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1. Esther 2:6 מֶֽלֶךְ־מֶ֥לֶךְ

   He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.

2. Esther 2:8 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

   When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

3. Esther 2:9 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

   And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

4. Esther 2:12 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ

   In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

5. Esther 2:13 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

   When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

6. Esther 2:14 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

   She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

7. Esther 2:15 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

   Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.

8. Esther 2:16 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

   She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

9. Esther 2:17 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

   And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

10. Esther 2:18 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

11. Esther 2:19 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

12. Esther 2:21 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙בַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ

    In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

13. Esther 2:22 לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

    When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.

14. Esther 2:23 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃פ

    After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

15. Esther 3:1 הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ

    After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

16. Esther 3:2 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְהַמֶּ֑לֶךְ

    All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

17. Esther 3:3 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”

18. Esther 3:7 לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

    In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

19. Esther 3:8 לַמֶּ֣לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙וְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ

    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

20. Esther 3:9 הַמֶּ֣לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”

21. Esther 3:10 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

    So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

22. Esther 3:11 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

    “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”

23. Esther 3:12 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַ֠מֶּלֶךְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

24. Esther 3:13 הַמֶּלֶךְ֒

    And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

25. Esther 3:15 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְוְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

    The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

26. Esther 4:2 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

    But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

27. Esther 4:3 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

    In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

28. Esther 4:5 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

    Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.

29. Esther 4:6 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,

30. Esther 4:7 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ

    and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.

31. Esther 4:8 הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ

    Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

32. Esther 4:11 הַמֶּ֡לֶךְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַמֶּלֶךְ֩הַמֶּ֛לֶךְהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

    “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

33. Esther 4:13 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ

    he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

34. Esther 4:16 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

35. Esther 5:1 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֑לֶךְוְ֠הַמֶּלֶךְ

    On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.

36. Esther 5:2 הַמֶּ֜לֶךְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ

    As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.

37. Esther 5:3 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

    “What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”

38. Esther 5:4 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

    “If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”

39. Esther 5:5 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

    “Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

40. Esther 5:6 הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ

    And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

41. Esther 5:8 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּ֣לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

42. Esther 5:9 הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ

    That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

43. Esther 5:11 הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

44. Esther 5:12 הַמֶּ֛לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.

45. Esther 5:13 הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

46. Esther 5:14 לַמֶּ֗לֶךְהַמֶּ֥לֶךְ

    His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

47. Esther 6:1 הַמֶּ֑לֶךְהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

    That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

48. Esther 6:2 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְבַּמֶּ֖לֶךְ

    And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

49. Esther 6:3 הַמֶּ֔לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙

    The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

50. Esther 6:4 הַמֶּ֖לֶךְהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ

    “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.