Esther 5:8

Esther 5:8

6 At the banquet of wine ^athe king said to Esther, ^b“What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”

7 Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and request is this:

8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and¹ fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the ^abanquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

Haman’s Plot Against Mordecai

9 So Haman went out that day ^ajoyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and ^bthat he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai.

10 Nevertheless Haman ^arestrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare—The king ate alone, and his guests in an adjoining hall; but they were admitted to sit with him at wine. Haman being the only invited guest with the king and queen, it was natural that he should have been elated with the honor.

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