Esther 7: Haman Exposed and Hanged

At her second banquet Queen Esther pleads with King Xerxes for her own life and her people's, and names Haman as the enemy behind the plot. The furious king finds Haman begging at her couch, and Haman dies on the very gallows he built for Mordecai.

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At the second banquet, what did Esther finally ask the king to grant her (Esther 7:3-4)?

That Haman’s promised silver be returned from the royal treasuryThat she and her people be spared, since they had been sold for slaughterThat Mordecai be given a seat of honor above all the king’s noblesThat the Jews be allowed to return home and rebuild Jerusalem’s walls