The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Esther 07
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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.”
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.
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.”
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?”
6 Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!”
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
thatthere was evildeterminedagainsthim
by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the
palace gardeninto theplace ofthebanquet
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.
9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs
who were with the king, said, “Behold, the
gallows fifty cubits† high, which Haman
has made for Mordecai, who spoke good
for the king, is standing atHaman’shouse.”
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.