1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther, the queen.
2And on the second day at the banquet of wine, the king again asked Esther “What is your petition, Queen Esther? And it shall be granted you; and what is your request? And it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom”.
3Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be and the life of my people spared as my petition;
4For I and my people are sold to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had only been sold for male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, although the enemy could not compensate the king's damage”.
5Then King Ahasuerus asked Esther, the queen, “Who is he, and where is he, who would presume in his heart to do so?”
6Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman”. Then Haman feared greatly before the king and the queen.
7And the king rose in anger from the banquet of wine, and went into the palace garden (to ponder what he should do). But Haman stayed to plead to Esther, the queen, for his life; for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.
8Then the king returned to where they had been drinking wine from the palace garden; and Haman had fallen upon the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen with me in the house?” In response to the king's words, they (the servants) covered Haman's face (in preparation for his execution).
9And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who attended the king, said, “Look, there is a gallows fifty cubits high, standing at Haman’s house, which he had made for Mordecai, who’s good warning had saved the king”. Then the king said, “Hang Haman on it”.
10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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