8:1 On
that
day
King
Ahasuerus
gave
to
Queen
Esther
the
house
of
Haman,
the
enemy
of
the
Jews.
And
Mordecai
came
before
the
king,
for
Esther
had
told
what
he
was
to
her.
8:2 And
the
king
took
off
his
signet
ring,
which
he
had
taken
from
Haman,
and
gave
it
to
Mordecai.
And
Esther
set
Mordecai
over
the
house
of
Haman.
8:3 Then
Esther
spoke
again
to
the
king.
She
fell
at
his
feet
and
wept
and
pleaded
with
him
to
avert
the
evil
plan
of
Haman
the
Agagite
and
the
plot
that
he
had
devised
against
the
Jews.
8:4 When
the
king
held
out
the
golden
scepter
to
Esther,
8:5 Esther
rose
and
stood
before
the
king.
And
she
said,
"If
it
please
the
king,
and
if
I
have
found
favor
in
his
sight,
and
if
the
thing
seems
right
before
the
king,
and
I
am
pleasing
in
his
eyes,
let
an
order
be
written
to
revoke
the
letters
devised
by
Haman
the
Agagite,
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
which
he
wrote
to
destroy
the
Jews
who
are
in
all
the
provinces
of
the
king.
8:6 For
how
can
I
bear
to
see
the
calamity
that
is
coming
to
my
people
Or
how
can
I
bear
to
see
the
destruction
of
my
kindred"
8:7 Then
King
Ahasuerus
said
to
Queen
Esther
and
to
Mordecai
the
Jew,
"Behold,
I
have
given
Esther
the
house
of
Haman,
and
they
have
hanged
him
on
the
gallows,
because
he
intended
to
lay
hands
on
the
Jews.
8:8 But
you
may
write
as
you
please
with
regard
to
the
Jews,
in
the
name
of
the
king,
and
seal
it
with
the
king's
ring,
for
an
edict
written
in
the
name
of
the
king
and
sealed
with
the
king's
ring
cannot
be
revoked."
8:9 The
king's
scribes
were
summoned
at
that
time,
in
the
third
month,
which
is
the
month
of
Sivan,
on
the
twenty-third
day.
And
an
edict
was
written,
according
to
all
that
Mordecai
commanded
concerning
the
Jews,
to
the
satraps
and
the
governors
and
the
officials
of
the
provinces
from
India
to
Ethiopia,
127
provinces,
to
each
province
in
its
own
script
and
to
each
people
in
its
own
language,
and
also
to
the
Jews
in
their
script
and
their
language.
8:10 And
he
wrote
in
the
name
of
King
Ahasuerus
and
sealed
it
with
the
king's
signet
ring.
Then
he
sent
the
letters
by
mounted
couriers
riding
on
swift
horses
that
were
used
in
the
king's
service,
bred
from
the
royal
stud,
8:11 saying
that
the
king
allowed
the
Jews
who
were
in
every
city
to
gather
and
defend
their
lives,
to
destroy,
to
kill,
and
to
annihilate
any
armed
force
of
any
people
or
province
that
might
attack
them,
children
and
women
included,
and
to
plunder
their
goods,
8:12 on
one
day
throughout
all
the
provinces
of
King
Ahasuerus,
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
of
Adar.
8:13 A
copy
of
what
was
written
was
to
be
issued
as
a
decree
in
every
province,
being
publicly
displayed
to
all
peoples,
and
the
Jews
were
to
be
ready
on
that
day
to
take
vengeance
on
their
enemies.
8:14 So
the
couriers,
mounted
on
their
swift
horses
that
were
used
in
the
king's
service,
rode
out
hurriedly,
urged
by
the
king's
command.
And
the
decree
was
issued
in
Susa
the
citadel.
8:15 Then
Mordecai
went
out
from
the
presence
of
the
king
in
royal
robes
of
blue
and
white,
with
a
great
golden
crown
and
a
robe
of
fine
linen
and
purple,
and
the
city
of
Susa
shouted
and
rejoiced.
8:16 The
Jews
had
light
and
gladness
and
joy
and
honor.
8:17 And
in
every
province
and
in
every
city,
wherever
the
king's
command
and
his
edict
reached,
there
was
gladness
and
joy
among
the
Jews,
a
feast
and
a
holiday.
And
many
from
the
peoples
of
the
country
declared
themselves
Jews,
for
fear
of
the
Jews
had
fallen
on
them.
