Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is your request? (A)Even to half of the kingdom it shall be given to you.” Esther said, “If it pleases the king, may the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

Then the king said, “(B)Bring Haman quickly that we may do [a]as Esther desires.” So the king and Haman came to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 5:5 Lit the word of Esther