Esther 7:6-8

Good News Translation

⁶ Esther answered, “Our enemy, our persecutor, is this evil man Haman!”

Haman faced the king and queen with terror. ⁷ The king got up in a fury, left the room, and went outside to the palace gardens. Haman could see that the king was determined to punish him for this, so he stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life. ⁸ He had just thrown himself down on Esther's couch to beg for mercy, when the king came back into the room from the gardens. Seeing this, the king cried out, “Is this man going to rape the queen right here in front of me, in my own palace?”

The king had no sooner said this than the eunuchs covered Haman's head.