Esther 7:1

וַיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָמָן לִשְׁתּוֹת עִם ־ אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

In Context

2וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר גַּם בַּיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי בְּמִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן מַה ־ שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ אֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה וְתִנָּתֵֽן לָךְ וּמַה ־ בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עַד ־ חֲצִי הַמַּלְכוּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ ׃

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Cross References

Esther 3:15הָֽרָצִים יָצְאוּ דְחוּפִים בִּדְבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַדָּת נִתְּנָה בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָמָן יָשְׁבוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת וְהָעִיר שׁוּשָׁן נָבֽוֹכָה ׃ פ

Matthew Henry on Esther 7:1

We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for her life and the life of her people, ver. 1-4 . II. She plainly tells the king that Haman is the man who designed her ruin and the ruin of all her friends, ver. 5, 6 . III. The king thereupon gave orders for the hanging of Haman upon the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, which was done accordingly, ver. 7-10 . And thus, by the destruction of the plotter, a good step… Read the whole commentary →

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