# Rest of Esther 12:2

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/12/2
- Book: [Rest of Esther](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther)
- Chapter: [Rest of Esther 12](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/12)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther#background-and-history
- JSON: https://apologetics.wiki/api/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/12/2
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And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artexerxes the king; and so he certified the king of them.