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    Esther 7

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    Haman’s gallows is standing fifty cubits high at his house; by the end of the banquet, it is holding Haman.

    Esther names the enemyvv. 1–6

    At the second day’s wine, the king offers Esther the kingdom’s half, or so much of it as a request might require. Esther asks first for her own life, then for the lives of her people, explaining that they have been sold to destruction, death, and annihilation. The king, who had been asking what she wanted, now asks who devised the scheme; Esther points across the table: Haman. Haman stands in terror before them, which is a fairly severe change of posture for a dinner guest.

    The gallows finds its ownervv. 7–10

    The king leaves the wine and goes into the palace garden, while Haman remains behind to beg Esther for his life. When the king returns, Haman is falling on Esther’s couch; the text gives no explanation of the fall, but the king supplies a startling interpretation, and Haman’s face is covered at once. Then Harbonah points out the gallows at Haman’s house, built for Mordecai, and the king orders Haman hanged upon it. The king’s fury subsides only after the gallows has done this neat and dreadful reversal.

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    1. Esth 7:1So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,

    2. Esth 7:2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

    3. Esth 7:3Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

    4. Esth 7:4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

    5. Esth 7:5Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

    6. Esth 7:6Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

    7. Esth 7:7In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

    8. Esth 7:8Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

    9. Esth 7:9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

    10. Esth 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

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    • 9Psalms 7:15–16He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
    • 9Proverbs 11:5–6The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
    • 4Esther 3:9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
    • 10Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
    • 2John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
    • 3Jeremiah 38:26then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
    • 4Deuteronomy 28:68The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
    • 4Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
    • 6Job 18:5–12Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
    • 9Esther 1:10On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
    • 9Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
    • 2Esther 5:3“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
    • 8Esther 1:6Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
    • 9Psalms 141:10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
    • 9Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
    • 10Daniel 6:24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

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