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'Would it please the king,' Esther replied, 'to come with Haman today to the banquet I have prepared for him?' (Esther 5, 4)
The king said, 'Tell Haman to come at once, so that Esther may have her wish.' (Esther 5, 5)
So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared and, during the banquet, the king again said to Esther, 'Tell me your request; I grant it to you. Tell me what you want; even if it is half my kingdom, it is yours for the asking.' (Esther 5, 6)
'What do I want, what is my request?' Esther replied. (Esther 5, 7)
'What is more,' he added, 'Queen Esther has just invited me and the king -- no one else except me -- to a banquet she was giving, and better still she has invited me and the king again tomorrow. (Esther 5, 12)
While they were still talking, the king's officers arrived in a hurry to escort Haman to the banquet that Esther was giving. (Esther 6, 14)
The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's banquet, (Esther 7, 1)
and this second day, during the banquet, the king again said to Esther, 'Tell me your request, Queen Esther. I grant it to you. Whatever you want; even if it is half my kingdom, it is yours for the asking.' (Esther 7, 2)
'If I have found favour in your eyes, O king,' Queen Esther replied, 'and if it please your majesty, grant me my life -- that is my request; and the lives of my people -- that is what I want. (Esther 7, 3)
King Ahasuerus interrupted Queen Esther, 'Who is this man?' he exclaimed. 'Where is the man who has thought of doing such a thing?' (Esther 7, 5)
Esther replied, 'The persecutor, the enemy? Why, this wretch Haman!' Haman quaked with terror in the presence of the king and queen. (Esther 7, 6)
In a rage the king got up from the banquet and went into the palace garden; while Haman, realising that the king was determined on his ruin, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life. (Esther 7, 7)
