17_EST_09_01 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 ; ]
17_EST_09_02 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 .
17_EST_09_03 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 .
17_EST_09_04 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 .
17_EST_09_05 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 .
17_EST_09_06 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew And destroyed five hundred men .
17_EST_09_07 And Parshandatha , And Dalphon , And Aspatha ,
17_EST_09_08 And Poratha , And Adalia , And Aridatha ,
17_EST_09_09 And Parmashta , And Arisai , And Aridai , And Vajezatha ,
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_11 on that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king .
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_14 And the king commanded it So to be done : And the decree was given at Shushan ; And they hanged Haman's ten sons .
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_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_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_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 ,
17_EST_09_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 ,
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun , And as Mordecai had written unto them ;
17_EST_09_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 ;
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_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 ,
17_EST_09_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 ;
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_29 Then Esther the queen , the daughter of Abihail , And Mordecai the Jew , wrote with all authority , to confirm this second letter of Purim .
17_EST_09_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 ,
17_EST_09_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 .
17_EST_09_32 And the decree of Esther confirmed These matters of Purim ; And it was written in the book .