The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Septuagint 07
1 So the king and Haman wentin to drink
with the queen.
2 The king said to Esther at the banquet
on the second day, “What is it, queen Esther?
What is your request? What is your
petition? It shall be done for you, up to half
of my kingdom.”
3 She answered and said, “IfI have found
favor in the sight of the king, let my life be
granted as my petition, and my people as
my request.
4 For both I and my people are sold for
destruction, pillage, and genocide. If both
we and our children were sold for male
and female slaves, I would not have bothered
you, for this† isn’t worthy ofthe king’s
palace.”
5 The king said, “Whohas dared to do this
thing?”
6 Esther said, “The enemy is Haman, this
wicked man!” Then Haman was terrified in
the presence of the king and the queen.
7 The king rose up from the banquetto go
into the garden. Haman began to beg the
queen for mercy, for he saw that he was in
serious trouble.
8 The king returned from the garden;
and Haman had fallen upon the couch,
begging the queen for mercy. The king
said, “Will you even assault my wife in my
house?” And when Haman heard it, he changed
countenance.
9 And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains,
said to the king, “Behold, Haman has
also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who
spoke concerning the king, and afifty cubit
high gallows has been set up on Haman’s
property.” The king said, “Let him be ‡ hanged on it!”
10 So Haman was hanged on the gallows
that had been prepared for Mordecai.
Then the king’s wrath was abated.