12 Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting (A)at the king's gate.” 14 Then (B)his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, (C)“Let a gallows[a] fifty cubits[b] high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:14 Or wooden beam; twice in this verse (see note on 2:23)
  2. Esther 5:14 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

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