# The Greek Additions to Esther

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> The Greek Additions to Esther
> [The Rest of the Chapters of the Book of Esther]
> 
> AddEsth 10
> Then Mardocheus said, God hath done these things.
> 
> 5
> For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters,
> and nothing thereof hath failed.
> 
> 6
> A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the
> sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king
> married, and made queen:
> 
> 7
> And the two dragons are I and Aman.
> 
> 8
> And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the
> name of the Jews:
> 
> 9
> And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were
> saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath
> delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs
> and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.
> 
> 10
> Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God,
> and another for all the Gentiles.
> 
> 11
> And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of
> judgment, before God among all nations.
> 
> 12
> So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance.
> 
> 13
> Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month Adar,
> the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an
> assembly, and joy, and with gladness before God, according to
> the generations for ever among his people.
> 
> AddEsth 11
> In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra,
> Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus
> his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the
> same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in
> Jerusalem, had interpreted it.
> 
> 2
> In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in
> the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus,
> the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin,
> had a dream;
> 
> 3
> Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man,
> being a servitor in the king's court.
> 
> 4
> He was also one of the captives, which Nabuchodonosor the
> king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of
> Judea; and this was his dream:
> 
> 5
> Behold a noise of a tumult, with thunder, and earthquakes,
> and uproar in the land:
> 
> 6
> And, behold, two great dragons came forth ready to fight, and
> their cry was great.
> 
> 7
> And at their cry all nations were prepared to battle, that
> they might fight against the righteous people.
> 
> 8
> And lo a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and
> anguish, affliction and great uproar, upon earth.
> 
> 9
> And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their
> own evils, and were ready to perish.
> 
> 10
> Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from
> a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water.
> 
> 11
> The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted,
> and devoured the glorious.
> 
> 12
> Now when Mardocheus, who had seen this dream, and what God
> had determined to do, was awake, he bare this dream in mind, and
> until night by all means was desirous to know it.
> 
> AddEsth 12
> And Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and
> Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace.
> 
> 2
> And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes,
> and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artexerxes
> the king; and so he certified the king of them.
> 
> 3
> Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they
> had confessed it, they were strangled.
> 
> 4
> And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus
> also wrote thereof.
> 
> 5
> So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and
> for this he rewarded him.
> 
> 6
> Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in
> great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus and his
> people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
> 
> AddEsth 13
> The copy of the letters was this: The great king Artexerxes
> writeth these things to the princes and governours that are under
> him from India unto Ethiopia in an hundred and seven and twenty
> provinces.
> 
> 2
> After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion
> over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my
> authority, but carrying myself always with equity and mildness,
> I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life,
> and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the
> utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men.
> 
> 3
> Now when I asked my counsellors how this might be brought to
> pass, Aman, that excelled in wisdom among us, and was approved
> for his constant good will and steadfast fidelity, and had the
> honour of the second place in the kingdom,
> 
> 4
> Declared unto us, that in all nations throughout the world
> there was scattered a certain malicious people, that had laws
> contrary to ail nations, and continually despised the
> commandments of kings, so as the uniting of our kingdoms,
> honourably intended by us cannot go forward.
> 
> 5
> Seeing then we understand that this people alone is
> continually in opposition unto all men, differing in the strange
> manner of their laws, and evil affected to our state, working
> all the mischief they can that our kingdom may not be firmly
> established:
> 
> 6
> Therefore have we commanded, that all they that are signified
> in writing unto you by Aman, who is ordained over the affairs,
> and is next unto us, shall all, with their wives and children,
> be utterly destroyed by the sword of their enemies, without all
> mercy and pity, the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of
> this present year:
> 
> 7
> That they, who of old and now also are malicious, may in one
> day with violence go into the grave, and so ever hereafter cause
> our affairs to be well settled, and without trouble.
> 
> 8
> Then Mardocheus thought upon all the works of the Lord, and
> made his prayer unto him,
> 
> 9
> Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Almighty: for the whole world
> is in thy power, and if thou hast appointed to save Israel,
> there is no man that can gainsay thee:
> 
> 10
> For thou hast made heaven and earth, and all the wondrous
> things under the heaven.
> 
> 11
> Thou art Lord of all things, and and there is no man that can
> resist thee, which art the Lord.
> 
> 12
> Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was
> neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that
> I did not bow down to proud Aman.
> 
> 13
> For I could have been content with good will for the
> salvation of Israel to kiss the soles of his feet.
> 
> 14
> But I did this, that I might not prefer the glory of man
> above the glory of God: neither will I worship any but thee, O
> God, neither will I do it in pride.
> 
> 15
> And now, O Lord God and King, spare thy people: for their
> eyes are upon us to bring us to nought; yea, they desire to
> destroy the inheritance, that hath been thine from the
> beginning.
> 
> 16
> Despise not the portion, which thou hast delivered out of
> Egypt for thine own self.
> 
> 17
> Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance: turn
> our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, and praise thy
> name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O
> Lord.
> 
> 18
> All Israel in like manner cried most earnestly unto the Lord,
> because their death was before their eyes.
> 
> AddEsth 14
> Queen Esther also, being in fear of death, resorted unto the
> Lord:
> 
> 2
> And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments
> of anguish and mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she
> covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body
> greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her torn
> hair.
> 
> 3
> And she prayed unto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my
> Lord, thou only art our King: help me, desolate woman, which
> have no helper but thee:
> 
> 4
> For my danger is in mine hand.
> 
> 5
> From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that
> thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our
> fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual
> inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst
> promise them.
> 
> 6
> And now we have sinned before thee: therefore hast thou given
> us into the hands of our enemies,
> 
> 7
> Because we worshipped their gods: O Lord, thou art righteous.
> 
> 8
> Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter
> captivity: but they have stricken hands with their idols,
> 
> 9
> That they will abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth
> hast ordained, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop the mouth
> of them that praise thee, and quench the glory of thy house, and
> of thine altar,
> 
> 10
> And open the mouths of the heathen to set forth the praises
> of the idols, and to magnify a fleshly king for ever.
> 
> 11
> O Lord, give not thy sceptre unto them that be nothing, and
> let them not laugh at our fall; but turn their device upon
> themselves, and make him an example, that hath begun this
> against us.
> 
> 12
> Remember, O Lord, make thyself known in time of our
> affliction, and give me boldness, O King of the nations, and
> Lord of all power.
> 
> 13
> Give me eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion: turn his
> heart to hate him that fighteth against us, that there may be an
> end of him, and of all that are likeminded to him:
> 
> 14
> But deliver us with thine hand, and help me that am desolate,
> and which have no other help but thee.
> 
> 15
> Thou knowest all things, O Lord; thou knowest that I hate the
> glory of the unrighteous, and abhor the bed of the
> uncircumcised, and of all the heathen.
> 
> 16
> Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my high
> estate, which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew
> myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear
> it not when I am private by myself.
> 
> 17
> And that thine handmaid hath not eaten at Aman's table, and
> that I have not greatly esteemed the king's feast, nor drunk the
> wine of the drink offerings.
> 
> 18
> Neither had thine handmaid any joy since the day that I was
> brought hither to this present, but in thee, O Lord God of
> Abraham.
> 
> 19
> O thou mighty God above all, hear the voice of the forlorn
> and deliver us out of the hands of the mischievous, and deliver
> me out of my fear.
> 
> AddEsth 15
> And upon the third day, when she had ended her prayers, she
> laid away her mourning garments, and put on her glorious
> apparel.
> 
> 2
> And being gloriously adorned, after she had called upon God,
> who is the beholder and saviour of all things, she took two
> maids with her:
> 
> 3
> And upon the one she leaned, as carrying herself daintily;
> 
> 4
> And the other followed, bearing up her train.
> 
> 5
> And she was ruddy through the perfection of her beauty, and
> her countenance was cheerful and very amiable: but her heart was
> in anguish for fear.
> 
> 6
> Then having passed through all the doors, she stood before
> the king, who sat upon his royal throne, and was clothed with
> all his robes of majesty, all glittering with gold and precious
> stones; and he was very dreadful.
> 
> 7
> Then lifting up his countenance that shone with majesty, he
> looked very fiercely upon her: and the queen fell down, and was
> pale, and fainted, and bowed herself upon the head of the maid
> that went before her.
> 
> 8
> Then God changed the spirit of the king into mildness, who in
> a fear leaped from his throne, and took her in his arms, till
> she came to herself again, and comforted her with loving words
> and said unto her,
> 
> 9
> Esther, what is the matter? I am thy brother, be of good
> cheer:
> 
> 10
> Thou shalt not die, though our our commandment be general:
> come near.
> 
> 11
> And so be held up his golden sceptre, and laid it upon her
> neck,
> 
> 12
> And embraced her, and said, Speak unto me.
> 
> 13
> Then said she unto him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of
> God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty.
> 
> 14
> For wonderful art thou, lord, and thy countenance is full of
> grace.
> 
> 15
> And as she was speaking, she fell down for faintness.
> 
> 16
> Then the king was troubled, and ail his servants comforted
> her.
> 
> AddEsth 16
> The great king Artexerxes unto the princes and governors of
> an hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto
> Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful subjects, greeting.
> 
> 2
> Many, the more often they are honoured with the great bounty
> of their gracious princes, the more proud they are waxen,
> 
> 3
> And endeavour to hurt not our subjects only, but not being
> able to bear abundance, do take in hand to practise also against
> those that do them good:
> 
> 4
> And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also
> lifted up with the glorious words of lewd persons, that were
> never good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth
> all things and hateth evil.
> 
> 5
> Oftentimes also fair speech of those, that are put in trust
> to manage their friends' affairs, hath caused many that are in
> authority to be partakers of innocent blood, and hath enwrapped
> them in remediless calamities:
> 
> 6
> Beguiling with the falsehood and deceit of their lewd
> disposition the innocency and goodness of princes.
> 
> 7
> Now ye may see this, as we have declared, not so much by
> ancient histories, as ye may, if ye search what hath been
> wickedly done of late through the pestilent behaviour of them
> that are unworthily placed in authority.
> 
> 8
> And we must take care for the time to come, that our kingdom
> may be quiet and peaceable for all men,
> 
> 9
> Both by changing our purposes, and always judging things that
> are evident with more equal proceeding.
> 
> 10
> For Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadatha, being indeed a
> stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our
> goodness, and as a stranger received of us,
> 
> 11
> Had so far forth obtained the favour that we shew toward
> every nation, as that he was called our father, and was
> continually honoured of all the next person unto the king.
> 
> 12
> But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive
> us of our kingdom and life:
> 
> 13
> Having by manifold and cunning deceits sought of us the
> destruction, as well of Mardocheus, who saved our life, and
> continually procured our good, as also of blameless Esther,
> partaker of our kingdom, with their whole nation.
> 
> 14
> For by these means he thought, finding us destitute of
> friends to have translated the kingdom of the Persians to the
> Macedonians.
> 
> 15
> But we find that the Jews, whom this wicked wretch hath
> delivered to utter destruction, are no evildoers, but live by
> most just laws:
> 
> 16
> And that they be children of the most high and most mighty,
> living God, who hath ordered the kingdom both unto us and to our
> progenitors in the most excellent manner.
> 
> 17
> Wherefore ye shall do well not to put in execution the
> letters sent unto you by Aman the son of Amadatha.
> 
> 18
> For he that was the worker of these things, is hanged at the
> gates of Susa with all his family: God, who ruleth all things,
> speedily rendering vengeance to him according to his deserts.
> 
> 19
> Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all
> places, that the Jews may freely live after their own laws.
> 
> 20
> And ye shall aid them, that even the same day, being the
> thirteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, they may be avenged on
> them, who in the time of their affliction shall set upon them.
> 
> 21
> For Almighty God hath turned to joy unto them the day,
> wherein the chosen people should have perished.
> 
> 22
> Ye shall therefore among your solemn feasts keep it an high
> day with all feasting:
> 
> 23
> That both now and hereafter there may be safety to us and the
> well affected Persians; but to those which do conspire against
> us a memorial of destruction.
> 
> 24
> Therefore every city and country whatsoever, which shall not
> do according to these things, shall be destroyed without mercy
> with fire and sword, and shall be made not only unpassable for
> men, but also most hateful to wild beasts and fowls for ever.
>
> — *The Greek Additions to Esther*