Esther 7
10 verses
At the second banquet, the king again asks Esther what her petition is, assuring her that it will be granted even to half his kingdom, and Esther finally reveals her Jewish identity and her people's peril. Esther identifies Haman as the enemy who has plotted the genocide, and the king, enraged by this betrayal of his trust and the threat to his queen, leaves the banquet to walk in the garden. When Haman, in desperation, falls upon the couch where Esther reclines to plead for his life, the king returns and interprets the gesture as an assault on the queen, sealing Haman's condemnation. A servant mentions the gallows that Haman prepared for Mordecai, and the king orders Haman to be hanged upon it, fulfilling the principle that the pit one digs for another becomes one's own grave. Mordecai is clothed with Haman's position and Esther is granted Haman's estate, marking the complete inversion of the previous hierarchy and the triumph of the Jewish remnant. This chapter demonstrates divine justice working through natural human emotion and decision-making, without miraculous intervention, yet achieving the salvation of God's people.
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So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What 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.
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Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
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For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
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Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
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And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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