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So the king[H4428] and Haman[H2001]came[H935] to banquet[H8354] with Esther[H635] the queen[H4436].
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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] and it shall be performed[H6213], even to the half[H2677] of the kingdom[H4438].
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Then Esther[H635] the queen[H4436]answered[H6030] and said[H559], If I have found[H4672]favour[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]:
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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 tongue[H2790], although the enemy[H6862] could not countervail[H7737] the king's damage[H5143].
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Then the king[H4428]Ahasuerus[H325]answered[H559] 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?
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And Esther[H635]said[H559], The adversary[H376] and enemy[H341] is this wicked[H7451]Haman[H2001]. Then Haman[H2001] was afraid[H1204]before[H6440] the king[H4428] and the queen[H4436].
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And the king[H4428]arising[H6965] from the banquet[H4960] of wine[H3196] in his wrath[H2534] 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].
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Then the king[H4428]returned[H7725]out[H3318] 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 bed[H4296] whereon Esther[H635] was. Then said[H559] the king[H4428], Will he force[H3533] the queen[H4436] also before me in the house?[H1004] As the word[H1697] went out[H3318] of the king[H4428]'s mouth[H6310], they covered[H2645]Haman[H2001]'s face[H6440].
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And Harbonah[H2726], one[H259] of the chamberlains[H5631], said[H559]before[H6440] the king[H4428], Behold also, the gallows[H6086]fifty[H2572]cubits[H520]high[H1364], which Haman[H2001] had made[H6213] for Mordecai[H4782], who had spoken[H1696]good[H2896] for the king[H4428], standeth[H5975] in the house[H1004] of Haman[H2001]. Then the king[H4428]said[H559], Hang[H8518] him thereon.
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So they hanged[H8518]Haman[H2001] on the gallows[H6086] that he had prepared[H3559] for Mordecai[H4782]. Then was the king's wrath[H2534]pacified[H7918].