Esther 7:10
And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
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Judges 15:7And Samson said to them, “Even though you have done this, I will still fulfill vengeance against you, and then I will be quieted.”
Esther 8:7And king Artaxerxes answered Esther the queen and Mordecai the Jew, “I have granted Haman’s house to Esther, and I have ordered him to be fastened to a cross, because he dared to lay hands on the Jews.
Esther 9:25And after this, Esther had entered before the king, begging him that his efforts might be made ineffective by the king’s letters, and that the evil he intended against the Jews might return upon his own head. Finally, both he and his sons were fastened to a cross.
Job 20:8Like a dream that flies away, he will not be found; he will pass away like a nightmare.
Psalms 37:15And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
Proverbs 26:27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.
Matthew Henry on Esther 7:8-10
The King Incensed Against Haman; Haman Hanged upon His Own Gallows. ( b. c. 510.) 7 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. 8 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… Read the whole commentary →