Esther 7

1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,

2 and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

6 Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

7 In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

1 ¶ So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

2 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.

3 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:

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 bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

5 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?

6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

7 ¶ 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.

8 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 the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had 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.

1 And when the king was come with Haman to the banquet which Esther the queen had prepared,

2 And the king said unto Esther the next day, when he had drunk wine, What askest thou, O Esther the queen, to be given thee? And what askest thou? Even half the kingdom, let it be done.

3 And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, give me my life for my petition, and my people for my desire.

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, and to be slain, and to be slain: and if God would that we should be sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would hold my peace, but the enemy would not hurt the king.

5 And king Ahasuerus spake, and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he? Or where is he that may take this thing into his mind to do so?

6 And Esther said, The enemy and adversary is this wicked Haman. And Haman was astonished before the king and the queen.

7 And the king arose from supper and wine in his wrath, and went into the garden of the house. And Haman arose, and besought Esther the queen for his life: for he saw that the king's evil was already prepared for him.

8 And when the king was come again out of the garden of the house into the hall where they had eaten, Haman lay by the bench where Esther sat. And the king said, Will he strangle the queen in my house? And when the word came out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

9 And Harbonah the chamberlain, one before the king, said, Behold, there is a tree in the house of Haman fifty cubits high, which he had made for Mordecai, which spake good for the king. And the king said, Let him hang upon it.

10 So they hanged Haman upon the tree which he had made Mordecai. And the king's anger was abated.