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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.
But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.
For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
