1101 - Esther’s Request to the King

Esther’s Request to the King


On the third day of the fast, in which the Jews had joined Esther to prepare her to go into the King, Esther put on her royal robes, and entered the inner court, of the palace, just across, from the king’s hall. 


The king was sitting, on his royal throne, facing the entrance. 


When he saw Queen Esther, standing there, in the inner court, he welcomed her, and held out the gold scepter, to her. 


So, Esther approached, and touched the end of the scepter.


Then, the king asked her, 


“What do you want, Queen Esther? 


What is your request? 


I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”


And Esther replied, 


“If it please the king, let the king, and Haman, come today, to a banquet, that I have prepared, for the king.”


The king turned to his attendants, and said, 


“Tell Haman to come, quickly, to a banquet, as Esther has requested.” 


So, the king, and Haman, went, to Esther’s banquet.


And while they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, 


“Now, tell me what you really want. 


What is your request? 


I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!”


Esther replied, “This is my request, and deepest wish. 


If I have found favor, with the king, and if it pleases the king, to grant my request, and do what I ask, please come, with Haman, tomorrow, to the banquet, that I will prepare for you. 


Then, I will explain what this is all about.”


Haman was a happy man, as he left the banquet! 


But, when he saw Mordecai, sitting at the palace gate, not standing up or trembling, nervously before him, Haman became furious. 


However, he restrained himself, and went on home.


Then, Haman gathered together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, and boasted to them, about his great wealth and his many children. 


He bragged about the honors, that the king had given him, and how he had been promoted, over all the other nobles and officials.


Then, Haman added, 


“And that’s not all! 


Queen Esther invited only me, and the king, himself, to the banquet she prepared for us. 


And she has invited me to dine, with her, and the king, again tomorrow!” 


Then, he added, 


“But, this is all worth nothing, as long as I see Mordecai, the Jew, just sitting there, at the palace gate.”


So, Haman’s wife, Zeresh, and all his friends suggested, 


“Set up a sharpened pole, that stands seventy-five feet tall, and, in the morning, ask the king to impale Mordecai, on it. 


When this is done, you can go on your merry way, to the banquet, with the king.” 


This pleased Haman, and he ordered the pole set up.


Holy Bible: 

New Living Translation. 

Tyndale House Publishers.


Esther 5:1-14


Praise be to God!


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