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light came, and the sun rose, and the lowly were exalted and devoured those held in honor.
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Mordecai saw in this dream what God had determined to do, and after he awoke he had it on his mind, seeking all day t understand it in every detail.
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Now Mordecai took his rest in the courtyard with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king who kept watch in the courtyard.
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He overheard their conversation and inquired into their purposes, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands on King Artaxerxes; and he informed the king concerning them.
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Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after they had confessed it, they were led away to execution.
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The king made a permanent record of these things, and Mordecai wrote an account of them.
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And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court, and rewarded him for these things.
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But Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougean, who was in great honor with the king, determined to injure Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
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This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.
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In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
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in the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were present,