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and may the God that hath caused His name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligenc

שְׁמֵ֣הּ (הּ) h “his”יְדֵ֗הּ (הּ) h “his”

And they said unto me: 'The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.'

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

Then said I unto them: 'Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire; come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.'

וּשְׁעָרֶ֖יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof; for the people had a mind to work.

חֶצְיָ֑הּ (הּ) h “its”

Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ (הּ) h “it”

Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that Thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

פִּרְיָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “its”טוּבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom Thou hast set over us because of our sins; also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.'

וּתְבוּאָתָ֣הּ (הּ) h “its”

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof;

וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וּבְנֹתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וַחֲצֵרֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the towns thereof;

וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the towns thereof;

וּבִבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.

וּשְׂדֹתֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “its”וּבְנֹתֶ֑יהָ (הָ) ha “its”

And the children of Benjamin from Geba onward, at Michmas and Aijah, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;

וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (הָ) ha “its”

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

יָפְיָ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

If it please the king, let there go forth 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 that the king give her royal estate un

וּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “her”לִרְעוּתָ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”

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 speak according to the language of his people.

כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was of beautiful form and fair to look on; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

אָבִ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”וְאִמָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her ointments, with her portions, and the seven maidens, who were meet to be given her out of the king's house; and he advanced her and her maidens to the best place i

תַּמְרוּקֶ֤יהָ (הָ) ha “her”מָנוֹתֶ֙הָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”נַעֲרוֹתֶ֛יהָ (הָ) ha “her”

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell it.

עַמָּ֖הּ (הּ) h “her”מֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ (הּ) h “her”

And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

בְּרֹאשָׁ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him--

מֽוֹלַדְתָּהּ֙ (הּ֙) h “her”עַמָּ֔הּ (הּ) h “her”

Then were the king's scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written, according to all that Haman commanded, unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every

כִּכְתָבָ֔הּ (הּ) h “its”

And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly pained; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai; and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he accepted it not.

וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ (הָ֙) ha “her”

Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

לְפָנֶ֔יהָ (הָ) ha “her”