Esther 5: Esther’s First Banquet and Haman’s Gallows

Queen Esther goes to the king uninvited, wins his favor, and invites him and Haman to a banquet, then to a second one the next day. Haman leaves elated but is enraged when Mordecai will not rise for him, and at the urging of Zeresh his wife and his friends he has a gallows built for Mordecai.

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When Esther appeared in the palace’s inner court, how did the king respond (Esther 5:1-2)?

He held out his gold scepter to her, and she came near and touched its tipHe kept silent and had a eunuch ask her who had allowed her insideHe ordered his guards to remove her from the court until he sent for herHe rose from his throne and led her away to the queen’s rooms in silence