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ES-5:1 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.
ES-5:2 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.
ES-5:3 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.
ES-5:4 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.
ES-5:5 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.
ES-5:6 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.
ES-5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my
request [is];
ES-5:8 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.
ES-5:9 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.
ES-5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came
home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
ES-5:11 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.
ES-5:12 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.
ES-5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see
Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
ES-5:14 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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