1
H7992
Now it came to pass on the third
H3117
day,
H635
that Esther
H3847 [H8799]
put on
H4438
her royal
H5975 [H8799]
apparel, and stood
H6442
in the inner
H2691
court
H4428
of the king's
H1004
house,
H5227
opposite
H4428
the king's
H1004
house:
H4428
and the king
H3427 [H8802]
sat
H4438
upon his royal
H3678
throne
H4438
in the royal
H1004
house,
H5227
opposite
H6607
the entrance
H1004
of the house.
2
H4428
And it was so, when the king
H7200 [H8800]
saw
H635
Esther
H4436
the queen
H5975 [H8802]
standing
H2691
in the court,
H5375 [H8804]
that she obtained
H2580
favour
H5869
in his eyes:
H4428
and the king
H3447 [H8686]
held out
H635
to Esther
H2091
the golden
H8275
sceptre
H3027
that was in his hand.
H635
So Esther
H7126 [H8799]
drew near,
H5060 [H8799]
and touched
H7218
the top
H8275
of the sceptre.
3
H559 [H8799]
Then said
H4428
the king
H4436
to her, What wilt thou, queen
H635
Esther?
H1246
and what is thy request?
H5414 [H8735]
it shall be even given
H2677
thee to the half
H4438
of the kingdom.
4
H635
And Esther
H559 [H8799]
answered,
H2895 [H8804]
If it shall seem good
H4428
to the king,
H4428
let the king
H2001
and Haman
H935 [H8799]
come
H3117
this day
H4960
to the banquet
H6213 [H8804]
that I have prepared for him.
5
H4428
Then the king
H559 [H8799]
said,
H2001
Cause Haman
H4116 [H8761]
to make haste,
H6213 [H8800]
that he may do
H635
as Esther
H1697
hath said.
H4428
So the king
H2001
and Haman
H935 [H8799]
came
H4960
to the banquet
H635
that Esther
H6213 [H8804]
had prepared.
6
H4428
And the king
H559 [H8799]
said
H635
to Esther
H4960
at the banquet
H3196
of wine,
H7596
What is thy petition?
H5414 [H8735]
and it shall be granted
H1246
thee: and what is thy request?
H2677
even to the half
H4438
of the kingdom
H6213 [H8735]
it shall be performed.
7
H6030 [H8799]
Then answered
H635
Esther,
H559 [H8799]
and said,
H7596
My petition
H1246
and my request is;
8
H4672 [H8804]
If I have found
H2580
favour
H5869
in the eyes
H4428
of the king,
H2895 [H8804]
and if it shall please
H4428
the king
H5414 [H8800]
to give
H7596
my petition,
H6213 [H8800]
and to perform
H1246
my request,
H4428
let the king
H2001
and Haman
H935 [H8799]
come
H4960
to the banquet
H6213 [H8799]
that I shall prepare
H6213 [H8799]
for them, and I will do
H4279
to morrow
H4428
as the king
H1697
hath said.
9
H3318 0
Then went
H2001
Haman
H3318 [H8799]
forth
H3117
that day
H8056
joyful
H2896
and with a glad
H3820
heart:
H2001
but when Haman
H7200 [H8800]
saw
H4782
Mordecai
H4428
in the king's
H8179
gate,
H6965 [H8804]
that he stood not up,
H2111 [H8804]
nor trembled
H2001
before him, he
H4390 [H8735]
was full
H2534
of hot anger
H4782
against Mordecai.
10
H2001
Nevertheless Haman
H662 [H8691]
restrained
H935 [H8799]
himself: and when he came
H1004
home,
H7971 [H8799]
he sent
H935 [H8686]
and called
H157 [H8802]
for his friends,
H2238
and Zeresh
H802
his wife.
11
H2001
And Haman
H5608 [H8762]
told
H3519
them of the glory
H6239
of his riches,
H7230
and the abundance
H1121
of his sons,
H4428
and all the things in which the king
H1431 [H8765]
had promoted
H5375 [H8765]
him, and how he had advanced
H8269
him above the princes
H5650
and servants
H4428
of the king.
12
H2001
Haman
H559 [H8799]
said
H635
moreover, Yea, Esther
H4436
the queen
H935 [H8689]
let no man come in
H4428
with the king
H4960
to the banquet
H6213 [H8804]
that she had prepared
H4279
but myself; and to morrow
H7121 [H8803]
I am invited
H4428
to her also with the king.
13
H7737 [H8802]
Yet all this availeth
H6256
me nothing, so long as
H7200 [H8802]
I see
H4782
Mordecai
H3064
the Judean
H3427 [H8802]
sitting
H4428
at the king's
H8179
gate.
14
H559 [H8799]
Then said
H2238
Zeresh
H802
his wife
H157 [H8802]
and all his friends
H6086
to him, Let a gallows
H6213 [H8799]
be made
H2572
fifty
H520
cubits
H1364
high,
H1242
and to morrow
H559 [H8798]
speak
H4428
thou to the king
H4782
that Mordecai
H8518 [H8799]
may be hanged
H935 [H8798]
on it: then go
H8056
thou in merrily
H4428
with the king
H4960
to the banquet.
H1697
And the thing
H3190 H6440 [H8799]
pleased
H2001
Haman;
H6213 0
and he caused
H6086
the gallows
H6213 [H8799]
to be made.