¹⁰ So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

²⁴ Then the king gave orders to arrest the men who had maliciously accused Daniel. He had them thrown into the lions’ den, along with their wives and children. The lions leaped on them and tore them apart before they even hit the floor of the den.

¹³ Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.

⁷ “Because you did this,” Samson vowed, “I won’t rest until I take my revenge on you!”

⁸ Then the Lord summoned me and said, “Look, those who went north have vented the anger of my Spirit^[a] there in the land of the north.”

Esther Becomes Queen

2 But after Xerxes’ anger had subsided, he began thinking about Vashti and what she had done and the decree he had made.