Esther 7

1 ♥ 📝 S o the king^H4428 and Haman^H2001 came^H935 to banquet^H8354 with Esther^H635 the queen.^H4436

2 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 again unto Esther^H635 on the second^H8145 day^H3117 at the banquet^H4960 of wine,^H3196 What is thy petition,^H7596 queen^H4436 Esther?^H635 and it shall be granted^H5414 thee: and what is thy request?^H1246 even to the half^H2677 of the kingdom^H4438 it shall be performed.^H6213

3 ♥ 📝 Then Esther^H635 the queen^H4436 answered^H6030 and said,^H559 If I have found^H4672 favor^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 O king,^H4428 and if it please^H2895 the king,^H4428 let my life^H5315 be given^H5414 me at my petition,^H7596 and my people^H5971 at my request:^H1246

4 ♥ 📝 for we are sold,^H4376 I and my people,^H5971 to be destroyed,^H8045 to be slain,^H2026 and to perish.^H6 But if^H432 we had been sold^H4376 for bondmen^H5650 and bondwomen,^H8198 I had held my peace,^H2790 although the adversary^H6862 could not have compensated^H7737 for the king's^H4428 damage.^H5143

5 ♥ 📝 Then spake^H559 the king^H4428 Ahasuerus^H325 and said^H559 unto Esther^H635 the queen,^H4436 Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume^H4390 in his heart^H3820 to do^H6213 so?

6 ♥ 📝 And Esther^H635 said,^H559 An adversary^H376 and an enemy,^H341 even this wicked^H7451 Haman.^H2001 Then Haman^H2001 was afraid^H1204 before^H6440 the king^H4428 and the queen.^H4436

7 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 arose^H6965 in his wrath^H2534 from the banquet^H4960 of wine^H3196 [and went] into the palace^H1055 garden:^H1594 and Haman^H2001 stood up^H5975 to make request^H1245 for his life^H5315 to Esther^H635 the queen;^H4436 for he saw^H7200 that there was evil^H7451 determined^H3615 against him by the king.^H4428

8 ♥ 📝 Then the king^H4428 returned^H7725 out of the palace^H1055 garden^H1594 into the place^H1004 of the banquet^H4960 of wine;^H3196 and Haman^H2001 was fallen^H5307 upon the couch^H4296 whereon Esther^H635 was. Then said^H559 the king,^H4428 Will he even force^H3533 the queen^H4436 before me in the house?^H1004 As the word^H1697 went out^H3318 of the king's^H4428 mouth,^H6310 they covered^H2645 Haman's^H2001 face.^H6440

9 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 Harbonah,^H2726 one^H259 of the chamberlains^H5631 that were before^H6440 the king,^H4428 Behold also, the gallows^H6086 fifty^H2572 cubits^H520 high,^H1364 which Haman^H2001 hath made^H6213 for Mordecai,^H4782 who spake^H1696 good^H2896 for the king,^H4428 standeth^H5975 in the house^H1004 of Haman.^H2001 And the king^H4428 said,^H559 Hang^H8518 him thereon.

10 ♥ 📝 So they hanged^H8518 Haman^H2001 on the gallows^H6086 that he had prepared^H3559 for Mordecai.^H4782 Then was the king's^H4428 wrath^H2534 pacified.^H7918