Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai

7 So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther.

⁸ If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and ^[a]fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the ^(A)banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

¹⁵ The couriers went out, hastened by the king’s command; and the decree was proclaimed in ^[a]Shushan the ^[b]citadel. So the king and Haman sat down to drink, but ^(A)the city of Shushan was ^[c]perplexed.