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Text -- Esther 7:4-10 (NET)
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7:4 For we have been sold – both I and my people – to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation ! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves , I would have remained silent , for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king .”
7:5 Then King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther , “Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough to act in this way ?”
7:6 Esther replied , “The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman !” Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen .
7:7 In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden . Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life , for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.
7:8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine , Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed , “Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building !” As these words left the king’s mouth , they covered Haman’s face .
7:9 Harbona , one of the king’s eunuchs , said , “Indeed , there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai , who spoke out in the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is seventy-five feet high .” The king said , “Hang him on it!”
7:10 So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai . The king’s rage then abated .
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NET Notes: Est 7:4 The passive verb (“have been sold”) is noncommittal and nonaccusatory with regard to the king’s role in the decision to annihilate t...
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NET Notes: Est 7:7 Heb “for he saw that calamity was determined for him from the king”; NAB “the king had decided on his doom”; NRSV “the k...
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NET Notes: Est 7:8 Heb “where Esther was” (so KJV, NASB). The term “lying” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; cf. NAB, N...
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