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| Esther 7:1 |
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So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther
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| Esther 7:2 |
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And the king said again unto Esther on the second
day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be
granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the
half of the kingdom. |
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| Esther 7:3 |
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Then Esther the queen answered and said, If
I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life
be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: |
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| Esther 7:4 |
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For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed,
to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen,
I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. |
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| Esther 7:5 |
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Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto
Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart
to do so? |
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| Esther 7:6 |
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And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is
this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. |
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| Esther 7:7 |
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And the king arising from the banquet of wine
in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for
his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against
him by the king. |
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| Esther 7:8 |
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Then the king returned out of the palace garden
into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon
Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the
house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. |
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| Esther 7:9 |
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And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said
before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made
for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then
the king said, Hang him thereon. |
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| Esther 7:10 |
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he
had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. |
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