1 The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him, 2 they came to that place where it had been written, how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs, […]
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Esther 11
1 And so the king and Haman entered to drink with the queen. 2 And the king said to her again on the second day, after he was warmed with wine, “What is your request, Esther, so that it may be given to you? And what do you want done? Even if you ask for […]
Esther 12
1 On that day king, Artaxerxes gave the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews, to queen Esther, and Mordecai entered before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her paternal uncle. 2 And the king took the ring, which he had ordered to be taken from Haman, and he […]
Esther 13
1 “Artaxerxes, the great king from India all the way to Ethiopia, to the generals and leaders of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces that obey our command: greetings, he says. 2 In arrogance, many have abused the goodness of leaders and the honor that has been bestowed on them, 3 and they strive, not only […]
Esther 14
1 Therefore, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said before is called Adar, when all the Jews were prepared to be executed and their enemies were greedy for their blood, the situation turned around, and the Jews began to have the upper hand and to vindicate themselves of their […]
Esther 15
1 Truly, king Artaxerxes made all the land, and all the islands of the sea, tributaries. 2 And his strength and his authority, and the dignity and supremacy with which he exalted Mordecai, have been written in the books of the Medes and the Persians, 3 and how Mordecai of Jewish birth, was second after […]
Judith 1
1 And so Arphaxad, king of the Medes, subjugated many nations under his authority, and he built a very powerful city, which he called Ecbatana. 2 From stones, cut and squared, he made its walls: seventy cubits in height and thirty cubits in breadth. And, in truth, he set its towers one hundred cubits in […]
Judith 2
1 In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, on the twenty-second day of the first month, the word went forth from the house of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, that he would defend himself. 2 And he called all the native leaders, and all the commanders, and his officers of war, and he […]
Judith 3
1 Then the kings as well as the princes of the provinces sent their emissaries from all of the cities: from Syria, particularly Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya as well as Cilicia. These, upon coming to Holofernes, said: 2 “Let your indignation concerning us cease. For it is better for us to live in […]
Judith 4
1 Then, upon hearing these things, the sons of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Judah, were very afraid before his face. 2 Trembling and horror invaded their senses, lest he should do the same thing to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord that he had done to other cities and their […]