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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
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Study note
Setting — The narrative reports the execution of Haman immediately after the king commands it in response to Harbonah’s identification of the gallows. The king’s rage ceases once the decree against Mordecai is reversed and carried out.
The words — וַיִּתְלוּ (va-yitlu) translates literally as “and they hanged,” describing the immediate action taken by the king’s servants. הֵכִין (hekhin) means “he had prepared,” highlighting Haman’s prior construction of the execution structure.
The thread — The narrative parallels Psalms 7:16 and Daniel 6:24, where malicious plots return upon the accusers. Judges 15:7 appears in the reference list for its theme of vengeance, though it records only a threat rather than a completed reversal.
Why it lands — The text records that Haman dies on the structure he built for Mordecai and that the king’s fury subsides. It requires the reader to observe the direct correspondence between the intended victim and the instrument of death.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Cross-references
- Psalms 7:16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Daniel 6:24 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 them and crushed all their bones.
- Judges 15:7 And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
- Ezekiel 5:13 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.
- Esther 2:1 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.
- Zechariah 6:8 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.”