1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

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Esther 2:7, Esther 2:7, Proverbs 13:22, Esther 2:15, Proverbs 13:22

2The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

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Esther 3:10, Esther 3:10, Genesis 41:42, Daniel 2:48, Genesis 41:42

3Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot that he had devised against the Jews.

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Hosea 12:4, Esther 7:4, Hebrews 5:7, 2 Kings 4:27, Isaiah 38:2

4Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

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Esther 5:2, Esther 5:2, Esther 4:11, Esther 4:11

5She said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am 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 who are in all the king's provinces.

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Esther 7:3, Esther 7:3, Esther 5:8, Esther 3:12, Esther 3:13

6For how can I endure to see the disaster that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"

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Esther 7:4, Esther 7:4, Romans 10:1, Romans 9:2, Romans 9:3

7Then 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.

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Esther 7:10, Esther 8:1, Esther 7:10, Esther 8:1, Galatians 3:13

8Write also to the Jews, as it pleases 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 not be reversed by any man."

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Esther 1:19, Esther 1:19, Esther 3:12, Esther 3:12, 1 Kings 21:8

9Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

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Esther 1:22, Esther 1:22, Esther 1:1, Esther 1:1, Daniel 6:1

10He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bread from swift steeds.

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2 Chronicles 30:6, Job 9:25, Jeremiah 51:21, Daniel 4:1, Jeremiah 2:23

11In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,

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Esther 3:13, Psalms 37:14, Psalms 37:15, Esther 3:13, Psalms 37:14

12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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Esther 9:1, Esther 9:1, Esther 3:13, Esther 3:15, Esther 3:13

13A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

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Revelation 6:10, Esther 3:14, Revelation 6:10, Esther 3:14, Psalms 68:23

14So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.

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Esther 3:15, Daniel 8:2, Esther 3:15, Daniel 8:2, Ecclesiastes 9:10

15Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.

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Genesis 41:42, Esther 3:15, Genesis 41:42, Esther 3:15, Esther 6:8

16The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.

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Psalms 97:11, Psalms 97:11, Psalms 18:28, Proverbs 11:10, Psalms 18:28

17In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.

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Esther 9:19, Esther 9:19, Deuteronomy 11:25, Psalms 18:43, 1 Samuel 25:8