⁴ And the saying pleased Absalom and all the ^(A)elders of Israel.

³² who, ^(A)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things ^(B)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also ^(C)approve of those who practice them.

¹⁴ Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a ^(A)gallows^[a] be made, ^[b]fifty cubits high, and in the morning ^(B)suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet.”

And the thing pleased Haman; so he had ^(C)the gallows made.

²¹ And the reply pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

⁴ And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly.

²¹ And Saul said, “Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have compassion on me.

^20 (A)Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. ²¹ So Saul said, “I will give her to him, that she may ^[a]be a snare to him, and that ^(B)the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” Therefore Saul said to David a second time, ^(C)“You shall be my son-in-law today.”