Angered(A) by this, the king arose from where they were drinking wine and went to the palace garden.(B) Haman remained to beg Queen Esther for his life because he realized the king was planning something terrible for him.(C) Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the house of wine drinking, Haman was falling on the couch(D) where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.(E)

Harbona, one of the royal eunuchs,(F) said: “There is a gallows 75 feet[a] tall at Haman’s house that he made for Mordecai,(G) who gave the report that saved[b] the king.”(H)

The king commanded, “Hang him on it.”

10 They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.(I) Then the king’s anger subsided.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:9 Lit 50 cubits
  2. Esther 7:9 Lit who spoke good for

Haman is Hanged

The king rose in his anger from the banquet[a] and went to the palace garden, and Haman stood to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he realized that the king was determined to make an end to his life.[b] And the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,[c] where Haman was lying prostrate on the couch that Esther was on, and the king said, “Will he also molest the queen with me in the house?” As the words[d] went from the king’s mouth they covered Haman’s face. And Habrona, one of the eunuchs in the presence of the king, said, “Look, the same gallows that Haman had prepared for Mordecai who spoke good for the sake of the king stands at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on it.” 10 And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:7 Literally “from the banquet of wine”
  2. Esther 7:7 Literally “that evil had been determined for him from the king”
  3. Esther 7:8 Literally “house of the meal of wine”
  4. Esther 7:8 Hebrew “word”