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Esther 7:1 (KJV)

“So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.”

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Esther 7 — surrounding verses

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So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

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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.

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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:

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For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

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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?

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And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

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