So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
“What is it, Queen Esther? ” the king asked her. “Whatever you want, even to half the kingdom, will be given to you.”
While drinking the wine, the king asked Esther, “Whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you want, even to half the kingdom, will be done.”
Once again, on the second day while drinking wine, the king asked Esther, “Queen Esther, whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek, even to half the kingdom, will be done.”
The one who narrows his eyes is planning deceptions; the one who compresses his lips brings about evil.
But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.
And prompted by her mother, she answered, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter! ”