Esther 7
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Esther 7:1-6

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.

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 7:2 Lit at the banquet of wine ↩
  2. 2. Esther 7:2 Esth 5:6; 9:12 ↩
  3. 3. Esther 7:2 Esth 5:3 ↩
  4. 4. Esther 7:3 Esth 5:8; 8:5 ↩
  5. 5. Esther 7:4 Esth 3:9 ↩
  6. 6. Esther 7:4 Esth 3:13 ↩
  7. 7. Esther 7:5 Lit said and said to ↩
  8. 8. Esther 7:5 Lit whose heart has filled him ↩
  9. 9. Esther 7:6 Esth 3:10 ↩

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