17:008:001 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the
           Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen.  And Mordecai came before
           the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

17:008:002 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman,
           and gave it unto Mordecai.  And Esther set Mordecai over the
           house of Haman.

17:008:003 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at
           his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief
           of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised
           against the Jews.

17:008:004 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther.  So
           Esther arose, and stood before the king,

17:008:005 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his
           sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be
           pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters
           devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he
           wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s
           provinces: 

17:008:006 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my
           people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my
           kindred?

17:008:007 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to
           Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of
           Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he
           laid his hand upon the Jews.

17:008:008 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s
           name, and seal it with the king’s ring:  for the writing which
           is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s
           ring, may no man reverse.

17:008:009 Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third
           month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth
           day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai
           commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the
           deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto
           Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every
           province according to the writing thereof, and unto every
           people after their language, and to the Jews according to
           their writing, and according to their language.

17:008:010 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with
           the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and
           riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: 

17:008:011 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to
           gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to
           destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the
           people and province that would assault them, both little ones
           and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,