Esther 7
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Esther accuses Haman
Verse 2
WEB 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.”
KJV And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
Verse 3
WEB Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
KJV Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
TSK let my life: es 7:7, 1ki 20:31, 2ki 1:13, job 2:4, jer 38:26; my people: es 4:8, ps 122:6-9
Verse 4
WEB For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
KJV For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
TSK we are sold: es 3:9, es 4:7,8, de 28:68, 1sa 22:23; to be destroyed, etc: es 3:13, es 8:11, ps 44:22,23; But if we: ge 37:26-28, de 28:68, jos 9:23, ne 5:5, joe 3:6, am 2:6; the enemy: es 7:6, es 3:9

Verse 5
WEB Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
KJV Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Verse 6
WEB Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
KJV And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
TSK this wicked: 1sa 24:13, ps 27:2, ps 139:19-22, pr 24:24,25, ec 5:8, 1co 5:13, 2th 2:8; was afraid: ne 6:16, job 15:21,22, job 18:5-12, ps 73:5-9,17-20, pr 16:14, isa 21:4, da 5:5,6
Haman hanged on his own gallows
Verse 7
WEB 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.
KJV And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and 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.
TSK in his wrath: es 1:12; Haman: pr 14:19, isa 60:14, re 3:9; for he saw: 1sa 20:7,9, 1sa 25:17, ps 112:10, pr 19:12, da 3:19
Verse 8
WEB 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.
KJV Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
TSK the bed: es 1:6, isa 49:23; they covered Haman's: es 6:12, job 9:24, isa 22:17
Verse 9
WEB 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!”
KJV And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
TSK Harbonah: es 1:10; Harbona: es 6:14, 2ki 9:32; Behold: es 5:14, job 27:20-23, ps 7:15,16, ps 35:8, ps 141:10, pr 11:5,6; who had spoken: es 2:21-23, es 6:2; Hang him thereon: es 9:25, 1sa 17:51, ps 7:15,16, ps 9:15,16, ps 35:8, ps 37:35,36, ps 73:19, pr 11:5,6, da 6:7,24