Esther 7:9 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →A servant points out the gallows Haman built for Mordecai, and the king orders Haman hanged on it.
What Does Esther 7:9 Mean?
The servant Harbonah speaks the perfect word at the perfect moment, noting that the fifty-cubit gallows Haman built for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, still stands at Haman's house. The king answers at once: hang him thereon. The instrument of malice becomes the instrument of justice.
The reversal is now absolute. The gallows Haman raised to display Mordecai's death becomes the place of his own. Harbonah even recalls that Mordecai had saved the king, sealing the verdict. The narrator lets the irony complete itself with poetic exactness: the proud man falls into the very pit he dug. What he prepared for his enemy is measured back to him to the last cubit.
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What does Esther 7:9 mean?
A servant points out the gallows Haman built for Mordecai, and the king orders Haman hanged on it.