Now the king and Haman
came
to drink
wine with Esther
the queen
.
And the king said
to Esther
on the second
day
also
1as they drank
their wine
at the banquet
, " aWhat
is your petition
, Queen
Esther
? It shall be granted
you. And what
is your request
? bEven
to half
of the kingdom
it shall be done
."
Then Queen Esther
replied
, " aIf
I have found
favor
in your sight
, O king
, and if
it pleases
the king
, let my life
be given
me as my petition
, and my people
as my request
;
for awe have been sold, I and my people
, to be destroyed
, bto be killed
and to be annihilated
. Now if
we had only been sold
as slaves
, men and women
, I would have remained
silent
, for the 1trouble
would not be commensurate
with the 2annoyance
to the king
."
Then King Ahasuerus
1asked
Queen
Esther
, "Who
is he, and where
is he, 2who
would presume
to do
thus
?"
Esther said
, " aA foe
and an enemy
is this
wicked
Haman
!" Then Haman
became terrified
before
the king
and queen
.
The king arose
ain his anger
from 1drinking
wine
and went into bthe palace
garden
; but Haman
stayed
to beg
for his life
from Queen
Esther
, for he saw
that harm
had been determined
against
him by the king
.
Now when the king returned
from the palace
garden
into the 1place
where
they were drinking
wine
, Haman
was falling
on athe couch
where
Esther
was. Then the king
said
, "Will he even
assault
the queen
with me in the house
?" As the word
went
out of the king's
mouth
, they covered
Haman's
face
.
Then Harbonah, one
of the eunuchs
who were before
the king
said
, "Behold
indeed
, athe gallows
standing
at Haman's
house
fifty
cubits
high
, which
Haman
made
for Mordecai
bwho
spoke
good
on behalf
of the king
!" And the king
said
, "Hang
him on it."
aSo they hanged Haman
on the 1gallows
which
he had prepared
for Mordecai
, band the king's
anger
subsided
.