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Esther, King James Bible

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The full text of Esther from the King James Version of the Bible, verse by verse.

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ID Testament BookNbr Book Chapter VerseNbr Verse
1 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
2 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
3 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
4 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 4 When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
5 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
6 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 6 Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
7 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
8 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 8 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
9 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
10 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 11 To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
12 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
14 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
15 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 17 For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
18 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 18 Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
19 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
20 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
21 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22 Old Testament 17 Esther 1 22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
23 Old Testament 17 Esther 2 1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
24 Old Testament 17 Esther 2 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
25 Old Testament 17 Esther 2 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

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