So the
king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the
queen.
02 And the king said again unto Esther on the
second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted
thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be
performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
03 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I
have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it
please the king, let my life be given me at my
petition, and my people at my request:
04 For we are sold, I and my people, to be
destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we
had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had
held my tongue, although the enemy could not
countervail the king's damage.
05 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto
Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he,
that durst presume in his heart to do so?
06 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is
this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before
the king and the queen.
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07 And the king arising from the banquet of wine
in his wrath went into the palace garden: and
Haman stood up to make request for his life to
Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil
determined against him by the king.
08 Then the king returned out of the palace
garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and
Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was.
Then said the king, Will he force the queen also
before me in the house? As the word went out of
king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
09 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said
before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty
cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai,
who spoken good for the king, standeth in the
house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him
thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he
had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's
wrath pacified.
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