Esther 7
7
1And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,
2and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, ‘What [is] thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is done.’
3And Esther the queen answereth and saith, ‘If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
4for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent — but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.’
5And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, ‘Who [is] he — this one? and where [is] this one? — he whose heart hath filled him to do so?’
6And Esther saith, ‘The man — adversary and enemy — [is] this wicked Haman;’ and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.
7And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.
8And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king saith, ‘Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?’ the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
9And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, ‘Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;’ and the king saith, ‘Hang him upon it.’
10And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
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Esther 7
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Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai
1So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2And on the second day, #Esth. 5:6at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”
3Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. 4For we have been #Esth. 3:9, 4:7sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as #Deut. 28:68male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”
5So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?”
6And Esther said, “The adversary and #Esth. 3:10enemy is this wicked Haman!”
So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
7Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. 8When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across #Esth. 1:6the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?”
As the word left the king’s mouth, they #Job 9:24covered Haman’s face. 9Now #Esth. 1:10Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! #Esth. 5:14; (Ps. 7:16; Prov. 11:5, 6)The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke #Esth. 6:2good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.”
Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
10So #(Ps. 7:16; 94:23; Prov. 11:5, 6)they #Ps. 37:35, 36; Dan. 6:24hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
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