B.C. 510?

See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

12

u Mourning, for calamites, Lam.

2:5.

13

v Esth. 5:10-14.

14

w Feasts, Mark 12:39.

x Esther, Esth. 2:7.

1

a Ahasuerus, Esth. 1:1.

b Haman, Esth. 3:1.

c Feasts, Mark 12:39.

e Queen, 1 Kin. 11:19.

2

on

B.C. 510?

Rev. 10:6.

i Intercession, of
man with man,
Jer. 27:18.
4

11 Then took 'Ha'man the ap- petition, and 'my people at my see footnote, Time,
parel and the horse, and arrayed request:
Môr'de-cai, and brought him 4 For we are sold, I and my
horseback through the people, to be destroyed, to be
street of the city, and pro- 'slain, and to perish. But if wei Massacre, Esth.
claimed before him, Thus had been sold for bondmen and
shall it be done unto the man bondwomen, I had held my
whom the king delighteth to tongue, although the 'enemy
could not countervail the king's
damage.

honour.

12 And Môr'de-cai came again to the king's gate. "But 'Ha'man hasted to his house "mourning, and having his head covered.

13 And

5¶Then the king aÂ-hăṣ-ū-ē'rus answered and said unto "Es'ther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume

Ha'man told "Ze'-in his heart to do so?
resh his wife and all his friends 6 And "Es'ther said, The ad-
every thing that had befallen versary and enemy is this wicked
him. Then said his wise men 'Ha'man. Then Ha'man was
and Ze'resh his wife unto him, afraid before the king and the
If Môr'de-cai be of the seed of queen.
the 'Jews, before whom thou
hast begun to fall, thou shalt not
prevail against him, but shalt
surely fall before him.

for his

7 ¶ And the king arising from
the banquet of 'wine in his
*wrath went into the 'palace
garden: and 'Ha'man stood
14 And while they were yet talk-up to make request
ing with him, came the king's life to "Es'ther the queen;
chamberlains, and hasted to for he saw that there was evil
bring 'Ha'man unto the "ban- determined against him by the
quet that Es'ther had pre-king.
pared.

O the king and 'Ha'man came to banquet with Es'ther the queen.

2 And the king said again unto d Esther, Esth. 2:7. Es'ther on the second day at the banquet of 'wine, What is thy 'petition, queen Es'ther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

f Wine, Prov. 23:31.

g Petition, Esth. 5:6.

3

3 Then "Es'ther the queen answered and "said, If I have Tact, Prov, 15:1. found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my

8 Then the king returned out of the 'palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and 'Ha'man was fallen upon the bed whereon "Es'ther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Ha'man's face.

9 And "Här-bō'nah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the "gallows fifty cubits high, which 'Ha'man had made for "Môr'de-cãi, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Ha'man. Then the "king said, Hang him thereon.

10 So they hanged Ha'man on the "gallows that he had prepared for "Môr'de-cai. Then Death, penalty. was the king's wrath pacified.

Num. 23:10.

B.C. 510?

See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

1

a Ahasuerus, Esth.

1:1.

b Confiscation, Ezra 10:8.

c Haman, Esth. 3:1.

d Esther, Esth. 2:7. € Queen, 1 Kin. 11:19.

f Mordecat, Esth. 2:5.

2

g Ring, Gen. 41:42.

pointment in,

Dan. 1:5.

t Captive, adranced, 1 Sam. 30:3.

3

i Intercession, of man with man, Jer. 27:18.

N that day did the king "A-hǎş-u-e'rus 'give the *house of Ha'man the Jews' enemy unto "Es'ther the queen. And 'Môr'de-cai came before the king; for Es'ther had told what he was unto her.

2 And the king took off his

e'rus said unto "Es'ther the

queen and to 'Môr'de-cãi the
Jew, Behold, I have given Ès'-
ther the *house of Ha'man, and
him they have 'hanged upon the
gallows, because he laid his hand
upon the Jews.

B.C. 510?
See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

7

o Hanging, Josh. 8:29.

8 Write ye also for the *Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the Scal, 1 Kin, 21:8. king's 'ring: for the writing which is written in the king's Ciril Service, ap-ring, which he had taken from name, and sealed with the king's Ha'man, and gave it unto Môr'- ring, may no man reverse. de-cai. And "Es'ther "set 'Môr'- 9 Then were the king's 'scribes de-caiover the *house of Ha'man. called at that time in the third 3 ¶ And "Es'ther spake yet month, that is, the month Si'again before the king, and fell van, on the three and twentieth down at his feet, and 'besought day thereof; and 'it was writtens him with tears to put away the according to all that 'Môr'de-cai mischief of Ha'man the A'găg-commanded unto the Jews, and ite, and his device that he had to the 'lieutenants, and the depudevised against the Jews. ties and rulers of the "provinces 4 Then the king held out the which are "from "In'di-ȧ unto golden 'sceptre toward Es'ther. E-thi-o'pi-a, an hundred twenty So Es'ther arose, and stood be- and seven provinces, unto every fore the king, province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their "language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

6 For how can I endure to see 11 "Wherein the 'king granted
the evil that shall come unto my the Jews which were in every
people? or how can I endure to city to gather themselves togeth-
see the destruction of my kin-er, and to stand for their life, to
dred?
destroy, to slay, and to cause to
7 Then the king "A-has-u- perish, all the power of the peo-I

* HOUSE, Neh. 5:3. Built of stone, Lev. 14:40-45; Amos 5:11. Built into city walls, Josh. 2:15. How treated for leprosy, Lev. 14:34-53.

Used for worship, Acts 1:13, 14; 12:12; Rom. 16:5; 1 Cor. 16:19; Col. 4:15; Philemon 2.

As a home, was protected from invasion by creditors, Deut. 24:10, 11.

Painted, Jer. 22:14. Mural paintings of. Ezek. 8:10. 12. Chimneys of, Hos. 13:3. Texts of scripture on door posts of, Deut. 6:9. Laws regarding sale of, Ley. 25:29-33. Dedicated,

Summer apartment of, Judg. 3:20; Amos 3:15. Inner chamber of, 1 Kin. 22:25. Chambers of. Gen. 43:30: 2 Sam. 18:33: 1 Kin. 17:19; 2 Kin. 1:2; 4:10; Acts 1:13; 9:37; 20:8. Guest chamber of, Mark 14:14. Pillars of, Judg. 16:29. Lattice of. Judg. 5:28; 2 Kin. 1:2. Windows of, Josh. 2:15; Judg. 5:28; Celied and plastered, Dan. 5:5.

1 Sam. 19:12; Acts 20:9.

Roofs of, and their uses, Josh. 2:6; Judg. 16:27; 1 Sam.
9:25; 2 Sam. 11:2; 16:22; Isa. 15:3; Matt. 24:17. Battlements
Used as place to sleep.
for. required in Mosaic law. Deut. 22:8.
Josh. 2:8. Prayer on, Acts 10:9. Altars on, 2 Kin. 23:12;
Booths on, Neh. 8:16.
Jer. 19:13; 32:29; Zeph. 1:5.
Figurative, Psa. 23:6; 36:8; John 14;2; 2 Cor. 5:1; Eph.

2:20-22.

Jews hoped to have power over See footnote, Time, them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had d Jews, Neh. 42. rule over them that hated them;) 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities

12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king 'A-hăș-u-e'rus, namely, upon the thirteenth throughout all the provinces of day of the twelfth month, which is the month Ã'där.

10 The ten sons of *Ha'man the son of Hăm-měd’a-thả, the ene-k Haman, Esth. my of the Jews, 'slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their 20 hand.

13

o Gallows, Esth. 5:14.

17

p Annual Feasts,
Purim, Num.
15:3.

Joy, instances of.
Psa. 5:11.

19

↑ Presents, Gen. 32.13.

13 Then said "Es'ther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in "Shu'shan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let *Ha'mar's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

B.C. 509?

Rev. 10:6.

20 ¶ And 'Môr'de-cai wrote See footnote, Time, these things, and sent letters unto all the "Jews that were in all the provinces of the king 'Â-hăşu-e'rus, both nigh and far,

21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the "month A'där, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

20

8 Letters, Isa, 37:14.

22

Prov. 21:13.

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the "month which was turned unto them from sorrow to 14 And the king commanded it 'joy, and from mourning into at Poor, kindness to, so to be done: and the decree was good day: that they should make given at "Shu'shan; and they them days of "feasting and joy, 'hanged Ha'man's ten sons. and of sending 'portions one to 15 For the "Jews that were in another, and 'gifts to the 'poor. "Shu'shan gathered themselves 23 And the Jews undertook to together on the fourteenth day do as they had begun, and as also of the "month A'där, and 'Môr'de-cai had written unto islew three hundred men at them; Shu'shan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

16 But the other Jews that were in the king's 'provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and islew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

17 On the thirteenth day of the "month Ã'där; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of "feasting and gladness.

18 But the Jews that were at "Shu'shan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of "feasting and gladness.

24

24 Because *Ha'man the son of Hăm-měd’a-tha, the A’găg-ite, the enemy of all the "Jews, had devised against the Jews to de-u Lot, Esth. 3:7. stroy them, and had cast Pûr, that is, the "lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

25 But when 'Es'ther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, "should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be "hanged on the gallows.

26 Wherefore they called these days "Pu'rim after the name of Pûr. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

19 Therefore the Jews of the 27 The "Jews ordained, and villages, that dwelt in the un- took upon them, and upon their walled towns, made the four-seed, and upon all such as joined teenth day of the "month A'där themselves unto them, so as it a day of gladness and feasting, should not fail, that they would and a good day, and of sending keep these two days according 'portions one to another. to their writing, and according

w

25

Sin, retroactive

Rom. 5:12.

Punishment.

death penalty. Lev. 26:41.

1 R. V. the matter

B.C. 509?

See footnote, Time,

Rev. 10:6.

29

Esth. 2:15.

30

y Babylon, empire of, Ezra 5:12.

1

a Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21.

b Perfection, as

cribed to Job, Heb. 6:1.

c Righteousness,

Psa. 15:2.

d Integrity, Job 2:3.

e Fear of God, Acts 9:31.

f Sin, repugnant to the righteous, Rom. 5:12.

2

g Children, Mark 10:14.

to their appointed time every their seed, the matters of the
"fastings and their cry.

year;

32 And the decree of mĚs'ther

B.C. 509?

See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

8:19.

31

28 And that these days should
be remembered and kept confirmed these matters of "Pu'- Fasting, Zech.
throughout every generation, rim; and it was written in the
every family, every province, book.
and every city; and that these

CHAPTER 10

decai.

days of "Pū'rim should not fail The greatness of Ahasuerus, 3 and of Mor-
from among the "Jews, nor the

29 Then mĔs'ther the queen, the daughter of Ab-i-ha'il, and 'Môr'de-cai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of "Pū'rim.

B.C. 495?
See footnote, Time,
Rev. 10:6.

1

a Ahasuerus, Esth 1:1.

"tribute land, and upon the isles of the Taz, Neh. 10:32. sea.

2:5.

2

d Captive, adranced, 1 Sam. 30.3.

e Book, Num. 5:23,

2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declare Mordecat, Esth. ation of the greatness of 'Môr'30 And he sent the letters un-de-cai, whereunto the king adto all the Jews, to the hundred vanced him, are they not writ- Medes, Dan. twenty and seven provinces of ten in the book of the chronicles the "kingdom of 'Â-hăş-u-e'rus, of the kings of 'Me'di-ȧ and with words of peace and "Pēr'şiȧ?

The piety and prosperity of Job. 6 Satan the greatest of all the men of the

20 His patience in his afflictions. 4 And his sons went and "feast-
THERE was a man in the landed in their houses, every one his
of aŬz, whose name was day; and sent and called for
*Jōb; and that man was 'perfect their three sisters to eat and to
and upright, and one that drink with them.
feared God, and 'eschewed evil.
2 And there were born unto him
seven 'sons and three 'daughters.
3 His substance also was seven
thousand sheep, and three thou-
sand camels, and five hundred
yoke of oxen, and five hundred
she asses, and a very great

*JOB (presented). Dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteous, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Rich, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction from Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visited by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, as comforters, Job 2:11-13. Complaints of, and the replies

5 And it was so, when the days of their "feasting were gone about, that *Job 'sent and 'sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and 'offered "burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons

1 R. V. good

of his three friends to, Job chapters 3-37. God replies to the complaints of. Job chapters 38-41. Submission of, to God, Job 40:3-5; 42:1-6. God reproves the three friends, Job 42:79. Job intercedes for his friends, Job 42;9. Later prosperity of. Job 42:10-16. Death of. Job 42:16,17.