Esther 5:5-6

5 Then the king said, "¹Bring Haman quickly that we may do as Esther desires." So the king and Haman came to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

6 As they drank their wine at the banquet, ²the king said to Esther, "³What is your petition, for it shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done."

Esther 5:5-6 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.

Cross References

• 1. Esther 6:14
• 2. Esther 7:2
• 3. Esther 5:3

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "the word of Esther"
• [b]. Lit "at the banquet of wine"