And the king, rising from the banquet of wine in his wrath, went into the palace garden. And Haman stood to beg for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.
And Herod was very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians. But with one mind they came to him. And persuading Blastus, the one over the king’s bedroom, they begged peace, because their country was fed from the royal bounty.