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Summary
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.
One of the chamberlains
Who had spoken
Hang him thereon
General references
Bible References
One of the chamberlains
Esther 6:14
While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs (attendants) arrived and hurriedly brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
2 Kings 9:32
Then Jehu raised his face toward the window and said, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three officials looked down at him.
Behold
Esther 5:14
Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully to the banquet with the king.” And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
Job 27:20
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.
“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.
Psalm 7:15
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Psalm 35:8
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Psalm 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Who had spoken
Esther 2:21
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the door, became angry and conspired to attack King Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:2
It was found written there how Mordecai had reported that Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, had planned to attack King Ahasuerus (Xerxes).
Hang him thereon
Esther 9:25
But when it came before the king, he commanded in writing that Haman’s wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews was to return on his own head, and that he and his sons should [endure what he planned for the Jews and] be hanged on the gallows.
1 Samuel 17:51
So he ran and stood over the Philistine, grasped his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their [mighty] champion was dead, they fled.
Psalm 7:15
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Psalm 9:15
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 nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psalm 35:8
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Psalm 37:35
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,
Psalm 73:19
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
The righteousness of the blameless will smooth their way and keep it straight,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Daniel 6:7
All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors have consulted and agreed together that the king should establish a royal statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who petitions (prays to) any god or man besides you, O king, during the next thirty days, shall be thrown into the den of lions.
General references
Proverbs 11:8
The righteous is rescued from trouble,
And the wicked takes his place.
And the wicked takes his place.