ESTHER Chapter 5 (GNB)
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5:1 On the third
day of her fast Esther put on her royal robes and went and stood in the inner
courtyard of the palace, facing the throne room. The king was inside, seated
on the royal throne, facing the entrance. |
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5:2 When the king
saw Queen Esther standing outside, she won his favor,
and he held out to her the gold scepter. She then
came up and touched the tip of it. |
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5:3 "What is
it, Queen Esther?" the king asked. "Tell me what you want, and you
shall have it---even if it is half my empire." |
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5:4 Esther
replied, "If it please Your Majesty, I would
like you and Haman to be my guests tonight at a banquet I am preparing for
you." |
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5:5 The king then
ordered Haman to come quickly, so that they could be Esther's guests. So the
king and Haman went to Esther's banquet. |
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5:6 Over the wine
the king asked her, "Tell me what you want, and you shall have it. I
will grant your request, even if you ask for half my empire." |
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5:7 Esther
replied, |
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5:8 "If Your
Majesty is kind enough to grant my request, I would like you and Haman to be
my guests tomorrow at another banquet that I will prepare for you. At that
time I will tell you what I want." |
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5:9 When Haman
left the banquet he was happy and in a good mood. But then he saw Mordecai at
the entrance of the palace, and when Mordecai did not rise or show any sign
of respect as he passed, Haman was furious with him. |
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5:10 But he
controlled himself and went on home. Then he invited his friends to his house
and asked his wife Zeresh to join them. |
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5:11 He boasted to
them about how rich he was, how many sons he had, how the king had promoted
him to high office, and how much more important he was than any of the king's
other officials. |
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5:12 "What is
more," Haman went on, "Queen Esther gave a banquet for no one but
the king and me, and we are invited back tomorrow. |
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5:13 But none of
this means a thing to me as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the
entrance of the palace." |
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5:14 So his wife
and all his friends suggested, "Why don't you have a gallows built,
seventy-five feet tall? Tomorrow morning you can ask the king to have
Mordecai hanged on it, and then you can go to the banquet happy." Haman
thought this was a good idea, so he had the gallows built. |
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