Esther 7:8

And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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 house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

In Context

7And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to entreat the queen; for he saw that he was in + 7:7 Gr. evils. an evil case.

9And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochaeus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be + 7:9 Or, impaled. hanged thereon.

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Cross References

Esther 6:12And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.

Isaiah 22:17Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy such a man, and will take away your robe and your glorious crown,

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 →

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