Then (A)Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, (B)the gallows[a] that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, (C)whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits[b] high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.” 10 (D)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (E)Then the wrath of the king abated.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:9 Or wooden beam; also verse 10 (see note on 2:23)
  2. Esther 7:9 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman (A)the Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews.

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Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, (A)I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows,[a] because he intended to lay hands on the Jews.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:7 Or wooden beam (see note on 2:23)

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