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. Esther
Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. Esther 7:1 – 7:10 1 So the
And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the
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
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 the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. Esther 3:1 – 3:15 1
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that