1 And Sovereign Astuages was gathered to his fathers, and Koresh of Paras received his reign. 2 And Dani’ĕl spoke with the sovereign, and was esteemed above all his friends. 3 Now the Baḇelians had an idol, called Bĕl, and every day there was spent upon it: twelve large measures Read more
1 There dwelt a man in Baḇel, called Yoyaqim, 2 and he took a wife, whose name was Shoshannah, the daughter of Ḥilqiyahu, a very lovely woman, and one that revered 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. 3 Her parents were also righteous, and taught their daughter according to the Torah of Mosheh. 4 Now Read more
1 And Sovereign Aḥashwĕrosh laid compulsory labor on the land and the islands of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his strength and his might, and the exact account of the greatness of Mordeḵai, with which the sovereign made him great, are they not written in the book Read more
1 In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemaeus and Cleopatra, Dositheos, who said he was a kohĕn and Lĕwite, and Ptolemaeus his son, brought this letter of Purim, which they said was the same, and that Lusimaḵos the son of Ptolemaeus, that was in Yerushalayim, had interpreted it. Read more
1 And Mordeḵai took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the sovereign, and guards of the palace. 2 And he heard their schemes, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artaḥshashta the sovereign; and so Read more
1 The copy of the letters was this: The great Sovereign Artaḥshashta writes these matters to the princes and governors that are under him from Hodu to Kush in a hundred and twenty-seven provinces. 2 After I became ruler over many nations and reigned over the whole world, not lifted Read more
1 Sovereigness Estĕr also, being in fear of death, came to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, 2 and laid aside her splendid 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 Read more
1 And on the third day, when she had ended her prayers, she put away her mourning garments, and put on her splendid apparel. 2 And being adorned in esteem, after she had called upon Elohim, who sees all and is Deliverer of all, she took two female servants with Read more
1 The great Sovereign Artaḥshashta, to the princes and governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from Hodu to Kush, and to all our trustworthy subjects, greetings: 2 For many, the more often they are esteemed with the great bounty of their esteemed princes, the prouder they have grown; 3 Read more
1 And Yoshiyahu held the Feast of the Pesaḥ in Yerushalayim to his Aḏon, and offered the Pesaḥ on the fourteenth day of the first month; 2 having appointed the kohenim according to their daily services, being dressed in long garments, in the Hĕyḵal of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄. 3 And he spoke Read more