Esther 7:4

for I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and completely annihilated! If we had been merely sold into slavery I would not have disturbed your peace, because such a fate would not have affected the interests of the king.”

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In The King James Version

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

In Context

3Then Queen Esther answered, “Your Majesty, if I have won your favor, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,

5Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he and where is he whose heart has impelled him to do this?”

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Cross References

Esther 3:9If it seems best to the king, let an order be given to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand silver coins into the royal treasury.”

Esther 4:7Mordecai told him all that had happened to him and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

Esther 8:6For how can I bear to look upon the evil that will come to my people? How can I bear to see their destruction?”

Psalms 44:22But in your cause it is we are killed all the day, and counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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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