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And having raised the golden sceptre he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. And she said to him, I saw thee, lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy glory; for thou, lord, art to be wondered at, and thy face full of grace. And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
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And the king said, What wilt thou, Esther? and what is thy request? even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine.
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And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.
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And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.
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And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is , queen Esther? , and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.
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And she said, My request and my petition :
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if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.
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So Aman went out from the king very glad merry: but when Aman saw Mardochaeus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
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And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara.
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And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.
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And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.