Esther 7:2-3

2And the king said to Esther on the second day also 1as they drank their wine at the banquet, “2What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your wish? 3Up to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

3Then Queen Esther replied, “4If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my request, and my people as my wish;