# Rest of Esther 13:3

**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/13/3
- Book: [Rest of Esther](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther)
- Chapter: [Rest of Esther 13](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/13)
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Now when I asked my counsellors how this might be brought to pass, Aman, that excelled in wisdom among us, and was approved for his constant good will and steadfast fidelity, and had the honour of the second place in the kingdom,