Verse 7
Esther 8:7
World English Bible
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Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ לְ/אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַ/מַּלְכָּ֔ה וּֽ/לְ/מָרְדֳּכַ֖י הַ/יְּהוּדִ֑י הִנֵּ֨ה בֵית הָמָ֜ן נָתַ֣תִּי לְ/אֶסְתֵּ֗ר וְ/אֹת/וֹ֙ תָּל֣וּ עַל הָ/עֵ֔ץ עַ֛ל אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַ֥ח יָד֖/וֹ ב/יהודיים בַּ/יְּהוּדִֽים
English Translation
And the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him you shall hang on the tree because he raised his hand against the Jews."
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Chapter 8 Context
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On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai...
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The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Morde...
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Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put...
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4
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
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She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right...
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For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destr...
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Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the...
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Write also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for...
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9
Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on t...
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10
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by cour...
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11
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, an...
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12
on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which...
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13
A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all th...
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14
So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment...
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Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great...
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The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
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In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews...
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