fell: 1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Kings 4:27
besought him with tears: Heb. she wept and besought him, Isaiah 38:2; Hosea 12:4; Hebrews 5:7
mischief: Esther 3:8-15, Esther 7:4
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Esther 8:3
Esther 8:3
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