Esther 5:5-6

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 ¹And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, ²“What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? ³Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled. ”

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. 5:6 ch. 7:2
• 2. 5:6 ver. 3; ch. 7:2; 9:12
• 3. 5:6 [See ver. 3 above]