2 and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, 'What 'is' thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'
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.'
5 And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, 'Who 'is' he -- this one? and where 'is' this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'
6 And Esther saith, 'The man -- adversary and enemy -- 'is' this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.
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