And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Memucan had said,

If it seems good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them, and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

And Esther said, If it seems good to you, and [if] I have found favor [in your sight], let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in your kingdom.

Write also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal [it] with my ring; for whatever [orders] are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to revoke them.

Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes may not be changed.

And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house. And his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.

And they came and said to the king, O king, have you not made a decree, that if any man shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except for you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? And the king said, The word is true, and the decree of the Medes and Persians shall not pass.

Then the king, when he heard the saying, was greatly grieved for Daniel, and he set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he exerted himself till evening to deliver him.

And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

And all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to execute judgment.