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Additions to Esther 12:2

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.

Parallel Translations

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*But when he heard their purpose, and their imaginacions, he perceiued that they went about to lay their hands vpon the King Artaxerxes, and so he certified the King thereof.
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