Esther 5:6

וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר בְּמִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן מַה ־ שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ וְיִנָּתֵֽן לָךְ וּמַה ־ בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד ־ חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

In Context

5וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ מַהֲרוּ אֶת ־ הָמָן לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת ־ דְּבַר אֶסְתֵּר וַיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָמָן אֶל ־ הַמִּשְׁתֶּה אֲשֶׁר ־ עָשְׂתָה אֶסְתֵּֽר ׃

7וַתַּעַן אֶסְתֵּר וַתֹּאמַר שְׁאֵלָתִי וּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Esther 5:3וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ מַה ־ לָּךְ אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וּמַה ־ בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד ־ חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְיִנָּתֵֽן לָֽךְ ׃

Esther 9:12וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה הָרְגוּ הַיְּהוּדִים וְאַבֵּד חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וְאֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵֽי ־ הָמָן בִּשְׁאָר מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ מֶה עָשׂוּ וּמַה ־ שְּׁאֵֽלָתֵךְ וְיִנָּתֵֽן לָךְ וּמַה ־ בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עוֹד וְתֵעָֽשׂ ׃

Matthew Henry on Esther 5:2-9

Esther's Approach to the King. ( b. c. 510.) 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched… Read the whole commentary →

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