{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/esther/7","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:03:12.564Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Esther","bookSlug":"esther","chapter":7,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":6,"nextChapter":8,"totalChapters":10,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, |What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.|"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Then Esther the queen answered, |If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss.|"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, |Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Esther said, |An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!| Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, |Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?| As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, |Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman's house.| The king said, |Hang him on it!|"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified."}],"citation":{"inline":"Esther 7 (WEB)","markdown":"[Esther 7](https://primebible.com/web/esther/7)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/esther/7 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}