Esther 7
Haman
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So the king and Haman came to banquet
with Esther the queen.
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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.
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Then Esther the queen answered and said,
If I have found favor 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:
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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.
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Then the king Ahasue'rus answered and
said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst
presume in his heart to do so?
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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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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.
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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.
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And Harbo'nah, one of the chamberlains,
said before the king, Behold also the gallows fifty cubits high,
which Haman had made for Mor'decai, who had spoken good for the
king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him
thereon.
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that
he had prepared for Mor'decai. Then was the king's wrath
pacified.
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