Esther 7:10
So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Judges 15:7But Samson said to them: Although you have done this, yet will I be revenged of you, and then I will be quiet.
Esther 8:7And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman's house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews.
Esther 9:25And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king's letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets.
Job 20:8As a dream that fleeth away he shall not be found, he shall pass as a vision of the night:
Psalms 37:15Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
Proverbs 26:27He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return 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 →