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Esther 6 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:1 - But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:2 - And he found the records written concerning Mardochæus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:3 - And the king said, What honour or favour have we done to Mardochæus? And the king's servants said, Thou hast not done anything to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:4 - And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochæus, behold, Aman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochæus on the gallows, which he had prepared.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:5 - And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:6 - And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself?
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:7 - and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - let the king's servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - and let him give it to one of the king's noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be done to every man whom the king honours.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochæus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochæus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:12 - And Mardochæus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to his friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochæus be of the race of the Jews, and thou hast begun to be humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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