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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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