⁴ The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.

⁵ Esther said, “If it please the king, and if I have found favor with him, and if he thinks it is right, and if I am pleasing to him, let there be a decree that reverses the orders of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who ordered that Jews throughout all the king’s provinces should be destroyed.

⁴ This plan for keeping the Passover seemed right to the king and all the people.

³⁶ This pleased the people very much. In fact, everything the king did pleased them!

²⁰ In the meantime, Saul’s daughter Michal had fallen in love with David, and Saul was delighted when he heard about it.