Esther’s Banquet

7 So the king and Haman went to dine[fn] with Queen Esther. 2 And the king again said to Esther, on the second day while they were drinking,[fn] “Whatis your petition, Queen Esther? It will be given to you. What is your request? It will be given to you—even half the kingdom.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered, and she said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,[fn] O king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be given to me at my petition and my people at my request; 4 I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this[fn] is not a need sufficient to trouble the king.”[fn] 5 And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who gave himself the right to do this?”[fn] 6 And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman!” And Haman was terrified before the king and queen.