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Esther 7
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| 7:1
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. |
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| 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. |
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| 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: |
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| 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. |
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| 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? |
 (7:5) "The king ... said unto Esther ... Who is
he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?"
The king had completely forgotten that he had ordered the genocide of the Jews back in chapter 3.
 (7:6-10)
Without a trial, Esther has another man (Haman) hung.
(7:6) "Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman."
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| 7:6
And Esther said, The
adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before
the king and the queen.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 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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(7:10) "So they hanged Haman on the gallows ... Then was the king's wrath pacified."
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