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1 On the third day of her fast, Esther put on her royal clothes, and appeared in the inner court of the king's house, right in the entrance hall to the kings house: and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal house, facing the entrance of the house.
2 And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased to see her: so the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre in his hand. And Esther came closer and touched the top of the sceptre.
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3 Then said the king to her, What do you want, queen Esther? and what is your request? it will be given to you, up to half of the kingdom.
4 And Esther answered, If it is acceptable to the king, then let the king and Haman come this very day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Tell Haman to hurry up, and do as Esther said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What [is] your petition? and it will be granted you: and what [is] your request? even to the half of the kingdom it will be performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request [is];
8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow am I invited to her also with the king.
13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak you to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.