Esther 7:2
As they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again said to Esther, “Whatever your petition is, Queen Esther, it will be granted to you. Whatever you request it will be done, even if it takes half of the kingdom.”
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
1So the king and Haman went to drink with Queen Esther.
Cross References
Esther 5:3Then the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? Whatever your request is, it will be granted, even if it is the half of the kingdom.”
Esther 9:12and the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have slain five hundred people in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It will be granted to you. What is your request? It will be done.”
Acts 23:19The commanding officer took the young man by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.
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 →