Dual Panel1So the king <04428> and Haman <02001> came <0935> to dine <08354> with <05973> Queen <04436> Esther <0635>.
2On 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>!”
3Queen <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>.
4For <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>.”
5Then 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>?”
6Esther <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>.
7In 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.
8When 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>.
9Harbona <02726>, one <0259> of <04480> the king’s <04428> eunuchs <05631>, said <0559>, “Indeed <01571>, there is the gallows <06086> that <0834> Haman <02001> made <06213> for Mordecai <04782>, who <0834> spoke out <01696> in <05921> the king’s <04428> behalf. It stands <05975> near Haman’s <02001> home <01004> and is seventy-five feet <0520> <02572> high <01364>.” The king <04428> said <0559>, “Hang <08518> him on <05921> it!”
10So they hanged <08518> Haman <02001> on <05921> the very gallows <06086> that <0834> he had prepared <03559> for Mordecai <04782>. The king’s <04428> rage <02534> then abated <07918>.