Esther 7

1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. ‡ Est 5:8Est 3:15 2 The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.” ‡ Jhn 16:24Est 5:3Est 9:12Est 5:6

3 Then Esther the queen answered, “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. ‡ Jer 38:26Job 2:4Est 7:7Psa 122:6-91Ki 20:312Ki 1:13Est 4:8Est 5:8 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.” ‡ Est 3:9Deu 28:68Est 3:13Est 8:111Sa 22:23Amo 2:6Est 4:7-8Est 7:6 +5

5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?” ‡ Gen 27:33Job 9:24Act 5:3

6 Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” ‡ Job 18:5-122Th 2:81Co 5:13Psa 139:19-22Psa 27:21Sa 24:13Dan 5:5-6Est 3:10 +8

Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. 7 The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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. ‡ Est 1:12Rev 3:91Sa 20:71Sa 20:91Sa 25:17Dan 3:19Isa 60:14Pro 14:19 +38 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. ‡ Est 1:6Est 6:12Isa 22:17Job 9:24Isa 49:23

9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king, said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits ¹ high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” ‡ Psa 7:15-16Pro 11:5-6Est 1:10Est 5:14Psa 141:10Psa 35:8Dan 6:241Sa 17:51 +10

The king said, “Hang him on it!”

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified. ‡ Psa 7:16Dan 6:24Ezk 5:13Jdg 15:7Est 2:1Zec 6:8