Esther 7:8
When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Esther 6:12Then Mordecai returned unto the gate of the king,—but, Haman, hurried unto his own house, mourning, and with covered head.
Isaiah 22:17Lo! Yahweh, is about to hurl thee, with a hurl, O mighty man,—And roll thee with a roll;
Matthew Henry on Esther 7:8-10
The King Incensed Against Haman; Haman Hanged upon His Own Gallows. ( b. c. 510.) 7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the… Read the whole commentary →