1Esther at the banquet petitioneth the king for her own life, and for the life of her people. 5Esther accuseth Haman. 7The king in wrath, being told of the gallows prepared for Mordecai, causeth Haman to be hanged thereon.
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1So the king and Haman came ato banquet with Esther the queen.
2And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, 1What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, 1let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4For we are 1sold, I and my people, ato be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for 2bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the 3king's damage.
5¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, athat durst presume in his heart to do so?
6And Esther 1said, aThe adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was 2afraid bbefore the king and the queen.
7¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his 1wrath went into the 2palace garden: and Haman 3stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; 4for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was 1fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also abefore me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they 2covered Haman's face.
9And 1Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the agallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who 2had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10So they 1hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath 2pacified.