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chapter 5
1
And on
the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of
the king's house, over against the king's hall: now he sat upon his throne in
the hall of the palace, over against the door of the house.
2 And when he saw Esther the queen standing, she
pleased his eyes, and he held out toward her the golden sceptre, which he held
in his hand: and she drew near, and kissed the top of his sceptre.
3 And the king said to her: What wilt then, queen
Esther? what is thy request? if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom,
it shall be given to thee.
4 But she answered: If it please the king. I beseech
thee to come to me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have
prepared.
5 And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman quickly,
that he may obey Esther's will. So the king and Aman came to the banquet which
the queen had prepared for them.
6 And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine
plentifully: What dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing
askest thou? although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have
it.
7 And Esther answered: My petition and request is this:
8 If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it
please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king
and Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I will
open my mind to the king.
9 So Aman went out that day joyful and merry. And when
he saw Mardochai sitting before the gate of the palace, and that he not only
did not rise up to honour him, but did not so much as move from the place where
he sat, he was exceedingly angry:
10 But dissembling his anger, and returning into his
house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:
11 And he declared to them the greatness of his riches,
and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had
advanced him above all his princes and servants.
12 And after this he said: Queen Esther also hath
invited no other to the banquet with the king, but me: and with her I am also
to dine to morrow with the king:
13 And whereas I have all these things, I think I have
nothing, so long as I see Mardochai the Jew sitting before the king's gate.
14 Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends
answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the
morning speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou
shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased him, and
he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared.
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