Esther’s Petition to the King

7 Then the king and Haman came to drink wine with Esther the queen. ² And the king said to Esther on the second day also ^[a]as they drank their wine at the feast, “^(A)What is ^[b]your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be given you. And what is ^[c]your request? ^(B)Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” ³ Then Queen Esther answered and said, “^(C)If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me as ^[d]my petition, and my people as ^[e]my request; ⁴ for ^(D)we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, ^(E)to be killed, and to be caused to perish. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the ^[f]adversity would not be worth the ^[g]annoyance to the king.” ⁵ Then King Ahasuerus said—he said to Esther the Queen, “Who is this one, and where is this one, who fills his heart to do thus?” ⁶ So Esther said, “^(F)An adversary and an enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.