Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared[a] to do this?” And Esther said, (A)“A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Haman Is Hanged

And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into (B)the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:5 Hebrew whose heart has filled him

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