King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled(A) him on the pole he set up.

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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)

So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, (A)I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and they have hanged him on the wooden gallows because he had reached out with his hand against the Jews.

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