Esther
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It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a (number) provinces from PLACE to PLACE .
In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the ADJECTIVE throne in the fortress Shushan,
in the third year of his reign, he gave a NOUN for all the NOUN and NOUN—the administration of Persia and Media, the nobles and the governors of the provinces in his service.
For no fewer than a NUMBER days he displayed the vast riches of his kingdom and the ADJECTIVE glory of his majesty.
At the end of this period, the PERSONS NAME gave a NOUNfor NUMBERdays in the court of the king’s PLACE for all the people who VERB in the fortress Shushan, high and low alike.
COLOR NOUN and blue NOUN, caught up by cords of fine linen and purple wool to silver rods and alabaster columns; and there were NOUN of gold and silver on a pavement of marble, alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mosaics.
Royal NOUN was served in abundance, as befits a NOUN, in golden beakers, beakers of varied design.
And the rule for the VERB was, “No restrictions!” For the king had given NOUN to every palace steward to comply with each man’s wishes.
In addition, Queen Vashti gave a NOUN for women, in the ADJECTIVE palace of King Ahasuerus.
On the seventh day, when the NOUN was ADJECTIVE with wine, he VERB Mehuman, Bizzetha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs in attendance on King Ahasuerus,
to VERB Queen Vashti before the king ADVERB a royal diadem, to display her VERB to the peoples and the officials; for she was a VERB woman.
But Queen Vashti VERB to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. The king was greatly VERB , and his fury VERB within him.
Then the king VERB the NOUN learned in procedure. (For it was the royal practice TO TURN to all who were versed in law and precedent.
His closest advisers were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven ministers of Persia and Media who had access to the royal presence and occupied the first place in the kingdom.)
“What,” HE ASKED, “shall be done, according to NOUN, to Queen Vashti for ADVERB to VERB the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs?”
Thereupon Memucan VERB in the presence of the king and the ministers: “Queen Vashti has VERB an NOUN not only against Your Majesty but also against all the NOUN and against all the PLURAL NOUN in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.
For the queen’s NOUN will make all wives VERB their husbands, as they reflect that King Ahasuerus himself ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not VERB .
This very day the PLURAL NOUN of Persia and Media, who have heard of the queen’s ADJECTIVE , will cite it to all Your Majesty’s officials, and there will be no VERB of scorn and provocation!
“If it please Your Majesty, let a royal NOUN be issued by you, and let it be VERB into the laws of Persia and Media, so that it cannot be abrogated, that Vashti shall never VERB in the presence of King Ahasuerus. And let Your Majesty VERB her royal state upon another who is more worthy than NOUN.
Then will the NOUN executed by Your Majesty VERB throughout your NOUN, vast though it is; and all NOUN will treat their NOUN with respect, high and low alike.”
The proposal was VERB by the king and the ministers, and the NOUN did as Memucan proposed.
Dispatches were sent to all the COUNTRIES of the NOUN, to every province in its own script and to ADVERB nation in its own language, that every NOUN should wield authority in his NOUN and speak the language of his own NOUN.
