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Esther 5:1-7

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Esther Prepares a Banquet

1 1On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in 2the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
2 And when the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, 3she won favor in his sight, 4and he held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
3 And the king said to her, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even 5to the half of my kingdom."
4 And Esther said, "If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king."
5 Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked." So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared.
6 6And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, 7"What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? 8Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled."
7 Then Esther answered, "My wish and my request is:
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Esther 5:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 5

This chapter gives an account of Esther's going in to the king, and of his holding out the golden sceptre to her, on which she invited him and Haman to a banquet of wine that day, and to another the next day, Es 5:1-8, which highly delighted Haman; and he went to his house and family with great joy, and yet chagrined at Mordecai's not bowing to him; wherefore, at the advice of his wife and friends, he erected a gallows to hang him upon, proposing to get a grant for it from the king the next day, Es 5:9-14.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

  • 1. [Esther 4:16]
  • 2. Esther 4:11; [Esther 6:4]
  • 3. [Esther 2:9]
  • 4. Esther 4:11; Esther 8:4
  • 5. Esther 7:2; [Mark 6:23]
  • 6. Esther 7:2
  • 7. ver. 3; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:12
  • 8. [See ver. 3 above]
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