4 And Ahab ^twent into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.

13 Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting ⁱat the king’s gate.”

Esther Prepares a Banquet

1 ^yOn the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in ^zthe inner court of the king’s palace, in front of the king’s quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.

10 nor grumble, ^qas some of them did and ^rwere destroyed by ^sthe Destroyer.