liues,
and
had
rest
from
their
enemies,
and
slew
of
their
foes
seuenty
and
fiue
thousand,
but
they
laid
not
their
handes
on
the
pray.
17
On
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
moneth
Adar,
and
on
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
same,
rested
they,
and
made
it
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladnes.
18
But
the
Iewes
that
were
at
Shushan,
assembled
together
on
the
thirteenth
day
therof,
and
on
the
fourteenth
thereof;
and
on
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
same,
they
rested,
and
made
it
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladnesse.
19
Therefore
the
Iewes
of
the
villages,
that
dwelt
in
the
vnwalled
townes,
made
the
foureteenth
day
of
the
moneth
Adar,
a
day
of
gladnesse
and
feasting,
and
a
good
day,
and
of
sending
portions
one
to
another.
20
And
Mordecai
wrote
these
things,
and
sent
letters
vnto
all
the
Iewes,
that
were
in
all
the
prouinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
both
nigh
&
farre,
21
To
stablish
this
among
them,
that
they
should
keepe
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
moneth
Adar,
and
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
same,
yeerely:
22
As
the
dayes
wherein
the
Iewes
rested
from
their
enemies,
&
the
moneth
which
was
turned
vnto
them,
from
sorrow
to
ioy,
and
from
mourning
into
a
good
day:
that
they
should
make
them
daies
of
feasting
and
ioy,
and
of
sending
portions
one
to
another,
and
gifts
to
the
poore.
23
And
the
Iewes
vndertooke
to
doe,
as
they
had
begun,
and
as
Mordecai
had
written
vnto
them:
24
Because
Haman
the
sonne
of
Hammedatha
the
Agagite,
the
enemie
of
all
the
Iewes,
had
deuised
against
the
Iewes
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
deuice
which
he
deuised
against
the
Iewes,
should
returne
vpon
his
owne
head,
and
that
he
and
his
sonnes,
should
be
hanged
on
the
gallous.
26
Wherefore
they
called
these
dayes
Purim,
after
the
name
of
Pur:
therefore
for
all
the
words
of
this
letter,
and
of
that
which
they
had
seene
concerning
this
matter,
and
which
had
come
vnto
them,
27
The
Iewes
ordeined,
and
tooke
vpon
them,
and
vpon
their
seed,
and
vpon
all
such
as
ioyned
themselues
vnto
them,
so
as
it
should
not
faile,
that
they
would
keepe
these
two
dayes,
according
to
their
writing,
and
according
to
their
appointed
time,
euery
yeere:
28
And
that
these
dayes
should
be
remembred,
and
kept
throughout
euery
generation,
euery
family,
euery
prouince,
and
euery
citie,
and
that
these
dayes
of
Purim
should
not
faile
from
among
the
Iewes,
nor
the
memoriall
of
them
perish
from
their
seed.
29
Then
Esther
the
Queene,
the
daughter
of
Abihail,
and
Mordecai
the
Iew,
wrote
with
all
authoritie,
to
confirme
this
second
letter
of
Purim.
30
And
hee
sent
the
letters
vnto
all
the
Iewes,
to
the
hundred,
twentie
and
seuen
prouinces
of
the
kingdome
of
Ahasuerus,
with
wordes
of
peace
and
trueth:
31
To
confirme
these
dayes
of
Purim,
in
their
times
appointed,
according
as
Mordecai
the
Iew,
and
Esther
the
Queene
had
enioyned
them,
and
as
they
had
decreed
for
themselues
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
booke.
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