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King Xerxes spoke up. He said to Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is this person who has the audacity to do this?”

Esther said, “This hateful enemy is this evil Haman!” Haman was terrified in the presence of the king and the queen.

The king rose angrily from the place where they were drinking wine[a] and went to the palace garden. But Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, because he saw the king had evil plans for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:7 The word mishteh, which is often translated banquet, refers primarily to drinking rather than eating. Here that connotation is made explicit by the addition of the word wine.