Esther 7:10

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

In Context

9And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, 'Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;' and the king saith, 'Hang him upon it.'

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Cross References

Judges 15:7And Samson saith to them, 'Though ye do thus, nevertheless I am avenged on you, and afterwards I cease!'

Esther 8:7And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,

Esther 9:25and in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, 'Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,' and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree,

Job 20:8As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

Psalms 37:15Their sword doth enter into their own heart, And their bows are shivered.

Proverbs 26:27Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

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 →

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