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 put,
he will fall into it (Proverbs
26:27).
Ever
have anger or bitter words come back to haunt you?
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