Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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The King Honors Mordecai
1 That night the Lord kept the
king from sleeping, so the king
ordered his private secretary to
bring the official records of the empire
and read them to him.
2 He read
the account of how Mordecai had
uncovered a plot to assassinate the
king—the plot made by the two eunuchs
who served as palace guards.
3 The king asked, “How have we
honored and rewarded Mordecai for
this?”
3 His servants answered, “You have
done nothing for him.”
4 Now just as the king was inquiring
about Mordecai's good deed, Haman
entered the courtyard. He had
come to ask the king to have Mordecai
hanged on the gallows that was
now ready.
4 “Who is that in the courtyard?”
the king asked.
5 The servants answered, “It is
Haman; he is waiting to see you.”
5 “Show him in,” said the king.
6 So Haman came in, and the king
said to him, “There is someone I
wish very much to honor. What
should I do for this man?”
6 Haman thought to himself, “Now
who could the king want to honor so
much? Me, of course.”
7
8 So he answered the king, “Let
the royal servants bring a fine linen
robe for this man—one that you
yourself wear. And let them bring a
horse that you yourself ride.
9 Then
put that robe on the man you like so
much and then have the nobleman
lead him, mounted on the horse,
through the city square. Have the
nobleman announce as they go: ‘See
how the king rewards a man whom
he wishes to honor!’”
10 Then the king said to Haman,
“Fine! Do all that for Mordecai the
Jew, who holds a high position in the
palace; don't leave out a thing.”
11 So Haman got the robe and the
horse, and he put the robe on Mordecai.
Mordecai got on the horse, and
Haman led him through the city
square, announcing to the people as
they went: “See how the king rewards
a man whom he wishes to
honor!”
12 Mordecai then went back to the
courtyard while Haman hurried
home, covering his face in embarrassment.
13 He told his wife and all
his friends everything that had happened
to him. Then they all said to
him, “You are beginning to lose
power to Mordecai. He is a Jew, and
you cannot overcome him. He will
certainly defeat you, for the living
God is with him!”
Haman Is Put to Death
14 While they were still talking, the
palace eunuchs arrived to take Haman
to Esther's banquet.
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Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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