Esther - 7:10



10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

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Explanation and meaning of Esther 7:10.

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So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.

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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai,.... Not within his house, Esther 7:9, but more probably in his courtyard, in the sight of his family and friends; or, it may be, the gallows was taken from thence, and set up without the city, where he was hanged: for so it is said in the additions of the book of Esther,"For he that was the worker of these things, is hanged at the gates of Susa with all his family: God, who ruleth all things, speedily rendering vengeance to him according to his deserts.'' (Esther 16:18)that he was hanged without the gates of Shushan; see Psalm 7:15,
then was the king's wrath pacified; having inflicted punishment on such a wicked counsellor of his, and the contriver of such mischief.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai--He has not been the only plotter of mischief whose feet have been taken in the net which they hid (Psalm 9:15). But never was condemnation more just, and retribution more merited, than the execution of that gigantic criminal.

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