They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. (Esther 7:10)Haman's plot to wipe out the Jews had been announced. What Haman didn't know was that Persia's new queen was a Jew, and that the target of his anger, Mordecai, was in fact Esther's cousin who had raised her after her parents died.
At the risk of her life, Esther appeared unbidden before the king. He received her with pleasure and offered her anything. She asked that the king and Haman come to a private banquet with her that day. At lunch, the king again offered her anything she wanted, and Esther simply asked him to bring Haman for another meal the next day.
In the next 24 hours, Haman, carried away with his own importance, contracted the construction of a special gallows on which to hang Mordecai. Then to his great distress, the next morning he was ordered to honor the very man he despised. Upon his return to Esther's quarters for lunch later that day, Esther announced to the king that she was a Jew and that Haman had plotted the genocide of the Jewish people.
In a rage, the king decreed that Haman be hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai. The edict to kill the Jews was reversed, and a day of mourning turned to celebration.
If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it (Proverbs 26:27).
Ever have anger or bitter words come back to haunt you?
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