King James Version (KJV) Authorized Version 1611
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"So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen."
Esther Chapter 7, Verse 1
Esther 7:1 in Context (Verses 1–4 KJV)
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So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.*
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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.
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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:
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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.*