Esther 5:14
New American Standard Bible
14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “(A)Have a wooden gallows [a]fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the [b]advice pleased Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.
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- Esther 5:14 About 75 ft. or 23 m
- Esther 5:14 Lit word
Esther 5:14
Amplified Bible
14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows [a]fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully to the banquet with the king.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
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- Esther 5:14 I.e. about seventy-five feet. This may instead have been a pole or spike for impalement.
Esther 5:14
King James Version
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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