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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 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
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 at Haman’s
house.”
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.