So the king{H4428} and Haman{H2001} came{H935} to banquet{H8354} with Esther{H635} the queen.{H4436}

And the king{H4428} said{H559} again unto Esther{H635} on the second{H8145} day{H3117} at the banquet{H4960} of wine,{H3196} What is thy petition,{H7596} queen{H4436} Esther?{H635} and it shall be granted{H5414} thee: and what is thy request?{H1246} even to the half{H2677} of the kingdom{H4438} it shall be performed.{H6213}

Then Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} If I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} O king,{H4428} and if it please{H2895} the king,{H4428} let my life{H5315} be given{H5414} me at my petition,{H7596} and my people{H5971} at my request:{H1246}

for we are sold,{H4376} I and my people,{H5971} to be destroyed,{H8045} to be slain,{H2026} and to perish.{H6} But if{H432} we had been sold{H4376} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen,{H8198} I had held my peace,{H2790} although the adversary{H6862} could not have compensated{H7737} for the king's{H4428} damage.{H5143}

Then spake{H559} the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} and said{H559} unto Esther{H635} the queen,{H4436} Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume{H4390} in his heart{H3820} to do{H6213} so?

And Esther{H635} said,{H559} An adversary{H376} and an enemy,{H341} even this wicked{H7451} Haman.{H2001} Then Haman{H2001} was afraid{H1204} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the queen.{H4436}

And the king{H4428} arose{H6965} in his wrath{H2534} from the banquet{H4960} of wine{H3196} [and went] into the palace{H1055} garden:{H1594} and Haman{H2001} stood up{H5975} to make request{H1245} for his life{H5315} to Esther{H635} the queen;{H4436} for he saw{H7200} that there was evil{H7451} determined{H3615} against him by the king.{H4428}

Then the king{H4428} returned{H7725} out of the palace{H1055} garden{H1594} into the place{H1004} of the banquet{H4960} of wine;{H3196} and Haman{H2001} was fallen{H5307} upon the couch{H4296} whereon Esther{H635} was. Then said{H559} the king,{H4428} Will he even force{H3533} the queen{H4436} before me in the house?{H1004} As the word{H1697} went out{H3318} of the king's{H4428} mouth,{H6310} they covered{H2645} Haman's{H2001} face.{H6440}

Then said{H559} Harbonah,{H2726} one{H259} of the chamberlains{H5631} that were before{H6440} the king,{H4428} Behold also, the gallows{H6086} fifty{H2572} cubits{H520} high,{H1364} which Haman{H2001} hath made{H6213} for Mordecai,{H4782} who spake{H1696} good{H2896} for the king,{H4428} standeth{H5975} in the house{H1004} of Haman.{H2001} And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Hang{H8518} him thereon.

So they hanged{H8518} Haman{H2001} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559} for Mordecai.{H4782} Then was the king's{H4428} wrath{H2534} pacified.{H7918}