3 And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king `it be' good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'
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Commentary on Esther 7 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 7
We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there,
Est 7:1-6
The king in humour, and Haman out of humour, meet at Esther's table. Now,
Est 7:7-10
Here,