Esther:7

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* So the king and Haman came in , to banquet with Esther the queen . * Then said the king unto Esther , on the second day also , during the banquet of wine , What is thy petition , Queen Esther , that it may be granted thee ? and what is thy requestunto the half of the kingdomthat it may be performed ? * Then answered Esther the queen , and said , If I have found favour in thine eyes , O king , and if , unto the king , it seem good , let my life be granted me , as my petition , and my people , as my request ; * For we are sold , I and my people , to be destroyed , to be slain and to be caused to perish . If indeed , for bondmen and for bondwomen , we had been sold , I had held my peace , although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king . * Then spake King Ahasuerus , and said unto Esther the queen , Who is he now , and where is he , whose heart is set to act thus ? * And Esther said , A man who is an adversary and enemy , this wicked Haman . And , Haman , was terrified , before the king and the queen . * Now , the king , arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine , and going into the palace garden , Haman , stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen , for he saw that ruin , was determined against him , by the king . * When , the king , returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine , Haman , was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was . Then said the king , Will he , even dare to force the queen , while I am in the house ? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king , than , the face of Haman , they had covered . * Then said Harbonahone of the eunuchs before the king Yea lo ! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai , who had spoken well for the king , is standing in Hamans house , of a height of fifty cubits . Then said the king , Hang him thereon . * So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai , and , the wrath of the king , was appeased .

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