dawth
of uncertain (perhaps foreign) derivation: a royal edict or
statute:--commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.
And he said [0559], The Lord [03068] came [0935] from Sinai [05514], and rose up [02224] from Seir [08165] unto them; he shined forth [03313] from mount [02022] Paran [06290], and he came [0857] with ten thousands [07233] of saints [06944]: from his right hand [03225] went a fiery [0784] [0799] law [01881] for them.a fiery…: Heb. a fire of law
And they delivered [05414] the king's [04428] commissions [01881] unto the king's [04428] lieutenants [0323], and to the governors [06346] on this side [05676] the river [05104]: and they furthered [05375] the people [05971], and the house [01004] of God [0430].
And the drinking [08360] was according to the law [01881]; none did compel [0597]: for so the king [04428] had appointed [03245] to all the officers [07227] of his house [01004], that they should do [06213] according to every man's [0376] pleasure [07522].
Then the king [04428] said [0559] to the wise men [02450], which knew [03045] the times [06256], (for so was the king's [04428] manner [01697] toward [06440] all that knew [03045] law [01881] and judgment [01779]:
What shall we do [06213] unto the queen [04436] Vashti [02060] according to law [01881], because she hath not performed [06213] the commandment [03982] of the king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325] by [03027] the chamberlains [05631]?What…: Heb. What to do
If it please [02895] the king [04428], let there go [03318] a royal [04438] commandment [01697] from him [06440], and let it be written [03789] among the laws [01881] of the Persians [06539] and the Medes [04074], that it be not altered [05674], That Vashti [02060] come [0935] no more before [06440] king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325]; and let the king [04428] give [05414] her royal estate [04438] unto another [07468] that is better [02896] than she.If it…: Heb. If it be good with the kingunto…: Heb. unto her companionfrom him: Heb. from before himbe not…: Heb. pass not away
So it came to pass, when the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] was heard [08085], and when many [07227] maidens [05291] were gathered together [06908] unto Shushan [07800] the palace [01002], to the custody [03027] of Hegai [01896], that Esther [0635] was brought [03947] also unto the king's [04428] house [01004], to the custody [03027] of Hegai [01896], keeper [08104] of the women [0802].
Now when every maid's [05291] turn [08447] was come [05060] to go in [0935] to king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], after [07093] that she had been twelve [06240] [08147] months [02320], according to the manner [01881] of the women [0802], (for so were the days [03117] of their purifications [04795] accomplished [04390], to wit, six [08337] months [02320] with oil [08081] of myrrh [04753], and six [08337] months [02320] with sweet odours [01314], and with other things for the purifying [08562] of the women [0802];)
And Haman [02001] said [0559] unto king [04428] Ahasuerus [0325], There is [03426] a certain [0259] people [05971] scattered abroad [06340] and dispersed [06504] among the people [05971] in all the provinces [04082] of thy kingdom [04438]; and their laws [01881] are diverse [08138] from all people [05971]; neither keep [06213] they the king's [04428] laws [01881]: therefore it is not for the king's [04428] profit [07737] to suffer [03240] them.for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc
The copy [06572] of the writing [03791] for a commandment [01881] to be given [05414] in every province [04082] was published [01540] unto all people [05971], that they should be ready [06264] against that day [03117].
The posts [07323] went out [03318], being hastened [01765] by the king's [04428] commandment [01697], and the decree [01881] was given [05414] in Shushan [07800] the palace [01002]. And the king [04428] and Haman [02001] sat down [03427] to drink [08354]; but the city [05892] Shushan [07800] was perplexed [0943].
And in every province [04082], whithersoever [04725] the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] came [05060], there was great [01419] mourning [060] among the Jews [03064], and fasting [06685], and weeping [01065], and wailing [04553]; and many [07227] lay [03331] in sackcloth [08242] and ashes [0665].many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many
Also he gave [05414] him the copy [06572] of the writing [03791] of the decree [01881] that was given [05414] at Shushan [07800] to destroy [08045] them, to shew [07200] it unto Esther [0635], and to declare [05046] it unto her, and to charge [06680] her that she should go in [0935] unto the king [04428], to make supplication [02603] unto him, and to make request [01245] before [06440] him for her people [05971].
All the king's [04428] servants [05650], and the people [05971] of the king's [04428] provinces [04082], do know [03045], that whosoever, whether man [0376] or woman [0802], shall come [0935] unto the king [04428] into the inner [06442] court [02691], who is not called [07121], there is one [0259] law [01881] of his to put him to death [04191], except [0905] such to whom the king [04428] shall hold out [03447] the golden [02091] sceptre [08275], that he may live [02421]: but I have not been called [07121] to come in [0935] unto the king [04428] these thirty [07970] days [03117].
Go [03212], gather together [03664] all the Jews [03064] that are present [04672] in Shushan [07800], and fast [06684] ye for me, and neither eat [0398] nor drink [08354] three [07969] days [03117], night [03915] or day [03117]: I also and my maidens [05291] will fast [06684] likewise; and so [03651] will I go [0935] in unto the king [04428], which is not according to the law [01881]: and if I perish [06], I perish [06].present: Heb. found
The copy [06572] of the writing [03791] for a commandment [01881] to be given [05414] in every province [04082] was published [01540] unto all people [05971], and that the Jews [03064] should be ready [06259] [06264] against that day [03117] to avenge [05358] themselves on their enemies [0341].published: Heb. revealed
So the posts [07323] that rode [07392] upon mules [07409] and camels [0327] went out [03318], being hastened [0926] and pressed on [01765] by the king's [04428] commandment [01697]. And the decree [01881] was given [05414] at Shushan [07800] the palace [01002].
And in every province [04082], and in every city [05892], whithersoever [04725] the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] came [05060], the Jews [03064] had joy [08057] and gladness [08342], a feast [04960] and a good [02896] day [03117]. And many [07227] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] became Jews [03054]; for the fear [06343] of the Jews [03064] fell [05307] upon them.
Now in the twelfth [06240] [08147] month [02320], that is, the month [02320] Adar [0143], on the thirteenth [06240] [07969] day [03117] of the same, when the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] drew near [05060] to be put in execution [06213], in the day [03117] that the enemies [0341] of the Jews [03064] hoped [07663] to have power [07980] over them, (though it was turned [02015] to the contrary, that the Jews [03064] had rule [07980] over them that hated [08130] them;)
Then said [0559] Esther [0635], If it please [02896] the king [04428], let it be granted [05414] to the Jews [03064] which are in Shushan [07800] to do [06213] to morrow [04279] also according unto this day's [03117] decree [01881], and let Haman's [02001] ten [06235] sons [01121] be hanged [08518] upon the gallows [06086].let Haman's…: Heb. let men hang, etc
And the king [04428] commanded [0559] it so to be done [06213]: and the decree [01881] was given [05414] at Shushan [07800]; and they hanged [08518] Haman's [02001] ten [06235] sons [01121].