Esther 7:9

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Measurements

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• fifty cubits high: About 75 ft (22.9 m)

Related verses

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• Psalm 7:15–16
  He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
• Proverbs 11:5–6
  The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
• Esther 5:14
  His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
• Esther 1:10
  On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
• Psalm 35:8
  May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
• Psalm 141:10
  Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
• Daniel 6:24
  At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
• 1 Samuel 17:51
  David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
• Esther 9:25
  But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
• Esther 6:14
  While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
• Daniel 6:7
  All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
• Job 27:20–23
  Terrors overtake him like a flood; a tempest sweeps him away in the night.

People

Haman: A Persian official who plotted to destroy the Jews· Harbona: A eunuch in King Ahasuerus' court· Mordecai: Esther's cousin, a Jewish leader in the Persian court

Glossary

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Book of Esther· Chamberlain· Criminal Law and Punishment· Harbona

Topics

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Gallows used for Execution of Criminals· Harbona: A Chamberlain of Ahasuerus· Medo-Persian Kingdom: Ruled By, Absolute Kings· Punishments: Capital Kinds of Hanging· Select Readings: Esther's Triumph