9. Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows—This eunuch had probably been the messenger sent with the invitation to Haman, and on that occasion had seen the gallows. The information he now volunteered, as well it may be from abhorrence of Haman's cold-blooded conspiracy as from sympathy with his amiable mistress, involved with her people in imminent peril. read more
3. Haman’s fall ch. 7The plot of the story reaches a climax in this chapter "in which Haman comes to the end of his rope." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 737.] . The fate of Haman reversed when Esther identified him as the person responsible for the plan to destroy her and her people. read more
Ahasuerus’ decision 7:7-10The fact that his enemy sat in his presence at that very moment evidently made the king pause before issuing his obvious verdict. He wanted to think about it and walked out into his garden to do so. Upon returning, what he saw confirmed his decision. Haman found himself trapped between an angry king and an offended queen. Ironically, this enemy of the Jews ended up pleading for his life with a Jewess! [Note: Breneman, p. 350.] Haman fell at Esther’s feet to beg as she... read more
The Execution of Haman4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman’s tender of 10,000 talents (Esther 3:9). Although the enemy, etc.] The rendering is uncertain; RV ’although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage’ (which would have resulted from the loss of so many of his subjects); RM ’for our affliction is not to be compared with the king’s damage’ (or ’annoyance’ occasioned by Esther’s complaint). Perhaps, ’although no enemy is comparable (to Haman) in doing damage to the... read more
(9) Harbonah.—See Esther 1:10.One of the chamberlains. . . .—Translate, one of the chamberlains [who stood, or served] before the king, said.Hang him.—In the LXX., let him be crucified. The climax of the story is now reached in the pithy words, “They hanged Haman upon the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.” In his own house (Esther 7:9), that is, probably, in some court or garden belonging to it, in the sight doubtless of his own children and his own servants, and the wife who had given... read more
HAMANEsther 3:1-6; Esther 5:9-14; Esther 7:5-10HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he was an open foe and a foreigner. But he is treated by popular Judaism as the Arch-Enemy, just as Judas is treated by popular Christianity. Like Judas, he has assigned to him a solitary pre-eminence in wickedness, which is almost inhuman. As in the case of Judas, there is thought to be no call for charity or... read more
THE SECOND BANQUET AND HAMAN’S MISERABLE END CHAPTER 7 1. The second banquet and Esther’s petition (Esther 7:1-4 ) 2. Haman’s exposure (Esther 7:5-6 ) 3. Haman’s miserable end (Esther 7:7-10 ) Esther 7:1-4 . Esther at this second feast knew that the God of her fathers was at work and that all the hatred against her race came not from the heart of the king, but centered in Haman. In the events of the sleepless night and what followed she must have seen the display of the hand of God. And... read more
7:9 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 {f} good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.(f) Who discovered the conspiracy against the king, Ezra 2:21-22. read more
HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS (vv. 1-10) At Esther's second banquet the king asked her to make whatever petition she desired, with the promise that he would grant it to her.What a surprise it would be to both the king and Haman that she asked that she and her people might be spared from total destruction! (v. 3)."For," she said, "we have been sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue,... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Esther 7:9
gallows. See note on Esther 5:14 . read more