1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen . 2And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine , What is thy petition , queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy request ? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed . 3Then Esther the queen answered and said , If I have found favor in thy sight , O king , and if it please the king , let my life be given me at my petition , and my people at my request : 4for we are sold , I and my people , to be destroyed , to be slain , and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen , I had held my peace , although the adversary could not have compensated for the king ’s damage . 5Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen , Who is he , and where is he , that durst presume in his heart to do so ? 6And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy , even this wicked Haman . Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen .
Haman's Downfall
7And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and 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 . 8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was . Then said the king , Will he even force the queen before me in the house ? As the word went out of the king ’s mouth , they covered Haman ’s face . 9Then said Harbonah , one of the chamberlains that were before the king , Behold also , the gallows fifty cubits high , which Haman hath made for Mordecai , who spake good for the king , standeth in the house of Haman . And the king said , Hang him thereon . 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai . Then was the king ’s wrath pacified .