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Esther names her enemy

¹So the king and Haman came to feast with Queen Esther. ²On this second day, as they drank wine, the king again asked Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It will be granted you. What is your request? Even if it is half the kingdom, it will be done.” ³Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, my king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life: that is my petition. And grant me my people: that is my request. ⁴For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and wiped out. If we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have kept quiet, because such trouble would not be worth disturbing the king.”^a

⁵King Ahasuerus demanded of Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such a thing?” ⁶Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy! This evil Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. ⁷In his rage the king got up from the wine feast and went out into the palace garden. But Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king had already decided on his ruin. ⁸Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king said, “Will he even assault the queen while I am in the house?” As soon as the words left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.^b

⁹Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “There is also the gallows Haman made for Mordecai, the man who spoke up for the king. It stands at Haman’s house, about 75 feet high.” The king said, “Hang him on it!” ¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger died down.