1Now in the twelfth month, which is the…
2the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities…
3And all the princes of the provinces, and…
4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house,…
5And the Jews smote all their enemies with…
6And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew…
7And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
8and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10the ten sons of Haman the son of…
11On that day the number of those that…
12And the king said unto Esther the queen,…
13Then said Esther, If it please the king,…
14And the king commanded it so to be…
15And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered…
16And the other Jews that were in the…
17[This was done] on the thirteenth day of…
18But the Jews that were in Shushan assembled…
19Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that…
20And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters…
21to enjoin them that they should keep the…
22as the days wherein the Jews had rest…
23And the Jews undertook to do as they…
24because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,…
25but when [the matter] came before the king,…
26Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the…
27the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and…
28and that these days should be remembered and…
29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail,…
30And he sent letters unto all the Jews,…
31to confirm these days of Purim in their…
32And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters…
