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7:1 So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came <0935> to dine <08354> with <05973> Queen <04436> Esther <0635>. 7:2 On the second <08145> day <03117> of the banquet <04960> of wine <03196> the king <04428> asked <0559> Esther <0635>, “What <04100> is your request <07596>, Queen <04436> Esther <0635>? It shall be granted <05414> to you. And what <04100> is your petition <01246>? Ask up to <05704> half <02677> the kingdom <04438>, and it shall be done <06213>!” 7:3 Queen <04436> Esther <0635> replied <06030>, “If <0518> I have met <04672> with your approval <02580>, O king <04428>, and if <0518> the king <04428> is so inclined <02895>, grant <05414> me my life <05315> as my request <07596>, and my people <05971> as my petition <01246>. 7:4 For <03588> we have been sold <04376>– both I <0589> and my people <05971>– to destruction <08045> and to slaughter <02026> and to annihilation <06>! If <0432> we had simply been sold <04376> as male and female <08198> slaves <05650>, I would have remained silent <02790>, for <03588> such distress <06862> would not <0369> have been sufficient <07737> for troubling <05143> the king <04428>.” 7:5 Then King <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> responded <0559> to Queen <04436> Esther <0635>, “Who <04310> is this <02088> individual? Where <0335> is this <02088> person <01931> to be found who <0834> is presumptuous <03820> <04390> enough to act <06213> in this way <03651>?” 7:6 Esther <0635> replied <0559>, “The oppressor <06862> <0376> and enemy <0341> is this <02088> evil <07451> Haman <02001>!” Then Haman <02001> became terrified <01204> in the presence <06440> of the king <04428> and queen <04436>. 7:7 In rage <02534> the king <04428> arose <06965> from the banquet <04960> of wine <03196> and withdrew to <0413> the palace <01055> garden <01594>. Meanwhile, Haman <02001> stood <05975> to beg <01245> Queen <04436> Esther <0635> for <05921> his life <05315>, for <03588> he realized <07200> that <03588> the king <04428> had now determined <03615> a catastrophic end <07451> for <0854> him. 7:8 When the king <04428> returned <07725> from the palace <01055> garden <01594> to <0413> the banquet <04960> of wine <03196>, Haman <02001> was throwing <05307> himself down <05307> on <05921> the couch <04296> where <0834> Esther <0635> was lying. The king <04428> exclaimed <0559>, “Will he also <01571> attempt to rape <03533> the queen <04436> while I am still in the building <01004>!” As these words <01697> left <03318> the king’s <04428> mouth <06310>, they covered <02645> Haman’s <02001> face <06440>.

• Est 7:1-10 -- The King Has Haman Executed

• Esther

  [ebd] the queen of Ahasuerus, and heroine of the book that bears her name. She was a Jewess named Hadas'sah (the myrtle), but when she entered the royal harem she received the name by which she henceforth became known (Esther 2:7)...
  [nave] ESTHER, called also Hadassah. Niece of Mordecai, Esth. 2:7, 15. Chosen queen, Esth. 2:17. Tells the king of the plot against his life, Esth. 2:22. Fasts on account of the decree to destroy the Israelites; accuses Haman to ...
  

• BANQUET

  [ebd] a feast provided for the entertainment of a company of guests (Esther 5; 7; 1 Pet. 4:3); such as was provided for our Lord by his friends in Bethany (Matt. 26:6; Mark 14:3; comp. John 12:2). These meals were in the days of C...
  [isbe] BANQUET - ban'-kwet. 1. The Ancient Hebrew Customs: (1) "Banquet" and "banqueting" in the King James Version always include and stand for wine-drinking, not simply "feast" or "feasting" in our sense. Thus (Song 2:4), "He bro...
  

• Haman

  [nave] HAMAN Prime minister of Ahasuerus, Esth. 3:1. Plotted against Esther and the Jews, thwarted by Esther and Mordecai, hanged, Esth. 3-9.
  

• Courage

  [nave] COURAGE Enjoined upon Joshua, Deut. 31:7, 8, 22, 23; Josh. 1:1-9; the Israelites, Lev. 26:6-8; 2 Chr. 32:7, 8; Solomon, 1 Chr. 22:13; 28:20; Asa, 2 Chr. 15:1-7. Enjoined by Jehoshaphat upon the judicial and executive office...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Readings, Select

  [nave] READINGS, SELECT. Judah's Defense Gen. 44:18-34 Joseph Revealing His Identity Gen. 45:1-15 The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh Ex. 14:5-30 Song of Moses When Pharaoh and His Army Were Overthrown Ex. 15:1-1...
  

• Mordecai

  [ebd] the son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin. It has been alleged that he was carried into captivity with Jeconiah, and hence that he must have been at least one hundred and twenty-nine years old in the twelfth year of Ahasueru...
  

• Tact

  [nave] TACT Prov. 15:1; 25:15. In preaching, 1 Cor. 9:19-22; 2 Cor. 12:6. Of Gideon, Judg. 8:1-3. Of Saul, in managing malcontents, 1 Sam. 10:27; 11:7, 12-15. Nabal's wife, Abigail, 1 Sam. 25:18-37. In David's popular methods:...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• GARDEN

  [isbe] GARDEN - gar'-d'-n (gan, gannah, ginnah; kepos): The Arabic jannah (diminutive, jannainah), like the Hebrew gannah, literally, "a covered or hidden place," denotes in the mind of the dweller in the East something more than t...
  

• Palace

  [ebd] Used now only of royal dwellings, although originally meaning simply (as the Latin word palatium, from which it is derived, shows) a building surrounded by a fence or a paling. In the Authorized Version there are many differ...
  [nave] PALACE For kings, 1 Kin. 21:1; 2 Kin. 15:25; Jer. 49:27; Amos 1:12; Nah. 2:6. Of David, 2 Sam. 7:2. Of Solomon, 1 Kin. 7:1-12. At Babylon, Dan. 4:29; 5:5; 6:18. At Shushan, Neh. 1:1; Esth. 1:2; 7:7; Dan. 8:2. Archives k...
  

• King

  [nave] KING Called King of kings, Ezra 7:12; Ezek. 26:7; Dan. 2:37. Divinely authorized, Deut. 17:15; 1 Sam. 9:16, 17; 16:12; 1 Chr. 22:10; 2 Chr. 2:11, 12; Prov. 8:15; Dan. 2:21, 37; 4:17; 5:20; Hos. 8:4; 13:11. How chosen: By d...
  

• Feasts

  [nave] FEASTS Ancient customs at: Men alone present at, Gen. 40:20; 43:32, 34; 1 Sam. 9:22; Esth. 1:8; Mark 6:21; Luke 14:24; women alone, Esth. 1:9. Men and women attend, Ex. 32:6, with vs. 2,3;Dan. 5:1-3. Riddles propounded at,...
  

• Anger

  [nave] ANGER. Gen. 4:6; Gen. 49:7; 2 Chr. 28:9; Job 5:2; Job 19:29; Psa. 37:8; Psa. 55:3; Psa. 76:10; Prov. 6:34; Prov. 12:16; Prov. 14:17, 29; Prov. 15:1, 18; Prov. 16:14, 29, 32; Prov. 17:14; Prov. 19:11, 12, 19; Prov. 21:24; Pr...
  

• PEACE

  [isbe] PEACE - pes (shalom; eirene): 1. In the Old Testament: Is a condition of freedom from disturbance, whether outwardly, as of a nation from war or enemies, or inwardly, within the soul. The Hebrew word is shalom (both adjectiv...
  

• DAMAGE

  [isbe] DAMAGE - dam'-aj (chabhala'): This word expresses any inflicted loss of value or permanent injury to persons or things. "Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?" (Ezr 4:22). In Prov 26:6 "damage" means "wrong," "inj...
  

• COUNTERVAIL

  [isbe] COUNTERVAIL - koun-ter-val' (shawah, "equalize"): To thwart or overcome by acting against with equal force; thus, "The enemy could not countervail the king's damage" or loss (Est 7:4 the American Standard Revised Version rea...
  

• BIRTHDAY

  [isbe] BIRTHDAY - burth'-da: (1) The custom of observing birthdays of great men, especially of kings, was widespread in ancient times (see Gen 40:20 f, "the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday," etc.; compare 2 Macc 6:7; and He...
  

• FACE

  [isbe] FACE - fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions: (1) panim (2) `ayin, literally, "eye" and (3) 'aph, literally, "nose," "nostril," already noted under the word COUNTENANCE, which see. The first and second of these...
  

• HEAD

  [isbe] HEAD - hed (ro'-sh, Aramaic re'sh, and in special sense gulgoleth, literally, "skull," "cut-off head" (1 Ch 10:10), whence Golgotha (Mt 27:33; Mk 15:22; Jn 19:17); mera'ashah, literally, "head-rest," "pillow," "bolster" (1 K...
  

• The Fall of Haman

  

Genesis 1:28

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