Esther:5

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* And it came to pass , on the third day , that Esther put on her royal apparel , and stood in the inner court of the house of the king , over against the house of the king , and , the king , was sitting upon his royal seat , in the royal house , over against the opening of the house . * And it came to pass , when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court , that she obtained favour in his eyes , and the king held out to Esther , the golden sceptre which was in his hand , so Esther drew near , and touched the top of the sceptre . * Then said the king unto her , What aileth thee , Queen Esther ? and what is thy request ? Unto the half of the kingdom , shall it be given thee . * Then said Esther , If , unto the king , it seem good , let the king with Haman come in this day , unto the banquet which I have prepared for him . * And the king said , Hasten ye Haman , to perform the word of Esther . So the king with Haman came in , unto the banquet which Esther had prepared , * Then said the king unto Esther , during the banquet of wine , What is thy petition , that it may be granted thee ?and what is thy request-unto the half of the kingdomthat it may be performed ? * Then answered Esther , and said , As touching my petition and my request , * If I have found favour in the eyes of the king , and if , unto the king , it seem good , to grant my petition , and to perform my request , let the king with Haman come in unto the banquet which I will prepare for them , and , to-morrow , I will do according to the word of the king . * Then went Haman forth on that day , joyful and of a merry heart , but , when Haman saw Mordecai in the gate of the king , that he rose not up nor moved because of him , then was Haman filled with wrath against Mordecai . * Nevertheless Haman restrained himself , and came into his own house , and sent and brought in his friends , and Zeresh his wife ; * and Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches , and the multitude of his children , and all the things wherein the king had promoted him to power , and how he had advanced him , above the rulers and the servants of the king . * And Haman said , Moreover Esther the queen did bring in no one with the king into the banquet which she had prepared , saving myself , yea moreover , even for to-morrow , I , am invited unto her , with the king . * Yet , all this , sufficeth me not , so long as , I , see Mordecai the Jew , sitting in the gate of the king . * Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him , Let them make ready a gallows , of the height of fifty cubits , and , in the morning , speak thou unto the king , that they hang Mordecai thereon , then go with the king into the banquet joyfully . And the thing seemed good before Haman , and he made ready the gallows .

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