Esther 7

1So the king and Haman came to the banquet to drink together with the queen.

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2And the king said to Esther on this second day of the banquet, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? What is your petition? Let it be granted to you, even up to half my kingdom."

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3She said in reply, 'If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be given to me at my request, and my people at my petition.

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4For both I and my people are sold into destruction, pillage, and bondage. We and our descendants have already been enslaved as male and female slaves, and I refuse to listen to this, for the accuser of my people is not worthy of the king's court.'

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5Then the king said, 'Who is this who dared to do this thing?'

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6And Esther said, 'The enemy is this wicked man, Haman.' Then Haman was troubled before the king and the queen.

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7The king arose from the banquet and went into the garden, but Haman was pleading with the queen, for he realized that he was in desperate circumstances.

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8The king returned from the garden, and Haman, while entreating the queen, had fallen upon the couch. And the king said, 'So! Will you force yourself upon my wife in my own house?' And hearing this, Haman changed in his countenance.

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9Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, 'Look! Haman has prepared a gallows for Mordecai, the one who spoke for the benefit of the king. A gallows fifty cubits high has been set up at Haman's place.' Then the king said, 'Hang him on it!'

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10And Haman was hung on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king was appeased.

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