So the king <H4428> and Haman <H2001> came <H0935> to banquet <H8354> with Esther <H0635> the queen. <H4436>
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And the king <H4428> said <H0559> again unto Esther <H0635> on the second <H8145> day <H3117> at the banquet <H4960> of wine, <H3196> What [is] thy petition, <H7596> queen <H4436> Esther? <H0635> and it shall be granted <H5414> thee: and what [is] thy request? <H1246> and it shall be performed, <H6213> [even] to the half <H2677> of the kingdom. <H4438>
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Then Esther <H0635> the queen <H4436> answered <H6030> and said, <H0559> If I have found <H4672> favour <H2580> in thy sight, <H5869> O king, <H4428> and if it please <H2895> the king, <H4428> let my life <H5315> be given <H5414> me at my petition, <H7596> and my people <H5971> at my request: <H1246>
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For we are sold, <H4376> I and my people, <H5971> to be destroyed, <H8045> to be slain, <H2026> and to perish. <H0006> But if <H0432> we had been sold <H4376> for bondmen <H5650> and bondwomen, <H8198> I had held my tongue, <H2790> although the enemy <H6862> could not countervail <H7737> the king's <H4428> damage. <H5143>
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Then the king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> answered <H0559> and said <H0559> unto Esther <H0635> the queen, <H4436> Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume <H4390> in his heart <H3820> to do <H6213> so?
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And Esther <H0635> said, <H0559> The adversary <H0376> <H6862> and enemy <H0341> [is] this wicked <H7451> Haman. <H2001> Then Haman <H2001> was afraid <H1204> before <H6440> the king <H4428> and the queen. <H4436>
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And the king <H4428> arising <H6965> from the banquet <H4960> of wine <H3196> in his wrath <H2534> [went] into the palace <H1055> garden: <H1594> and Haman <H2001> stood up <H5975> to make request <H1245> for his life <H5315> to Esther <H0635> the queen; <H4436> for he saw <H7200> that there was evil <H7451> determined <H3615> against him by the king. <H4428>
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Then the king <H4428> returned <H7725> out of the palace <H1055> garden <H1594> into the place <H1004> of the banquet <H4960> of wine; <H3196> and Haman <H2001> was fallen <H5307> upon the bed <H4296> whereon Esther <H0635> [was]. Then said <H0559> the king, <H4428> Will he force <H3533> the queen <H4436> also before me in the house? <H1004> As the word <H1697> went out <H3318> of the king's <H4428> mouth, <H6310> they covered <H2645> Haman's <H2001> face. <H6440>
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And Harbonah, <H2726> one <H0259> of the chamberlains, <H5631> said <H0559> before <H6440> the king, <H4428> Behold also, the gallows <H6086> fifty <H2572> cubits <H0520> high, <H1364> which Haman <H2001> had made <H6213> for Mordecai, <H4782> who had spoken <H1696> good <H2896> for the king, <H4428> standeth <H5975> in the house <H1004> of Haman. <H2001> Then the king <H4428> said, <H0559> Hang <H8518> him thereon.
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So they hanged <H8518> Haman <H2001> on the gallows <H6086> that he had prepared <H3559> for Mordecai. <H4782> Then was the king's <H4428> wrath <H2534> pacified. <H7918>