Esther 7
Esther 7:1 The king and Haman came to feast with Esther, the queen.
Esther 7:2 On the second day, while drinking wine, the king asked Esther, “Queen Esther, whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek will be done even to half the kingdom.”
Esther 7:3 Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your eyes, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased, spare my throat;[1] this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.
Esther 7:4 For my people and I have been sold to extermination, death, and destruction. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”
Esther 7:5 King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme in his heart?”
Esther 7:6: Esther answered, “The adversary and enemy are this evil Haman.” Haman stood terrified before the king and queen.
Esther 7:7 The king arose angrily and went from where they were drinking wine to the palace garden. Haman remained to beg Queen Esther for his throat because he realized the king was planning something terrible for him.
Esther 7:8 Just as the king returned from the house garden to the banquet hall, Haman fell on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he violate the queen while I am in the house?” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Esther 7:9 Harbona, one of the king’s eunuchs, said: “Notice, there is a gallows seventy-five feet tall at Haman’s house that he made for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” The king said, “Hang him on it.”
Esther 7:10 They hung Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then, the king’s anger subsided.
[1] נֶפֶשׁ = throat (life) Esther 7:3, 7; 8:11; 9:16, 31.
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