Esther 7 (NET)

Esther 7:1¹So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 5:8Esth 3:15

Esther 7:2²On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask for up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 16:24Esth 5:3Esth 9:12Esth 5:6

Esther 7:3³Queen Esther replied, “If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 38:26Job 2:4Esth 7:7Ps 122:6-91 Kgs 20:312 Kgs 1:13Esth 4:8Esth 5:8

Esther 7:4⁴For we have been sold —both I and my people—to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation. If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 3:9Deut 28:68Esth 3:13Esth 8:111 Sam 22:23Amos 2:6Esth 4:7-8Esth 7:6Gen 37:26-28Joel 3:6

Esther 7:5⁵Then King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther, “Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough to act in this way?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 27:33Job 9:24Acts 5:3

Esther 7:6⁶Esther replied, “The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 18:5-121 Cor 5:132 Thess 2:8Ps 139:19-221 Sam 24:13Esth 3:10Job 15:21-22Neh 6:16Ps 27:2Ps 73:17-20

Esther 7:7⁷In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 1:12Rev 3:91 Sam 20:71 Sam 20:91 Sam 25:17Dan 3:19Isa 60:14Prov 14:19Prov 19:12Ps 112:10

Esther 7:8⁸When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, “Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building?” As these words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 1:6Esth 6:12Isa 22:17Job 9:24Isa 49:23

Esther 7:9⁹Harbona, one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out on the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is 75 feet high.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 7:15-16Prov 11:5-6Esth 1:10Esth 5:14Ps 141:10Ps 35:8Dan 6:241 Sam 17:51Dan 6:7Esth 6:14

Esther 7:10¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 7:16Dan 6:24Ezek 5:13Judg 15:7Esth 2:1Zech 6:8