^10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. ^(B)Then the wrath of the king abated.

²⁴ And the king commanded, and ^(A)those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

^13 (A)“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that ^(B)I am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—^(C)when I spend my fury upon them.

⁷ And Samson said to them, “If this is what you do, I swear I will be avenged on you, and after that I will quit.”

⁸ Then he cried to me, “Behold, those who go toward ^(A)the north country have set my Spirit at rest in ^(B)the north country.”

Esther Chosen Queen

2 After these things, ^(A)when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti ^(B)and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.