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ESTHER.

CHAP. 5.

Ver. 1. NOw it came to pass, on the third day, that Esther put on her Royal Apparel, and stood in the inner Court of the Kings House, over against the Kings House; and the King sate upon his Royal Throne, in the Royal House, over against the Gate of the House.

2. And it was so, when the King saw Esther the Queen standing in the Court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the King held out to Esther the Golden Scepter, that was in his Hand; So Esther drew near and touched the top of the Scepter.

3. Then said the King unto her, What wilt thou Queen Esther? and what is thy request? It shall be even given thee to the half of the Kingdom.

CHAP. 6.

V. 7. ANd Haman answered the King, for the man whom the King de∣lighteth to honour,

8. Let the Royal Apparel be brought, which the King useth to wear, and the Horse that the King rideth upon, and the Crown Royal, which is set upon his Head.

9. And let this Apparel and Horse be delivered to the hand of one of the Kings most Noble Princes, that they may array the man withal, whom the King delighteth to honour, and bring him on Horseback, through the Street of the City, and pro∣claim before him. Thus shall it be done to the man whom the King delighteth to ho∣nour.

CHAP. 7.

Ver. 2. ANd the King said again to 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? and it shall be per∣formed, even to the half of the King∣dom.

3. Then Esther the Queen answered, and said, If I have found favour 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.

4. For we are sold, I, and my people to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish; But if we had been sold for bond-men, and bond-women, I had held my Tongue, al∣though the Enemy could not countervail the Kings damage.

5. There the King [Ahasuerus] answer∣ed,

and said unto Esther the Queen, Who is he, and where is he that durst presume in his heart to do so?

6. And Esther said, The Adversary and Enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Ha∣man was afraid before the King and the Queen.

9. And Harbonah, one of the Chamber∣lains, said before the King, Behold also the Gallows, fifty cubits high, which Ha∣man had made for Mordecai, who had spo∣ken good for the King, standeth in the House of Haman: Then the King said, Hang him thereon.

10. So they hanged Haman, on the Gallows that he had made for Mordecai: Then was the Kings Wrath pacified.