banquet 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. banquet 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. banquet 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. banquet 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 h ath said. banquet 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. banquet 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}. An d the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. banquet And while they [were] yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the {banquet} that Esther had prepared. banquet So the king and Haman came to {banquet} with Esther the queen. banquet And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the {banquet} of wine, What [is] thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? and it shall be performed, [even] to the half of the kingdom. banquet And the king arising from the {banquet} of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. banquet Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the {banquet} of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went ou t of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. banquet Shall the companions make a {banquet} of him? shall they part him among the merchants? banquet Now] the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the {banquet} house: [and] the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: banquet Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the {banquet} of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. ~~~~~~