Haman Plans to Hang Mordecai

Esther 5

9 So Haman went out that day i joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, and j that he did not stand or tremble before him, he was filled with indignation against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless Haman k restrained himself and went home, and he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh. 11 Then Haman told them of his great riches, l the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had m advanced him above the officials and servants of the king. 12 Moreover Haman said, "Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king. 13 "Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." 14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Let a n gallows 1 be made, 2 fifty cubits high, and in the morning o suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet." And the thing pleased Haman; so he had p the gallows made.

  1. Cross References
    Job 20:5
    That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
    Luke 6:25
    Woe to you who are full, For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, For you shall mourn and weep.
  2. Cross References
    Esther 3:5
    When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath.
  3. Cross References
    2 Samuel 13:22
    And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
  4. Cross References
    Esther 9:7 - 10
    Also Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha.
  5. Cross References
    Esther 3:1
    After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
  6. Cross References
    Esther 7:9
    Now Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, "Look! The gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good on the king's behalf, is standing at the house of Haman." Then the king said, "Hang him on it!
  7. Cross References
    Esther 6:4
    So the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
  8. Cross References
    Esther 7:10
    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath subsided.
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