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Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, observed, “Look there! A pole is standing 50 cubits[a] high at Haman’s house that he prepared for Mordecai, whose report benefitted[b] the king!”

The king said, “Hang[c] him on it.” 10 So they hanged[d] Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and then the king’s anger subsided.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:9 I.e. about 75 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  2. Esther 7:9 Lit. who spoke good for
  3. Esther 7:9 Or Impale
  4. Esther 7:10 Or impaled