4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.” 5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?” 6 Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
Esther 7:4–6
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Greek Esther 7:5–7
5 The king said, “Who has dared to do this thing?” (WEB) 6 Esther said, “The enemy is Haman, this wicked man!” Then Haman was terrified in the presence of the king and the queen. (WEB) 7 The king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden. Haman began to beg the queen for me… (WEB)
Esther 5:6–8
6 And 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.” 7 Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request: 8 If I have found favor in the s…
2 Samuel 21:4–6
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Greek Esther 5:2–4
2 And having raised the golden sceptre, he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her. He said, “Speak to me.” So she said to him, “I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of your glory; for you, my lord, are to be wondered at, a… (WEB)
Greek Esther 8:6–8
6 For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my kindred?” (WEB) 7 Then the king said to Esther, “If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman’s, and hanged him on a gallows because he laid his hands upon the… (WEB) 8 … (WEB)
Esther 8:4–6
4 The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king. 5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be wri…
Esther 9:24–26
24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them. 25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme…
Esther 5:2–4
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