9:1 Now
in
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
of
Adar,
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
same,
when
the
king's
command
and
edict
were
about
to
be
carried
out,
on
the
very
day
when
the
enemies
of
the
Jews
hoped
to
gain
the
mastery
over
them,
the
reverse
occurred:
the
Jews
gained
mastery
over
those
who
hated
them.
9:2 The
Jews
gathered
in
their
cities
throughout
all
the
provinces
of
King
Ahasuerus
to
lay
hands
on
those
who
sought
their
harm.
And
no
one
could
stand
against
them,
for
the
fear
of
them
had
fallen
on
all
peoples.
9:3 All
the
officials
of
the
provinces
and
the
satraps
and
the
governors
and
the
royal
agents
also
helped
the
Jews,
for
the
fear
of
Mordecai
had
fallen
on
them.
9:4 For
Mordecai
was
great
in
the
king's
house,
and
his
fame
spread
throughout
all
the
provinces,
for
the
man
Mordecai
grew
more
and
more
powerful.
9:5 The
Jews
struck
all
their
enemies
with
the
sword,
killing
and
destroying
them,
and
did
as
they
pleased
to
those
who
hated
them.
9:6 In
Susa
the
citadel
itself
the
Jews
killed
and
destroyed
500
men,
9:7 and
also
killed
Parshandatha
and
Dalphon
and
Aspatha
9:8 and
Poratha
and
Adalia
and
Aridatha
9:9 and
Parmashta
and
Arisai
and
Aridai
and
Vaizatha,
9:10 the
ten
sons
of
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
enemy
of
the
Jews,
but
they
laid
no
hand
on
the
plunder.
9:11 That
very
day
the
number
of
those
killed
in
Susa
the
citadel
was
reported
to
the
king.
9:12 And
the
king
said
to
Queen
Esther,
"In
Susa
the
citadel
the
Jews
have
killed
and
destroyed
500
men
and
also
the
ten
sons
of
Haman.
What
then
have
they
done
in
the
rest
of
the
king's
provinces!
Now
what
is
your
wish
It
shall
be
granted
you.
And
what
further
is
your
request
It
shall
be
fulfilled."
9:13 And
Esther
said,
"If
it
please
the
king,
let
the
Jews
who
are
in
Susa
be
allowed
tomorrow
also
to
do
according
to
this
day's
edict.
And
let
the
ten
sons
of
Haman
be
hanged
on
the
gallows."
9:14 So
the
king
commanded
this
to
be
done.
A
decree
was
issued
in
Susa,
and
the
ten
sons
of
Haman
were
hanged.
9:15 The
Jews
who
were
in
Susa
gathered
also
on
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
of
Adar
and
they
killed
300
men
in
Susa,
but
they
laid
no
hands
on
the
plunder.
9:16 Now
the
rest
of
the
Jews
who
were
in
the
king's
provinces
also
gathered
to
defend
their
lives,
and
got
relief
from
their
enemies
and
killed
75,000
of
those
who
hated
them,
but
they
laid
no
hands
on
the
plunder.
9:17 This
was
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
month
of
Adar,
and
on
the
fourteenth
day
they
rested
and
made
that
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
9:18 But
the
Jews
who
were
in
Susa
gathered
on
the
thirteenth
day
and
on
the
fourteenth,
and
rested
on
the
fifteenth
day,
making
that
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
9:19 Therefore
the
Jews
of
the
villages,
who
live
in
the
rural
towns,
hold
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
of
Adar
as
a
day
for
gladness
and
feasting,
as
a
holiday,
and
as
a
day
on
which
they
send
gifts
of
food
to
one
another.
9:20 And
Mordecai
recorded
these
things
and
sent
letters
to
all
the
Jews
who
were
in
all
the
provinces
of
King
Ahasuerus,
both
near
and
far,
9:21 obliging
them
to
keep
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
and
also
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
same,
year
by
year,
9:22 as
the
days
on
which
the
Jews
got
relief
from
their
enemies,
and
as
the
month
that
had
been
turned
for
them
from
sorrow
into
gladness
and
from
mourning
into
a
holiday;
that
they
should
make
them
days
of
feasting
and
gladness,
days
for
sending
gifts
of
food
to
one
another
and
gifts
to
the
poor.
9:23 So
the
Jews
accepted
what
they
had
started
to
do,
and
what
Mordecai
had
written
to
them.
9:24 For
Haman
the
Agagite,
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
enemy
of
all
the
Jews,
had
plotted
against
the
Jews
to
destroy
them,
and
had
cast
Pur
(that
is,
cast
lots),
to
crush
and
to
destroy
them.
9:25 But
when
it
came
before
the
king,
he
gave
orders
in
writing
that
his
evil
plan
that
he
had
devised
against
the
Jews
should
return
on
his
own
head,
and
that
he
and
his
sons
should
be
hanged
on
the
gallows.
9:26 Therefore
they
called
these
days
Purim,
after
the
term
Pur.
Therefore,
because
of
all
that
was
written
in
this
letter,
and
of
what
they
had
faced
in
this
matter,
and
of
what
had
happened
to
them,
9:27 the
Jews
firmly
obligated
themselves
and
their
offspring
and
all
who
joined
them,
that
without
fail
they
would
keep
these
two
days
according
to
what
was
written
and
at
the
time
appointed
every
year,
9:28 that
these
days
should
be
remembered
and
kept
throughout
every
generation,
in
every
clan,
province,
and
city,
and
that
these
days
of
Purim
should
never
fall
into
disuse
among
the
Jews,
nor
should
the
commemoration
of
these
days
cease
among
their
descendants.
9:29 Then
Queen
Esther,
the
daughter
of
Abihail,
and
Mordecai
the
Jew
gave
full
written
authority,
confirming
this
second
letter
about
Purim.
9:30 Letters
were
sent
to
all
the
Jews,
to
the
127
provinces
of
the
kingdom
of
Ahasuerus,
in
words
of
peace
and
truth,
9:31 that
these
days
of
Purim
should
be
observed
at
their
appointed
seasons,
as
Mordecai
the
Jew
and
Queen
Esther
obligated
them,
and
as
they
had
obligated
themselves
and
their
offspring,
with
regard
to
their
fasts
and
their
lamenting.
9:32 The
command
of
Queen
Esther
confirmed
these
practices
of
Purim,
and
it
was
recorded
in
writing.