Esther 2:5; Esther 2:7; Esther 2:10; Esther 2:11; Esther 2:15; Esther 2:19; Esther 2:20; Esther 2:21; Esther 2:22; Esther 3:2; Esther 3:3; Esther 3:4; Esther 3:5; Esther 3:6; Esther 4:1; Esther 4:4; Esther 4:5; Esther 4:6; Esther 4:7; Esther 4:9; Esther 4:10; Esther 4:12; Esther 4:13; Esther 4:15; Esther 4:17; Esther 5:9; Esther 5:13; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:2; Esther 6:3; Esther 6:4; Esther 6:10; Esther 6:11; Esther 6:12; Esther 6:13; Esther 7:9; Esther 7:10; Esther 8:1; Esther 8:2; Esther 8:7; Esther 8:9; Esther 8:15; Esther 9:3; Esther 9:4; Esther 9:20; Esther 9:23; Esther 9:29; Esther 9:31; Esther 10:2; Esther 10:3

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Esther 2:5

5 Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite ,

Esther 2:7

7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.

Esther 2:10

10 Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known.

Esther 2:11

11 Every day Mordecai walked back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and how she fared.

Esther 2:15

15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

Esther 2:19

19 When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

Esther 2:20

20 Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her as she had done when under his care.

Esther 2:21

21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's officials from those who guarded the door, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

Esther 2:22

22 But the plot became known to Mordecai and he told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name.

Esther 3:2

2 All the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage.

Esther 3:3

3 Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why are you transgressing the king's command?"

Esther 3:4

4 Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai's reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Esther 3:5

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, Haman was filled with rage.

Esther 3:6

6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Esther 4:1

1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

Esther 4:4

4 Then Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.

Esther 4:5

5 Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king's eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.

Esther 4:6

6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate.

Esther 4:7

7 Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.

Esther 4:9

9 Hathach came back and related Mordecai's words to Esther.

Esther 4:10

10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:

Esther 4:12

12 They related Esther's words to Mordecai.

Esther 4:13

13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews.

Esther 4:15

15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

Esther 4:17

17 So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.

Esther 5:9

9 Then Haman went out that day glad and pleased of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate and that he did not stand up or tremble before him, Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai.

Esther 5:13

13 "Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

Esther 5:14

14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet." And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

Esther 6:2

2 It was found written what Mordecai had reported concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

Esther 6:3

3 The king said, "What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

Esther 6:4

4 So the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him.

Esther 6:10

10 Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said."

Esther 6:11

11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor."

Esther 6:12

12 Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried home, mourning, with his head covered.

Esther 6:13

13 Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish origin, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him."

Esther 7:9

9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king said, "Behold indeed, the gallows standing at Haman's house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king!" And the king said, "Hang him on it."

Esther 7:10

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger subsided.

Esther 8:1

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

Esther 8:2

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

Esther 8:7

7 So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the gallows because he had stretched out his hands against the Jews.

Esther 8:9

9 So the king's scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan ), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

Esther 8:15

15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Esther 9:3

3 Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king's business assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

Esther 9:4

4 Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

Esther 9:20

20 Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

Esther 9:23

23 Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

Esther 9:29

29 Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

Esther 9:31

31 to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions for their times of fasting and their lamentations.

Esther 10:2

2 And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

Esther 10:3

3 For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.