Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, (A)I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows,[a] because he intended to lay hands on the Jews.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:7 Or wooden beam (see note on 2:23)

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

Esther Saves the Jews

On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, (C)the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told (D)what he was to her.

13 Christ (A)redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, (B)“Cursed is everyone who is hanged (C)on a tree”—

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22 (A)A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children,
    but (B)the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

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