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Ver. 2. ANd the King said again to Esther, on the second day, at the Banquet of Wine, What is thy Petition, Queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and What is thy request? and it shall be per∣formed, even to the half of the King∣dom.
3. Then Esther the Queen answered, and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be given me, at my Petition, and my people at my request.
4. For we are sold, I, and my people to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish; But if we had been sold for bond-men, and bond-women, I had held my Tongue, al∣though the Enemy could not countervail the Kings damage.
5. There the King [Ahasuerus] answer∣ed,