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So the king gave orders as she asked. No sooner was the decree posted up, than gallows were made for the bodies of Aman’s sons; (Esther 9, 14)
All over the king’s dominions, the Jews fought for their lives, and put to death the enemies that persecuted them, till seventy-five thousand of them lay slain, and no plunder taken. (Esther 9, 16)
So Mardochaeus wrote to all the king’s Jewish subjects, near and far, (Esther 9, 20)
how Esther sought audience with the king, praying for a royal decree that should thwart his design, and make his malice fall on his own head; and how Aman and his sons went to the gallows. (Esther 9, 25)
how Mardochaeus, a Jew, became next in rank to the king himself, a great name among Jewish names, a man well loved by his fellows, that sought his people’s good and brought blessings on their race.… (Esther 10, 3)
I dreamt of a little spring that grew into a river, spreading out into sun and sunlight, and so went rolling on in full tide. This was Esther, the king’s bride that became his queen. (Esther 10, 6)
This document about the feast of Purim, said to have been translated by Lysimachus son of Ptolemy, a native of Jerusalem, was first made public in the fourth year of king Ptolemy and queen Cleopatra, by Dosithaeus, who claimed to be a priest of true Levite descent, and his son, who was also called Ptolemy.✻ (Esther 11, 1)
he belonged to that band of exiles who were carried off from Jerusalem by Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, together with the king of Juda, Jechonias. (Esther 11, 4)
… At this time his days were passed at the king’s palace, and two of the royal chamberlains, Bagatha and Thara, were much in his company. (Esther 12, 1)
When he came to know their minds better, and read the secret of their ambitions, he became aware that they were plotting against the king’s life, and warned the king of his danger. (Esther 12, 2)
and the king had the story recorded in his archives; Mardochaeus himself has also left an account of it. (Esther 12, 4)
but already he had an enemy, Aman son of Amadathi, the Bugaean. This Aman was in high favour with the king, and owed both Mardochaeus and his nation a grudge for bringing the two chamberlains to their death.Here is a copy of the letter.) (Esther 12, 6)
