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Chapter 7
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1
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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. |
3
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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: |
4
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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. |
5
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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? |
6
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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. |
7
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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. |
8
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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 king's mouth, they covered Haman's
face. |
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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. |
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared
for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. |
