Esther Chapter 7

Est 7:1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther

the queen.

Vs 1 This is the second banquet of Esther. She had invited the king and Haman to

a banquet, to make her petition known. Haman is thrilled to be at this banquet, but

he still can’t figure just why he had to honor Mordecai, the man whom he wanted to hang.

Est 7:2 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.

Vs 2 The king offers Esther, his queen, half the kingdom if she will make her petition

known. He wants her to know that she can trust him and be comfortable in asking.

This is the third time he has asked for her petition to be made known.

Est 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have

found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let

my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

Est 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to

be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and

bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not

countervail the king's damage.

Vs3,4 Esther makes her petition known. She is asking for her life and the lives of her

people. She states that she would not have spoken if her people had been sold

into slavery, but she had to speak up because her people were going to be executed.

Remember, the king does not know her nationality, she has kept this

a secret, until now.

Est 7:5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto

Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst

presume in his heart to do so?

Vs 5 Esther, who is going to be executed as well, has revealed her heart. The king

wants to know just exactly who has made such a threat to his queen. The thought

of his queen being executed, surprises the king. He did not know that the decree

to have the Jews killed would also be a death sentence unto his queen.

Est 7:6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy

is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before

the king and the queen

Vs 6 Esther tells the king “that the enemy is that wicked Haman”. It was Haman, who

had wanted Mordecai and all of the Jews to be executed. It was Haman, who

had paid money into the treasury and was given the kings ring to make a decree

with. Haman is guilty on all charges.

Est 7:7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in

his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood

up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he

saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

Vs 7 The king is very angry and runs out of the banquet hall and into the garden to

think. Remember, it was the kings ring that signed this decree, so, the king is

somewhat guilty himself, of ordering his own queen to die. He feels as if his

trusted friend Haman, has mislead and betrayed him. Haman, while the king is in

the garden, gets down on his knees before the queen and begs for his life. This

wicked Haman was going to execute all of the Jewish peoples with no

compassion and yet when it comes to his life, he pleads for mercy from one he

was going to kill

Est 7:8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden

into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen

upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he

force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went

out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Vs 8 As the king comes back in from the garden, he notices Haman begging for his

life. Haman is begging so hard that he begins to pull himself upon the couch

where Esther is sitting. Haman was thought to be forcing the queen upon the

couch. The king cried out and as he spoke the kings chamberlains covered

Haman’s face.

Est 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said

before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high,

which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken

good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then

the king said, Hang him thereon.

Est 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had

prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Vs 9,10 One of the kings chamberlains also told the king of the gallows, which Haman

had built, for Mordecai. The king responds “Hang Haman on the gallows at

once”. So Haman was hanged on the gallows, he had prepared for Mordecai, and

the kings wrath was pacified. God has intervened, and spared Mordecais life. The

scriptures teach us (Gal 6:7) “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever

a man soweth, that shall he aslo reap”. Psalm 9:16 says “The wicked is snared in the

work of his own hands”. My friend, you may feel that you have a need to go after

someone and try to cause them hurt. But God will bring you down instead. God will

be the judge and not you. He will cause your own plans to be turned into your defeat.