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<p class="tab-1">We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for her life and the life of her people, <a class="bibleref" title="Esth.7.1-Esth.7.4" href="/passage/?search=Esth.7.1-Esth.7.4">Est. 7:1-4</a>. II. She plainly tells the king that Haman is the man who designed her ruin and the ruin of all her friends, <a class="bibleref" title="Esth.7.5,Esth.7.6" href="/passage/?search=Esth.7.5,Esth.7.6"><span class="bibleref" title="Esth.7.5">Est. 7:5</span>, <span class="bibleref" title="Esth.7.6">6</span></a>. III. The king thereupon gave orders for the hanging of Haman upon the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, which was done accordingly, <a class="bibleref" title="Esth.7.7-Esth.7.10" href="/passage/?search=Esth.7.7-Esth.7.10">Est. 7:7-10</a>. And thus, by the destruction of the plotter, a good step was taken towards the defeating of the plot.</p>
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