Esther 5:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther brought no one except me with the king to the banquet that she held. Furthermore, I (along with the king) have also been invited by her tomorrow. ¹³ But all this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

¹⁴ Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said, “Have a pole made 50 cubits^[a] high, and then in the morning speak to the king and have Mordecai hanged^[b] on it. Then go with the king to the banquet happy.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the pole made.