Esther 7:7

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, ¹  for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him. ² 

Esther 9:25

9:25 But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king ³  gave written orders that Haman’s ⁴  evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

[7:7]  ¹ sn There is great irony here in that the man who set out to destroy all the Jews now finds himself begging for his own life from a Jew.

[7:7]  ² tn Heb “for he saw that calamity was determined for him from the king”; NAB “the king had decided on his doom”; NRSV “the king had determined to destroy him.”

[9:25]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Haman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.