Dual Panel1It so happened <01961> that on the third <07992> day <03117> Esther <0635> put on <03847> her royal attire <04438> and stood <05975> in the inner <06442> court <02691> of the palace <04428> <01004>, opposite <05227> the king’s <04428> quarters <01004>. The king <04428> was sitting <03427> on <05921> his royal <04438> throne <03678> in the palace <04438> <01004>, opposite <05227> the entrance <06607>.
2When <01961> the king <04428> saw <07200> Queen <04436> Esther <0635> standing <05975> in the court <02691>, she met <05375> with his approval <05869> <02580>. The king <04428> extended <03447> to Esther <0635> the gold <02091> scepter <08275> that <0834> was in his hand <03027>, and Esther <0635> approached <07126> and touched <05060> the end <07218> of the scepter <08275>.
3The king <04428> said <0559> to her, “What <04100> is on your mind, Queen <04436> Esther <0635>? What <04100> is your request <01246>? Even as much as <05704> half <02677> the kingdom <04438> will be given <05414> to you!”
4Esther <0635> replied <0559>, “If <0518> the king <04428> is so inclined <02895>, let the king <04428> and Haman <02001> come <0935> today <03117> to <0413> the banquet <04960> that <0834> I have prepared <06213> for him.”
5The king <04428> replied <0559>, “Find Haman <02001> quickly <04116> so that we can do <06213> as Esther <0635> requests <01697>.” So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> went <0935> to <0413> the banquet <04960> that <0834> Esther <0635> had prepared <06213>.
6While at the banquet <04960> of wine <03196>, the king <04428> said <0559> to Esther <0635>, “What <04100> is your request <07596>? It shall be given <05414> to you. What <04100> is your petition <01246>? Ask for as much as <05704> half <02677> the kingdom <04438>, and it shall be done <06213>!”
7Esther <0635> responded <06030>, “My request <07596> and my petition <01246> is this:
8If <0518> I have found <04672> favor <02580> in the king’s <04428> sight <05869> and if <0518> the king <04428> is inclined <02895> to grant <05414> my request <07596> and perform <06213> my petition <01246>, let the king <04428> and Haman <02001> come <0935> tomorrow <04279> to <0413> the banquet <04960> that <0834> I will prepare <06213> for them. At that time I will do <06213> as the king <04428> wishes <01697>.
9Now Haman <02001> went forth <03318> that day <03117> pleased <08056> and very much encouraged <03820> <02896>. But when Haman <02001> saw <07200> Mordecai <04782> at the king’s <04428> gate <08179>, and he did not <03808> rise <06965> nor <03808> tremble <02111> in <04480> his presence, Haman <02001> was filled <04390> with rage <02534> toward <05921> Mordecai <04782>.
10But Haman <02001> restrained <0662> himself and went <0935> on to <0413> his home <01004>. He then sent <07971> for his friends <0157> to join <0935> him, along <0935> with his wife <0802> Zeresh <02238>.
11Haman <02001> then recounted <05608> to them <01992> his fabulous <03519> wealth <06239>, his many <07230> sons <01121>, and how <0834> the king <04428> had magnified <01431> him and exalted <05375> him over <05921> the king’s <04428> other officials <08269> and servants <05650>.
12Haman <02001> said <0559>, “Furthermore <0637>, Queen <04436> Esther <0635> invited only me to <05973> accompany <0935> the king <04428> to <0413> the banquet <04960> that <0834> she prepared <06213>! And also <01571> tomorrow <04279> I <0589> am invited <07121> along with <05973> the king <04428>.
13Yet all <03605> of this <02088> fails <0369> to satisfy <07737> me so long <06256> <03605> as <0834> I <0589> have to see <07200> Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064> sitting <03427> at the king’s <04428> gate <08179>.”
14Haman’s wife <0802> Zeresh <02238> and all <03605> his friends <0157> said <0559> to him, “Have a gallows <06086> seventy-five feet <0520> <02572> high <01364> built <06213>, and in the morning <01242> tell <0559> the king <04428> that Mordecai <04782> should be hanged <08518> on <05921> it. Then go <0935> with <05973> the king <04428> to <0413> the banquet <04960> contented <08056>.” It seemed like a good <03190> idea <01697> to Haman <02001>, so he had the gallows <06086> built <06213>.