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Esther 5 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Esther Prepares a Feast

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Now it happened on the third day, that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s house in front of the king’s [fn]rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the [fn]throne room, opposite the entrance to his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:2 - Now it happened that when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she advanced in favor in his eyes; and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther came near and [fn]reached out and touched the top of the scepter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:3 - Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be given to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, may the king and Haman come this day to the feast that I have prepared for him.”

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Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly that we may do the word of Esther.” So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - Then, [fn]as they drank their wine at the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is [fn]your petition? For it shall be given to you. And what is [fn]your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:7 - So Esther answered and said, “[fn]My petition and [fn]my request is:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it seems good to the king to give heed to [fn]my petition and to do [fn]my request, may the king and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”

Haman Recounts His Glory

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Then Haman went out that day glad and merry of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate and that he did not stand up or [fn]tremble before him, Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - But Haman controlled himself, went to his house, and sent for and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:11 - Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches and the [fn]number of his sons and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had [fn]advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman also said, “Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the feast which she had prepared; and tomorrow also I am called to come to her with the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:13 - “Yet all of this is worth nothing to me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a [fn]gallows [fn]fifty cubits high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.
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LSB Footnotes
Lit house
Lit royal house
The Heb root for touched, in a variant form, is translated as reached in Esth 2:12, 15; 4:3, 14; 6:14; 8:17; 9:26
Or that which you seek
Lit at the banquet of wine
Or that which you ask for
Or that which you seek
Or What I ask for
Or what I seek
Or what I ask for
Or what I am seeking
Or move for
Lit multitude
Lit lifted
Lit tree, cf. Deut 21:22-23
Approx. 75 ft. or 23 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
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Esther Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

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