1 Εἴσῆλθε δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ Ἀμὰν, συμπιεῖν τῇ βασιλίσσῃ. 2 Εἶπε δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἐσθὴρ τῇ δευτέρᾳ ἡμέρᾳ ἐν τῷ πότῳ, τί ἐστιν, Ἐσθὴρ βασίλισσα, καὶ τί τὸ αἴτημά σου; καὶ τί τὸ ἀξίωμά σου; καὶ ἔστω σοι ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας μου. 3 Καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσα, εἶπεν, εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, δοθήτω ἡ ψυχὴ τῷ αἰτήματί μου, καὶ ὁ λαός μου τῷ ἀξιώματί μου. 4 Ἐπράθημεν γὰρ ἐγώ τε καὶ ὁ λαός μου εἰς ἀπώλειαν καὶ διαρπαγὴν καὶ δουλείαν, ἡμεῖς καὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν εἰς παῖδας καὶ παιδίσκας, καὶ παρήκουσα· οὐ γὰρ ἄξιος ὁ διάβολος τῆς αὐλῆς τοῦ βασιλέως. 5 Εἶπε δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς, τίς οὗτος, ὅστις ἐτόλμησε ποιῆσαι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο; 6 Εἶπε δὲ Ἐσθὴρ, ἄνθρωπος ἐχθρὸς Ἀμὰν, ὁ πονηρὸς οὗτος. Ἀμὰν δὲ ἐταράχθη ἀπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῆς βασιλίσσης. 7 Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἐξανέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ συμποσίου εἰς τὸν κῆπον· ὁ δὲ Ἀμὰν παρῃτεῖτο τὴν βασίλισσαν· ἑώρα γὰρ ἑαυτὸν ἐν κακοῖς ὄντα. 8 Ἐπέστρεψεν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκ τοῦ κήπου. Ἀμὰν δὲ ἐπιπεπτώκει ἐπὶ τὴν κλίνην, ἀξιῶν τὴν βασίλισσαν· εἶπν δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς, ὥστε καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα βιάζῃ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μου; Ἀμὰν δὲ ἀκούσας διετράπη τῷ προσώπῳ. 9 Εἶπε δὲ Βουγαθὰν εἷς τῶν εὐνούχων πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἰδοὺ καὶ ξύλον ἡτοίμασεν Ἀμὰν Μαρδοχαίῳ τῷ λαλήσαντι περὶ τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ὤρθωται ἐν τοῖς Ἀμὰν ξύλον πηχῶν πεντήκοντα· εἶπε δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς, σταυρωθήτω ἐπʼ αὐτοῦ. 10 Καὶ ἐκρεμάσθη Ἀμὰν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ὃ ἡτοιμάσθη Μαρδοχαίῳ· καὶ τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκόπασε τοῦ θυμοῦ.
Esther (Greek) · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Esther (Greek) 7 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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Harbona
One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti. A eunuch Harbonah later tells the king of the gallows Haman built for Mordecai, and Haman is…
Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10; Esther 7:9
Cross references (10)
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- 1 Esther 5:8; Esther 3:15
- 2 John 16:24; Esther 5:3; Esther 9:12; Esther 5:6
- 3 Jeremiah 38:26; Job 2:4; Esther 7:7; Psalm 122:6–9; 2 Kings 1:13
- 4 Esther 3:9; Esther 3:13; Deuteronomy 28:68; Esther 8:11; Joshua 9:23
- 5 Job 9:24; Genesis 27:33; Acts 5:3
- 6 Job 18:5–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 139:19–22; Psalm 27:2
- 7 Esther 1:12; Revelation 3:9; Proverbs 14:19; 1 Samuel 20:7; Proverbs 19:12
- 8 Esther 1:6; Esther 6:12; Isaiah 22:17; Job 9:24; Isaiah 49:23
- 9 Psalm 7:15–16; Proverbs 11:5–6; Esther 1:10; Esther 5:14; Psalm 35:8
- 10 Psalm 7:16; Daniel 6:24; Ezekiel 5:13; Judges 15:7; Esther 2:1
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