Esther 7:4–10

^4fFor we have been sold, I and my people, ^gto be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” ⁵Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared¹ to do this?” ⁶And Esther said, ^h“A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Haman Is Hanged

⁷And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into ⁱthe palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king. ⁸And the king returned from ⁱthe palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on ^jthe couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face. ⁹Then ^kHarbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, ^lthe gallows² that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, ^mwhose word saved the king, is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits³ high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.” ⁿ¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. ^oThen the wrath of the king abated.