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14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “(A)Have a [a]gallows [b]fifty cubits high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:14 Lit tree, cf. Deut 21:22-23
  2. Esther 5:14 Approx. 75 ft. or 23 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm