lf and stood in the inner court of the palace.

ou, queen Est

re, the king repeated his question. Again, she defe

cubits high, to hang Mordecai, whose re

here discovered Mordecai's unrewarded loyalty. When Haman entered to request Mordecai's death, t

crown, and a parade. "Do so to Mordecai the Jew," said

he s

golden scepter-hi

Esther? and what is t

n to a special dinner. They came. But when the king again asked h

in refusing to bow. Furious, he built a giant gallows, fifty

his servants to read the royal records-and

rewarded?" th

ord," the

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