Esther 7

Esther’s Plea

1Now the kingH4428 and HamanH2001 cameH935 to drinkH8354 wine with EstherH635 the queenH4436.

2And the kingH4428 saidH559 to EstherH635 on the secondH8145 dayH3117 alsoH1571 1as they drankH4960 their wineH3196 atH4960 theH4960 banquetH4960, “2WhatH4100 is your requestH7596, QueenH4436 EstherH635? It shall be grantedH5414 you. And whatH4100 is your wishH1246? 3Up to halfH2677 of the kingdomH4438 it shall be doneH6213.”

3Then QueenH4436 EstherH635 repliedH6030, “4IfH518 I have foundH4672 favorH2580 in your sightH5869, O kingH4428, and ifH518 it pleasesH2895 the kingH4428, let my lifeH5315 be givenH5414 me as my requestH7596, and my peopleH5971 as my wishH1246;

4for 5we have been soldH4376, I and my peopleH5971, to be destroyedH8045, 6killedH2026, and eliminatedH6. Now ifH432 we had only been soldH4376 as slavesH8198H5650, menH5650 and womenH8198, I would have keptH2790 silentH2790, becauseH3588 the distressH6862 would not be sufficientH7737 reason to burdenH5143 the kingH4428.”

5Then KingH4428 AhasuerusH325 7askedH559 QueenH4436 EstherH635, “WhoH4310 is he, and whereH335 is he, 8whoH834 would presumeH4390H3820 to doH6213 suchH3651 a thing?”

6And EstherH635 saidH559, “9A foeH6862 and an enemyH340 is thisH2088 wickedH7451 HamanH2001!” Then HamanH2001 became terrifiedH1204 beforeH4480H6440 the kingH4428 and queenH4436.

Haman Is Hanged

7The kingH4428 then gotH6965 upH6965 10in his angerH2534 from 11drinkingH4960 wineH3196 and went into 12the palaceH1055 gardenH1593; but HamanH2001 stayedH5975 to begH1245 for his lifeH5315 from QueenH4436 EstherH635, for he sawH7200 that harmH7463 had been determinedH3615 againstH413 him by the kingH4428.

8Now when the kingH4428 returnedH7725 from the palaceH1055 gardenH1593 into the 13placeH1004 where they had been drinkingH4960 wineH3196, HamanH2001 was fallingH5307 on 14the couchH4296 whereH834H5921 EstherH635 was. Then the kingH4428 saidH559, “Will he evenH1571 assaultH3533 the queenH4436 with me in the houseH1004?” As the wordH1697 wentH3318 outH3318 of the king’sH4428 mouthH6310, they coveredH2645 Haman’sH2001 faceH6440.

9Then HarbonahH2726, oneH259 of the eunuchsH5631 who stood beforeH6440 the kingH4428, saidH559, “IndeedH1571, beholdH2009, 15the woodenH6086 gallows standingH5975 at Haman’sH2001 houseH1004 16fiftyH2572 cubitsH520 highH1364, whichH834 HamanH2001 madeH6213 for MordecaiH4782 17whoH834 spokeH1696 goodH2896 inH5921 behalfH5921 ofH5921 the kingH4428!” And the kingH4428 saidH559, “HangH8518 him on it.”

1018So they hangedH8518 HamanH2001 on the woodenH6086 gallows whichH834 he had preparedH3559 for MordecaiH4782, 19and the king’sH4428 angerH2534 subsidedH7918.