Esther 7:1

1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.

Esther 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 7:1

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
] Or, "to drink with her" ^F5, that is, wine; for in the next verse it is called a banquet of wine; so they did according to the invitation the queen had given them, ( Esther 5:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (twtvl) "ut biberent", V. L. Tigurine version; "ad bibendum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Vatablus.

Esther 7:1 In-Context

1 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.

2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled. ”

3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.

4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king. ”

5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this? ”