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Esther 7:10

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What does Esther 7:10 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king`s wrath pacified.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king`s wrath pacified.
Esther 7:10 — American Standard Version

Context — Esther 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
7And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [and 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.
8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king`s mouth, they covered Haman`s face.
9Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king`s wrath pacified.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, etc.] Not within his house, (<170709>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 <190715>Psalm 7:15,16), then was the king’s wrath pacified; having inflicted punishment…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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 (Psa 9:15). But never was condemnation more just, and retribution more merited, than the execution of that gigantic criminal. Next: Esther Chapter 8”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Then was the king's: Jdg 15:7; Eze 5:13; Zac 6:8 Next: Esther Chapter 8”
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