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12 And Haman added,[a] “Esther the Queen did not let just anyone come to the banquet that she prepared with the king except me, and I am also invited tomorrow to her banquet with the king. 13 But all this fails to satisfy me[b] when[c] I see Mordecai the Jew setting at the gate of the king.” 14 And Zeresh his wife and all of his friends said to him, “Let them make a gallows fifty cubits[d] high, and in the morning tell the king, “Let them hang Mordecai on it; then go with the king to the banquet happily.” The advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:12 Literally “And Haman said also”
  2. Esther 5:13 Literally “it is not sufficient for me”
  3. Esther 5:13 Literally “at every time”
  4. Esther 5:14 Hebrew “cubit”