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

He caused

Romans 3:15

Bible References

Said zeresh

Meanwhile, Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was the son of David's brother Shimeah. Now Jonadab was a very shrewd man.

"Aren't you the reigning king of Israel," his wife Jezebel replied. "Get up, have a meal, and get ready to be happy. I'll go get you the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite owns."

He followed the example of Ahab's dynasty because his mother gave him evil counsel.

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't do it

Let a gallows

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, observed, "Look there! A pole is standing 50 cubits high at Haman's house that he prepared for Mordecai, whose report benefitted the king!"

Speak thou

Then Haman told King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and divided among the people throughout the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different than all the other people, they don't obey the king's laws, and it's not in the king's best interest to leave them alone.

The king said, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the pole he had set up.

Go thou in

The couriers went out, urged on by the king's command, and the edict was issued in Susa the capital. The king and Haman sat down to drink, while the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

"Aren't you the reigning king of Israel," his wife Jezebel replied. "Get up, have a meal, and get ready to be happy. I'll go get you the vineyard that Naboth the Jezreelite owns."

lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall,

Those living on earth will gloat over them, celebrate, and send gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those living on earth.

The thing

Ahithophel responded, "Go inside and have sex with your father's mistresses, whom he left to keep the palace in order. Then everyone in Israel will hear how your father has come to hate you and everyone who has joined you will be emboldened to act."

Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the high priests to betray Jesus to them.

They went to the high priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste any food before we have killed Paul.

Although they know God's just requirement that those who practice such things deserve to die they not only do these things but even applaud others who practice them.

He caused

The king said, "Hang him on it." So they hanged Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king's anger subsided.

He prepares weapons of death for himself, he makes his arrows into fiery shafts.

The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

The wicked take out a sword and bend the bow, to bring down the humble and the poor to slay those who are righteous in conduct.

but these people lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush only themselves.

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

They run swiftly to shed blood.