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Esther Chapter 5

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Esther

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Esther 5 records that on the third day Esther puts on royal apparel and enters the inner court, where the king receives her and extends the golden scepter, offering her up to half the kingdom. She requests only that the king and Haman attend a banquet she has prepared, and at the banquet she asks them to come to another banquet the next day. Haman goes home puffed up with his honor, yet his mood sours when he sees Mordecai still refusing to bow, so his wife and friends advise him to build a fifty-cubit gallows and ask the king to hang Mordecai on it the next day, which pleases Haman and he has the gallows made.

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(1) Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
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Esther 4:16Matthew 27:64Esther 1:11Esther 8:15Matthew 10:16Matthew 11:8I Peter 3:3I Peter 3:4I Peter 3:5Esther 4:11Esther 6:4I Kings 10:18

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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 6:8Esther 2:21Esther 3:12Esther 4:2

(2) And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
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Genesis 32:28Nehemiah 1:11Psalms 116:1Proverbs 21:1Acts 7:10Acts 10:4Esther 4:11Esther 8:4

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Esther 8:4Esther 2:15Esther 2:22Esther 7:2Esther 8:1Esther 8:7

(3) Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
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Esther 7:2Esther 9:12I Kings 2:20I Kings 3:5Matthew 20:20Matthew 20:21Matthew 20:22Luke 18:41Esther 5:6Mark 6:23

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Esther 7:2II Kings 8:12Esther 5:2Exodus 15:26Exodus 25:10Exodus 37:1

(4) And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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Esther 5:8Proverbs 29:11Esther 3:15Genesis 27:25Genesis 32:20Psalms 112:5I Corinthians 14:20

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Esther 5:5Esther 5:12Esther 6:14Esther 5:2Esther 7:1Esther 7:2

(5) Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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Esther 6:14

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Esther 5:4Esther 5:12Esther 6:14Esther 5:2Esther 7:6Esther 8:1

(6) And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
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Esther 5:3Esther 7:2Esther 9:12

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Esther 7:2Esther 7:7Mark 2:22Esther 9:12Esther 7:8Matthew 9:17

(7) Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
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Esther 7:2Esther 5:6Esther 7:3Esther 9:12Esther 5:2

(8) If I have found favour 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 shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
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Esther 6:1Esther 6:2Esther 6:3Esther 6:4Esther 6:5Esther 6:6Esther 6:7Esther 6:8Esther 6:9Esther 6:10Esther 6:11Esther 6:12

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Esther 7:3Esther 8:5Esther 5:12Esther 5:14Esther 5:6Esther 7:2

(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.
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Job 20:5Amos 6:12Amos 6:13Luke 6:25John 16:20James 4:9Esther 3:2Psalms 15:4Matthew 10:28Esther 3:5I Kings 21:4Job 31:31

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Esther 3:6Esther 8:2Esther 3:5Esther 3:2Esther 3:3Esther 6:10

(10) Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
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Genesis 43:30Genesis 43:31Genesis 45:1II Samuel 13:22II Samuel 13:23Ecclesiastes 7:9Esther 6:13

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Esther 6:13Esther 5:14

(11) And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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Esther 1:4Genesis 31:1Job 31:24Job 31:25Psalms 49:6Psalms 49:16Psalms 49:17Isaiah 10:8Jeremiah 9:23Jeremiah 9:24Daniel 4:30Mark 10:24

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Esther 3:1Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31Psalms 68:27Ezekiel 27:18

(12) Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
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Job 8:12Job 8:13Job 20:5Job 20:6Job 20:7Job 20:8Psalms 37:35Psalms 37:36Proverbs 7:22Proverbs 7:23Proverbs 27:1Luke 21:34

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Esther 5:5Esther 5:4Esther 6:14Esther 5:2Esther 7:1Esther 7:2

(13) Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
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I Kings 21:4I Kings 21:5I Kings 21:6Job 15:20Job 18:4Ecclesiastes 1:2Ecclesiastes 1:14Philippians 4:11Philippians 4:12

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Esther 6:10Esther 3:3Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Esther 2:21Esther 3:2

(14) Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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II Samuel 13:3II Samuel 13:4II Samuel 13:5I Kings 21:7I Kings 21:25II Chronicles 22:3II Chronicles 22:4Mark 6:19Mark 6:20Mark 6:21Mark 6:22Mark 6:23

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Esther 7:9Ezekiel 41:2Esther 6:13Esther 7:10Esther 8:7Genesis 6:15

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