Esther 5:14
Then Zeresh his wife said to Haman and all his friends, “Let them make a gallows fifty cubits high. In the morning speak to the king for them to hang Mordecai on it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This pleased Haman and he had the gallows constructed.
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13But all this is worth nothing to me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.”
Cross References
2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother. Jonadab was a very shrewd man.
1 Kings 21:7So Jezebel his wife replied to him, “Do you not still rule the kingdom of Israel? Get up and eat; let your heart be happy. I will obtain for you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab for his mother was his advisor in doing wicked things.
Esther 6:4The king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had entered the outer courtyard of the king's house to speak to him about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he set up for him.
Psalms 7:13He prepares to use weapons against him; 1 he makes his arrows flaming shafts. 1
Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn out their swords and have bent their bows 1 to cast down the oppressed and needy, 1 to kill those who are upright. 1
Matthew Henry on Esther 5:10-14
Haman's Joy and Chagrin; Haman's Mediated Revenge. ( b. c. 510.) 9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted… Read the whole commentary →