Esther 8:5-7
Legacy Standard Bible
5 Then she said, “(A)If it seems good to the king, and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to turn back the (B)letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to cause the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces to perish. 6 For (C)how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the perishing of my kinsmen?”
The King’s Decree Avenges the Jews
7 So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, (D)I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the [a]gallows because he had sent forth his hand against the Jews.
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- Esther 8:7 Lit tree, cf. Deut 21:22-23
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