Chapter 7
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen .
2 The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine , " What is your petition , queen Esther? It shall be granted you . What is your request ? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed ."
3 Then Esther the queen answered , "If I have found favor in your sight , O king , and if it pleases the king , let my life be given me at my petition , and my people at my request .
4 For we are sold , I and my people , to be destroyed , to be slain , and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves , I would have held my peace , although the adversary could not have compensated for the king ’s loss."
5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen , " Who is he , and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so ?"
6 Esther said, " An adversary and an enemy , even this wicked Haman !" Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen .
7 The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden . Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen , for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king .
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was . Then the king said , " Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house ?" As the word went out of the king ’s mouth , they covered Haman ’s face .
9 Then Harbonah , one of the eunuchs who were with the king , said , " Behold , the gallows fifty cubits high , which Haman has made for Mordecai , who spoke good for the king , is standing at Haman ’s house ." The king said , " Hang him on it !"
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai . Then the king ’s wrath was pacified .