1So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth…
2And they gathered themselves together in every city,…
3And the judges of the provinces, and the…
4For they knew him to be prince of…
5So the Jews made a great slaughter of…
6Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five…
7Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
8And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
9And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
10And when they had slain them, they would…
11And presently the number of them that were…
12And he said to the queen: The Jews…
13And she answered: If it please the king,…
14And the king commanded that it should be…
15And on the fourteenth day of the month…
16Moreover through all the provinces which were subject…
17Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar…
18But they that were killing in the city…
19But those Jews that dwelt in towns not…
20And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent…
21That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth…
22Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves…
23And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity…
24For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the…
25And afterwards Esther went in to the king,…
26And since that time these days are called…
27And the things that they suffered, and that…
28These are the days which shall never be…
29And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail,…
30And they sent to all the Jews that…
31And observe the days of lots, and celebrate…
32And all things which are contained in the…
