CONTENTS Here we have in this chapter the final ruin of Haman. Esther, at the banquet, presents her petition; prays for her life, and the life of her people: accuses Haman of his villany. The king orders his execution.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1) В¶ So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. (2) And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
(3) Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: (4) For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bon... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? No doubt the king must have been greatly surprised at the nature of this request. But, Reader! our petitions are all known, and all answered before they are del... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. How delightful was this honest boldness. The righteous are bold as a lion. Think of Haman's terrors: his own conscience accused him: he needed no other. Alas! what an awful day wi... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) В¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. (8) Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of... [ Continue Reading ]
(9) And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. (10) So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS READER! do not let the history of this wretched man Haman pass away from thy mind, without leaving the suitable reflections the review of such an awful character ought to occasion. What our blessed Lord said of some in his days seems applicable to some in all the days of the Church; Ye a... [ Continue Reading ]