And I am weak today, though anointed king. And these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me. May Jehovah reward the doer of evil according to his evil!
The runners went out, being burned by the king’s word. And the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink. But the city, Shushan, was perplexed.
And the people shall be oppressed man against man, and a man against his neighbor. The boy will act insolently against the old one, and the one being despised against the one being honored.
And Abigail came to Nabal. And, behold, to him was a feast in his house, like the feast of the king. And Nabal’s heart felt good within him, and he was drunk until excess. And she did not report to him a word, more or less, until the light of the morning.