Esther · 14 verses

Esther 5

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Haman counts his wealth, his sons, the king’s honours, and a private banquet with Esther; then one man sitting at the gate spoils the lot, which is a remarkably small gate for so much misery.

The queen delays her requestvv. 1–8

On the third day, Esther enters the inner court in royal robes while the king sits facing the entrance. He extends the gold scepter, and she touches its tip. Twice he offers her anything up to half the kingdom; twice the great request remains just out of reach. Esther asks instead that the king and Haman come to her banquet, and at the first banquet she postpones the answer until tomorrow’s.

The gate spoils the banquetvv. 9–14

Haman leaves the banquet full of joy, but at the king’s gate Mordecai neither rises nor trembles, and Haman’s joy turns to rage. At home, Haman displays his wealth, sons, honours, promotions, and exclusive invitations, yet admits that none satisfies him while Mordecai remains seated at the gate. Zeresh and his friends propose a gallows fifty cubits high, followed by the cheerful instruction to enjoy the banquet; Haman likes the advice and has the gallows built.

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Esth 5:1On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
Esth 5:2As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
Esth 5:3“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
Esth 5:4“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
Esth 5:5“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esth 5:6And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
Esth 5:7 Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:
Esth 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
Esth 5:9That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
Esth 5:10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
Esth 5:11 Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Esth 5:12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Esth 5:13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Esth 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

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3 Mark 6:23And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
3 Esther 7:2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
2 Esther 8:4The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
3 Esther 9:12who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
3 Esther 5:6And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
1 Esther 6:4“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
2 Esther 4:11“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
6 Esther 5:3“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
1 Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
2 Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
9 Esther 3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
10 Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
11 Esther 9:7–10including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
1 1 Peter 3:3–5Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
1 Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
3 Matthew 20:20–22Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and knelt down to make a request of Him.

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