Esther 5:14

Easy To Read Version

Then Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends had a suggestion. They said, “Tell someone to build a post to hang him on! Make it 75 feet {\cf2\super [20]} tall! Then in the morning, ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. Then just go to the party with the king and you can be happy.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 16:21

Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Your father left some of his wives [96] here to take care of the house. Go and have sexual relations with them. Then all the Israelites will hear that your father hates you. And all of your people will be encouraged to give you more support.”

1 Kings 21:25

There is no other person that has done so many wrong things or sinned so much as Ahab. His wife Jezebel caused him to do those things.

1 Kings 21:7

Jezebel answered, “But you are the king over Israel! Get out of your bed. Eat something and you will feel better. I will get Naboth’s field for you.”

Esther 6:4

Haman had just entered the outer area of the king’s palace. {\cf2\super [21]} He had come to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the hanging post Haman had commanded to be built. \{The king heard him.\} The king said, “Who just came into the courtyard?”

Psalm 37:14

Bad people get their swords\par and aim their bows.\par They want to kill poor, helpless people.\par They want to kill good, honest people.\par

Psalm 37:32

But bad people are always looking\par for ways to kill good people.\par

Psalm 9:15

Those people from other nations\par dug holes to trap other people.\par But they fell into their own traps.\par Those people hid nets to trap other people.\par But they were caught in those nets.\par

Proverbs 1:18

So those bad people hide themselves and wait to kill someone. But really, they will be destroyed by their own trap!

Proverbs 4:16

Bad people can’t sleep until they do something wrong. Those people can’t sleep until they hurt some other person.

Romans 1:32

Those people know God’s law. They know God’s law says that people who live like that should die. But they continue to do those wrong things. And they say that people who do those things are doing right.

Romans 3:15

“People are always ready to hurt and kill;\par

Revelation 11:10

People who live on the earth will be happy because these two are dead. They will have parties and send each other gifts. They will do these things because these two prophets (witnesses) brought much suffering to the people who live on the earth.