Est 7:1 | Clarke | STEP | The king at the banquet urges Esther to prefer her petition, with the positive assurance that it shall be granted, , . She petitions for her own life, and the life of her people, who were sold to be destroyed, , . The king inquires the author of this project, and Haman is accused by the queen, , . The king is enraged: Haman supplicates for his life; but the king orders him to be hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai, .

Esther 7:1

Introduction

The king at the banquet urges Esther to prefer her petition, with the positive assurance that it shall be granted, Est 7:1, Est 7:2. She petitions for her own life, and the life of her people, who were sold to be destroyed, Est 7:3, Est 7:4. The king inquires the author of this project, and Haman is accused by the queen, Est 7:5, Est 7:6. The king is enraged: Haman supplicates for his life; but the king orders him to be hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai, Est 7:7-10.