8:1 On
that
day
did
the
king
Ahasuerus
give
the
house
of
Haman
the
Jews'
enemy
unto
Esther
the
queen.
And
Mordecai
came
before
the
king;
for
Esther
had
told
what
he
was
unto
her.
8:2 And
the
king
took
off
his
ring,
which
he
had
taken
from
Haman,
and
gave
it
unto
Mordecai.
And
Esther
set
Mordecai
over
the
house
of
Haman.
8:3 And
Esther
spake
yet
again
before
the
king,
and
fell
down
at
his
feet,
and
besought
him
with
tears
to
put
away
the
mischief
of
Haman
the
Agagite,
and
his
device
that
he
had
devised
against
the
Jews.
8:4 Then
the
king
held
out
to
Esther
the
golden
sceptre.
So
Esther
arose,
and
stood
before
the
king.
8:5 And
she
said,
If
it
please
the
king,
and
if
I
have
found
favor
in
his
sight,
and
the
thing
seem
right
before
the
king,
and
I
be
pleasing
in
his
eyes,
let
it
be
written
to
reverse
the
letters
devised
by
Haman,
the
son
of
Hammedatha
the
Agagite,
which
he
wrote
to
destroy
the
Jews
that
are
in
all
the
king's
provinces:
8:6 for
how
can
I
endure
to
see
the
evil
that
shall
come
unto
my
people
or
how
can
I
endure
to
see
the
destruction
of
my
kindred
8:7 Then
the
king
Ahasuerus
said
unto
Esther
the
queen
and
to
Mordecai
the
Jew,
Behold,
I
have
given
Esther
the
house
of
Haman,
and
him
they
have
hanged
upon
the
gallows,
because
he
laid
his
hand
upon
the
Jews.
8:8 Write
ye
also
to
the
Jews,
as
it
pleaseth
you,
in
the
king's
name,
and
seal
it
with
the
king's
ring;
for
the
writing
which
is
written
in
the
king's
name,
and
sealed
with
the
king's
ring,
may
no
man
reverse.
8:9 Then
were
the
king's
scribes
called
at
that
time,
in
the
third
month
Sivan,
on
the
three
and
twentieth
[day]
thereof;
and
it
was
written
according
to
all
that
Mordecai
commanded
unto
the
Jews,
and
to
the
satraps,
and
the
governors
and
princes
of
the
provinces
which
are
from
India
unto
Ethiopia,
a
hundred
twenty
and
seven
provinces,
unto
every
province
according
to
the
writing
thereof,
and
unto
every
people
after
their
language,
and
to
the
Jews
according
to
their
writing,
and
according
to
their
language.
8:10 And
he
wrote
the
name
of
king
Ahasuerus,
and
sealed
it
with
the
king's
ring,
and
sent
letters
by
post
on
horseback,
riding
on
swift
steeds
that
were
used
in
the
king's
service,
bred
of
the
stud:
8:11 wherein
the
king
granted
the
Jews
that
were
in
every
city
to
gather
themselves
together,
and
to
stand
for
their
life,
to
destroy,
to
slay,
and
to
cause
to
perish,
all
the
power
of
the
people
and
province
that
would
assault
them,
[their]
little
ones
and
women,
and
to
take
the
spoil
of
them
for
a
prey,
8:12 upon
one
day
in
all
the
provinces
of
king
Ahasuerus,
[namely],
upon
the
thirteenth
[day]
of
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
Adar.
8:13 A
copy
of
the
writing,
that
the
decree
should
be
given
out
in
every
province,
was
published
unto
all
the
peoples,
and
that
the
Jews
should
be
ready
against
that
day
to
avenge
themselves
on
their
enemies.
8:14 So
the
posts
that
rode
upon
swift
steeds
that
were
used
in
the
king's
service
went
out,
being
hastened
and
pressed
on
by
the
king's
commandment;
and
the
decree
was
given
out
in
Shushan
the
palace.
8:15 And
Mordecai
went
forth
from
the
presence
of
the
king
in
royal
apparel
of
blue
and
white,
and
with
a
great
crown
of
gold,
and
with
a
robe
of
fine
linen
and
purple:
and
the
city
of
Shushan
shouted
and
was
glad.
8:16 The
Jews
had
light
and
gladness,
and
joy
and
honor.
8:17 And
in
every
province,
and
in
every
city,
whithersoever
the
king's
commandment
and
his
decree
came,
the
Jews
had
gladness
and
joy,
a
feast
and
a
good
day.
And
many
from
among
the
peoples
of
the
land
became
Jews;
for
the
fear
of
the
Jews
was
fallen
upon
them.
