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Esther · read by Mike Attwood
17 verses, in order. Only the verses Mike read aloud are shown.
Esther 2
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After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
Esther 5
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Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
Esther 6
1
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
2
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king's entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
3
The king inquired, "What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?" "Nothing has been done for him," replied the king's attendants.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
4
"Who is in the court?" the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
5
So the king's attendants answered him, "Haman is there, standing in the court." "Bring him in," ordered the king.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
6
Haman entered, and the king asked him, "What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?"Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
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And Haman told the king, "For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
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have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
9
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, 'This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!'"Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
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"Hurry," said the king to Haman, "and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested."Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
11
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!"Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
12
Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
13
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him."Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
14
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king's eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King
Esther 10
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And all of Mordecai's powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?Read from KJV · The Honor Of The King