Esther 5:14

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Summary

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.

Said zeresh

Let a gallows

Esther 7:9

Speak thou

Esther 3:8

Esther 6:4

Go thou in

The thing

Romans 1:32

He caused

Romans 3:15

Bible References

Said zeresh

But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of

Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;

Let a gallows

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king said, “Behold indeed, the gallows standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

Speak thou

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him.

Go thou in

The couriers went out impelled by the king’s command while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.

Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

The thing

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.

Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them.

They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

He caused

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons;
He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.

But they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives.

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

“Their feet are swift to shed blood,