Esther 7:10 “So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then…”

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

World English Bible

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

American Standard Version

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.

Darby Translation

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.

Young's Literal Translation

And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.

Bible in Basic English

So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.

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Cross references

“Then was the king's”

Judges 15:7 Ezekiel 5:13 Zechariah 6:8

Judges 15:7 · BSB

And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”

Ezekiel 5:13 · BSB

And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

Zechariah 6:8 · BSB

Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”

Also

Psalm 7:16 Daniel 6:24 Esther 2:1

Psalm 7:16 · BSB

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Daniel 6:24 · BSB

At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered…

Esther 2:1 · BSB

Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

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