5And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?
6And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.
Esther 7 is the dramatic climax of the book. At a second banquet with King Ahasuerus and Haman, Queen Esther finally reveals her Jewish identity and exposes Haman's plot to annihilate her people. The king, enraged, steps into the garden, and upon returning finds Haman fallen on E
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