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7:1 So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.
7:2 And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What
is it, queen Esther? and what [is] thy request, and what [is] thy
petition? and it shall be [done] for thee, to the half of my kingdom.
7:3 And she answered and said, If I have found favour in the sight of
the king, let [my] life be granted to my petition, and my people to my
request.
7:4 For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and
slavery; [both] we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I
consented not to it, for the slanderer [is] not worthy of the king's
palace.
7:5 And the king said, Who [is] this that has dared to do this thing?
7:6 And Esther said, the adversary [is] Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman
was troubled before the king and the queen.
7:7 And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and
Aman began to intreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.
7:8 And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the
bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force [my]
wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.
7:9 And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold,
Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochaeus, who spoke concerning
the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the
premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.
7:10 So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for
Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
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7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
7:2 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.
7:3 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:
7:4 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.
7:5 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?
7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then
Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7:7 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.
7:8 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 king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold
also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai,
who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the
king said, Hang him thereon.
7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for
Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
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