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And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and
having his head covered.
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And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every
thing
that
had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai
be
of the seed
of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely
fall before him.
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And while they
were
yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and
hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
CHAPTER 7
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
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
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
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
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy
is
this
wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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.
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 the king’s
mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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 had spoken
good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10
So
they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath
pacified.
CHAPTER 8
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the
queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he
was
unto her.
2
And the
king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set
Mordecai over the house of Haman.
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