Esther 7:6

And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.

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In The King James Version

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

In Context

5And king Artaxerxes answered and said, “Who is this, and of what power, that he would dare to do these things?”

7But the king, being angry, rose up and, from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden. Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13May the Lord judge between me and you. And may the Lord vindicate me from you. But my hand will not be against you.

Esther 3:10And so the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, of Agag lineage, enemy of the Jews.

Job 18:5Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?

Psalms 73:5as if it had been issued from on high; yet they did not understand. As in a forest of chopped wood,

Proverbs 24:24Those who say to the impious, “You are just,” shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall detest them.

Matthew Henry on Esther 7:2-7

Haman Accused by Esther. ( b. c. 510.) 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4… Read the whole commentary →

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