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Esther 7

Chapter 7 in 30 seconds

At the second dinner Esther tells the king that someone plans to kill her and her people. Who? This wicked Haman! The king storms out, Haman begs at the queen's couch, and the king comes back at the worst moment. Haman is hanged on the gallows he built for Mordecai.

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Esther Pleads for Her People

1So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen, 2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

3Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request. 4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

5Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

6Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!”

And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

The Hanging of Haman

7In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

8Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?”

As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

  • EST 7:8[NOTE]THE COUCH. Persians lay on couches to eat. They covered Haman's face. Many think that meant he was condemned.

9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows 75 feet high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.”

“Hang him on it!” declared the king.

10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

  • EST 7:10[NOTABLE]The trap Haman built for someone else caught him instead. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, Proverbs 26:27.
  • EST 7:10[FULFILLS]Haman's wife and friends said he would surely fall before Mordecai ← EST 6:13MEDIUM
  • EST 7:10[NOTE]HIS OWN GALLOWS. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, Proverbs 26:27.

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