At the second banquet Esther reveals that she is a Jew and that Haman plans to destroy her people. The king, enraged, has Haman hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen .
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine , What is thy petition , queen Esther ? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request ? and it shall be performed , even to the half of the kingdom .
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said , If I have found favour in thy sight , O king , and if it please the king , let my life be given me at my petition , and my people at my request :
4 For we are sold , I and my people , to be destroyed , to be slain , and to perish . But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen , I had held my tongue , although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage .
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen , Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And Esther said , The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman . Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen .
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden : and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen ; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king .
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king , Will he force the queen also before me in the house ? As the word went out of the king's mouth , they covered Haman's face .
9 And Harbonah , one of the chamberlains , said before the king , Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high , which Haman had made for Mordecai , who had spoken good for the king , standeth in the house of Haman . Then the king said , Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai . Then was the king's wrath pacified .