Verse 7
Esther 8:7
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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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.
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 did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. An...
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And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther...
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And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears t...
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Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
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And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem righ...
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for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the...
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Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Est...
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Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring;...
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Then were the king’s scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on t...
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And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by...
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wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stan...
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upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth...
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A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all...
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So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out, being hasten...
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And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a...
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The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
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And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came,...
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