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Esther 5

Esther Plans a Banquet

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Now it cameh1961 about  aon the thirdh7992 dayh3117 that Estherh635 puth3847 on her royalh4438 robesh4438 and stoodh5975  bin the innerh6442 courth2691a of the king'sh4428 palaceh1004 in fronth5227 of the king'sh4428  1roomsh1004, and the kingh4428 was sittingh3427 on his royalh4438 throneh3678 in the  2throneh4438 roomh1004, oppositeh5227 the entranceh6607 to the palaceh1004.

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When the kingh4428 sawh7200 Estherh635 the queenh4436 standingh5975 in the courth2691a,  ashe obtainedh5375 favorh2580 in his sighth5869; and  bthe kingh4428 extendedh3447 to Estherh635 the goldenh2091 scepterh8275 whichh834 was in his handh3027. So Estherh635 cameh7126 nearh7126 and touchedh5060 the toph7218 of the scepterh8275.

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Then the kingh4428 saidh559 to her, "Whath4100 is troubling you, Queenh4436 Estherh635? And whath4100 is your requesth1246?  aEvenh5704 to halfh2677 of the kingdomh4438 it shall be givenh5414 to you."

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Estherh635 saidh559, "Ifh518 it pleasesh2895 the kingh4428, may the kingh4428 and Hamanh2001b comeh935 this dayh3117 to the banqueth4960 that I have preparedh6213a for him."

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Then the kingh4428 saidh559, " aBringh4116 Hamanh2001b quicklyh4116 that we may doh6213a  1as Estherh635 desiresh1697." So the kingh4428 and Hamanh2001b cameh935 to the banqueth4960 whichh834 Estherh635 had preparedh6213a.

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 1As they drankh4960 their wineh3196 at the banqueth4960,  athe kingh4428 saidh559 to Estherh635, " bWhath4100 is your petitionh7596, for it shall be grantedh5414 to you. And whath4100 is your requesth1246? Evenh5704 to halfh2677 of the kingdomh4438 it shall be doneh6213a."

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So Estherh635 repliedh6030a, "My petitionh7596 and my requesth1246 is:

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 aifh518 I have foundh4672 favorh2580 in the sighth5869 of the kingh4428, and ifh518 it pleasesh2895 the kingh4428 to granth5414 my petitionh7596 and doh6213a  1whath1246 I requesth1246, may the kingh4428 and Hamanh2001b comeh935 to  bthe banqueth4960 whichh834 I will prepareh6213a for them, and tomorrowh4279 I will doh6213a  2as the kingh4428 saysh1697."

Haman's Pride

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Then Hamanh2001b wenth3318 out that dayh3117 gladh8056 and pleasedh2896a of hearth3820; but when Hamanh2001b sawh7200 Mordecaih4782  ain the king'sh4428 gateh8179 and  bthat he did not standh6965 up or  1trembleh2111 beforeh4480 him, Hamanh2001b was filledh4390 with angerh2534 againsth5921 Mordecaih4782.

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Hamanh2001b controlledh662 himself, however, wenth935 to his househ1004 and  1senth7971 for his friendsh157 and his wifeh802  aZereshh2238.

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Then Hamanh2001b recountedh5608 to them the gloryh3519b of his richesh6239, and the  1 anumberh7230 of his sonsh1121, and everyh3605 instance whereh834 the kingh4428 had magnifiedh1431 him and howh834 he had  2 bpromotedh5375 him aboveh5921 the princesh8269 and servantsh5650 of the kingh4428.

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Hamanh2001b alsoh637 saidh559, "Evenh637 Estherh635 the queenh4436 let noh3808 one but me comeh935 with the kingh4428 to the banqueth4960 whichh834 she had preparedh6213a; and  atomorrowh4279 alsoh1571 I am  1invitedh7121 by her with the kingh4428.

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"Yet allh3605 of thish2088  1does not satisfyh7737a me everyh3605 timeh6256 I seeh7200 Mordecaih4782 the Jewh3064 sittingh3427 at  athe king'sh4428 gateh8179."

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Then Zereshh2238 his wifeh802 and allh3605 his friendsh157 saidh559 to him, " aHave a  1gallowsh6086 fiftyh2572 cubitsh520 highh1364 madeh6213a and in the morningh1242 askh559 the kingh4428 to have Mordecaih4782 hangedh8518 on it; then goh935 joyfullyh8056 with the kingh4428 to the banqueth4960." And the  2adviceh1697 pleasedh3190 Hamanh2001b, so he had the gallowsh6086 madeh6213a.



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