Chapter 7

So the king and Haman came⁴ to banquet² with Esther the queen.

And the king said⁴ again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted¹¹ thee: and what [is] thy request? and it shall be performed,¹¹ [even] to the half of the kingdom.

Then Esther the queen answered⁴ and said,⁴ If I have found¹ favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please¹ the king, let my life be given¹¹ me at my petition, and my people at my request:

For we are sold,⁸ I and my people, to be destroyed,⁵³ to be slain,² and to perish.¹⁵ But if we had been sold⁸ for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,⁵² although the enemy could not countervail⁶ the king's damage.

Then the king Ahasuerus answered⁴ and said⁴ unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume¹ in his heart to do² so?

And Esther said,⁴ The adversary ⁶⁸⁶² and enemy⁶ [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid⁸ before the king and the queen.

And the king arising¹ from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up¹ to make request¹⁵ for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw¹ that there was evil determined¹ against him by the king.

Then the king returned¹ out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen⁶ upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said⁴ the king, Will he force² the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out¹ of the king's mouth, they covered¹ Haman's face.

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said⁴ before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made¹ for Mordecai, who had spoken¹⁴ good for the king, standeth⁶ in the house of Haman. Then the king said,⁴ Hang³ him thereon.

So they hanged⁴ Haman on the gallows that he had prepared⁵² for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.¹