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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

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.

And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.

There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.

To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!