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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of
Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Therefore the LORD God
banished him from the Garden of
Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
And now art thou
cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Now you are
cursed and
banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
I am not worthy of the least of all the
mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two
bands.
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
And, behold, seven other
kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other
kine upon the
brink of the river.
After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and
daubed it with
slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s
brink.
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a
papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the
basket and set it among the reeds along the
bank of the Nile.
Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s
brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the
bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a
snake.
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My
Banner.
And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
All the pillars round about the court shall be
filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
All the posts around the
courtyard shall have silver
bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass.
together with five posts and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold, and their five bases were bronze.
Their pillars were twenty, and their
brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were
filleted with silver.
The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and
bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the
courtyard were
banded with silver.
And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.
with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and
filleted them.
With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
And there was an hole in the midst of the
robe, as the hole of an
habergeon, with a
band round about the hole, that it should not
rend.
with an opening in the center of the
robe like that of a garment, with a
collar around the opening so that it would not
tear.
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their
bondmen; and I have broken the
bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the
ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
Only unto the land of the children of
Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river
Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto
whatsoever the LORD our God
forbad us.
But you did not go near the land of the
Ammonites, or the land along the
banks of the
Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
From Aroer, which is by the
bank of the river
Arnon, even unto mount
Sion, which is
Hermon,
extending from Aroer on the
rim of the
Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is,
Hermon),
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the
curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations,
whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he
fetch thee:
Even if you have been
banished to the
farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were
dipped in the
brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his
banks all the time of harvest,)
Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
Sihon king of the
Amorites, who dwelt in
Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the
bank of the river
Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half
Gilead, even unto the river
Jabbok, which is the border of the children of
Ammon;
From Aroer, that is upon the
bank of the river
Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
The area from Aroer on the
rim of the
Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the
bank of the river
Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
The territory from Aroer on the
rim of the
Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
And the border of the children of
Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of
Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
And the border of the Reubenites was the bank of the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the clans of the Reubenites, including the cities and villages.
While Israel dwelt in
Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of
Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
For three hundred years Israel has lived in
Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the
banks of the
Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines
shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his
bands loosed from off his hands.
When
Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out
shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came
mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of
valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
So I stood upon him, and
slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the
bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them
hither unto my lord.
So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not
survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the
band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of
bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of
Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of
raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of
Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king
doth speak this thing as one which is
faulty, in that the king
doth not
fetch home again his
banished.
The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not
convict himself, since he has not brought back his own
banished son?
For we must needs die, and are as water
spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither
doth God respect any person: yet
doth he
devise means, that his
banished be not expelled from him.
For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
And they came and besieged him in
Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a
bank against the city, and it stood in the
trench: and all the people that were with
Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a
troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
Igal the son of
Nathan of Zobah,
Bani the Gadite,
Igal son of
Nathan of Zobah,
Bani the Gadite,
So Solomon thrust out
Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of
Eli in
Shiloh.
So Solomon
banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at
Shiloh against the house of
Eli.
And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a
cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
At the top of each stand was a circular
band half a
cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a
proverb and a
byword among all people:
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will
banish from My presence this temple I have
sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of
scorn and
ridicule among all peoples.
And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a
band, when David
slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control.
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
He
banished the male
shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and
disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king,
disguising himself with a
bandage over his eyes.
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel
discerned him that he was of the prophets.
Then the prophet quickly removed the
bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
And the
remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father
Asa, he took out of the land.
He
banished from the land the male
shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father
Asa.
He took up also the
mantle of
Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the
bank of Jordan;
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little
maid; and she waited on
Naaman’s wife.
At this time the Arameans had gone out in
bands and had taken a young
girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving
Naaman’s wife.
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and
drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the
bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the
Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
And
Elisha died, and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
And
Elisha died and was buried. Now the
Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
And it came to pass, as they were
burying a man, that, behold, they
spied a
band of men; and they cast the man into the
sepulchre of
Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of
Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
Once, as the Israelites were
burying a man, suddenly they saw a
band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into
Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of
Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He
afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had
banished them from His presence.
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an
arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a
bank against it.
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an
arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege
ramp against it.
And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in
bands at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned
Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of
Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a
levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
And the LORD sent against him
bands of the Chaldees, and
bands of the Syrians, and
bands of the Moabites, and
bands of the children of
Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally
banished them from His presence. And
Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by
violating the
ban on devoted things.
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
Michael,
Obadiah,
Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. In addition to them, according to their
genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of
Bani, a
descendant of
Perez son of Judah.
Now these are they that came to David to
Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of
Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
Now these were the men who came to David at
Ziklag, while he was still
banished from the presence of Saul son of
Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his
banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of
Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the
band.
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of
Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of
valor and commanders in the army.
And these are the numbers of the
bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to
Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at
Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:
Then will I
pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have
sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a
proverb and a
byword among all nations.
then I will
uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will
banish from My presence this temple I have
sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of
scorn and
ridicule among all the peoples.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah his youngest son king in his
stead: for the
band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
Then the people of Jerusalem made
Ahaziah, the youngest son of Jehoram, king in his place, since the raiders who had come into the camp with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So
Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.
Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by
bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the
scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.
Uzziah had an army ready for battle that went out to war by assigned divisions, as recorded by Jeiel the
scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the royal officers.
The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
the descendants of Bani, 642;
And
whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to
banishment, or to
confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
If
anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death,
banishment,
confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and
threescore males.
from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him 160 men;
For I was
ashamed to require of the king a
band of soldiers and
horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that
forsake him.
For I was
ashamed to ask the king for an
escort of soldiers and
horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is
gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who
forsake Him.”
Then we departed from the river of
Ahava on the
twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
On the
twelfth day of the first month we set out from the
Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and
bandits along the way.
And of the sons of
Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and
Sheal, and
Ramoth.
From the descendants of
Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub,
Sheal, and Jeremoth.
Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
From the descendants of Bani:
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
From the descendants of Binnui:
But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the
uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been
banished to the
farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Next to him, the Levites made repairs under Rehum son of Bani, and next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of a half-district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
Also Jeshua, and
Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita,
Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
The Levites—Jeshua,
Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita,
Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—
instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah,
Bani, and Chenani, and
cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
And the Levites—Jeshua,
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah,
Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and
cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel,
Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and
bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is
exalted above all blessing and praise.
Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel,
Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and
bless the LORD your God from
everlasting to
everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be
exalted above all blessing and praise.
Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath-moab,
Elam, Zatthu,
Bani,
And the leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab,
Elam, Zattu,
Bani,
The
overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of
Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.
Now the
overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of
Mica. He was one of
Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king
Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also gave a
banquet for the women in the royal palace of King
Xerxes.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even
Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Then the king held a great
banquet,
Esther’s
banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax
holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s
bounty.
And
Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the
banquet that I have prepared for him.
“If it pleases the king,”
Esther replied, “may the king and
Haman come
today to the
banquet I have prepared for the king.”
And the king said unto
Esther at the
banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
And as they
drank their wine, the king said to
Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and
Haman come to the
banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to
morrow as the king hath said.
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and
fulfill my request, may the king and
Haman come
tomorrow to the
banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
Haman said moreover,
Yea,
Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the
banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to
morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
“What is more,”
Haman added, “Queen
Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the
banquet she prepared, and I am invited back
tomorrow along with the king.
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a
gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have
Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the
banquet with the king and enjoy
yourself.” The advice pleased
Haman, and he had the
gallows constructed.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring
Haman unto the
banquet that
Esther had prepared.
While they were still speaking with
Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and
rushed him to the
banquet that
Esther had prepared.
And the king said again unto
Esther on the second day at the
banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen
Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
and as they
drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen
Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”