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

Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother gave him evil advice.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

Let a gallows

Harbona, one of the royal eunuchs, said: “There is a gallows 75 feet tall at Haman’s house that he made for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.”

The king commanded, “Hang him on it.”

Speak thou

Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom, yet living in isolation. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws. It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

The king asked, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman was just entering the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

Go thou in

The couriers left, spurred on by royal command, and the law was issued in the fortress of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was in confusion.

Then his wife Jezebel said to him, “Now, exercise your royal power over Israel. Get up, eat some food, and be happy. For I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.

Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth.

The thing

Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines he left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.”

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose 12,000 men, and I will set out in pursuit of David tonight.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to hand Him over to them.

These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under a solemn curse that we won’t eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Although they know full well God’s just sentence—that those who practice such things deserve to die

—they not only do them, but even applaud

others who practice them.

He caused

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.

He has prepared His deadly weapons;
He tips His arrows with fire.

The nations have fallen into the pit they made;
their foot is caught in the net they have concealed.

The wicked have drawn the sword and strung the bow
to bring down the afflicted and needy
and to slaughter those whose way is upright.

but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.

For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.

Their feet are swift to shed blood;