Esther 5
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1 Now it came to pass on the
third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the
inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king
sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the
house.
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther
the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight:
and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand.
So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt
thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee
to the half of the kingdom.
4 And Esther answered, If it seem
good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I
have prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make
haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the
banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 And the king said unto Esther at the
banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and
what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be
performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My
petition and my request is;
8 If I have found favour in the sight of
the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my
request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for
them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
9 Then went Haman forth that
day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s
gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation
against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself:
and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his
riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the
king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and
servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the
queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had
prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so
long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his
friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow
speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in
merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he
caused the gallows to be made.
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