Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.
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Judges 15:7And Samson said unto them, Since ye will do the like of this, I will surely be avenged on you, and after that will I cease.
Esther 8:7Then said king Achashverosh unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, the house of Haman have I given to Esther, and him have they hanged on the gallows, because he had stretched out his hand against the Jews.
Esther 9:25But when [Esther] came before the king, he ordered by that letter that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head: and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.
Job 20:8Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
Psalms 37:15[But] their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Proverbs 26:27Whoso diggeth a pit will fall therein; and upon him that rolleth a stone, will it return.
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 →