Esther 7:1
INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 7
Esther, being solicited by the king to tell him her petition, asks for her life and the lives of her people, who were sold to be destroyed, Es 7:1, the king, amazed at her request, inquires who was the person that dared to do so vile a thing; and was told by her it was Haman there present, Es 7:5 on which the king went out into the garden in wrath, and, returning, found Haman on Esther's bed, which still more incensed him; and being told that Haman had prepared a gallows for Mordecai, the king ordered that he himself should be hanged upon it, which was done accordingly, Es 7:7.
Ver. 1. So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Or, "to drink with her" {e}, that is, wine; for in the next verse it is called a banquet of wine; so they did according to the invitation the queen had given them, Es 5:8.
{e} twtvl "ut biberent", V. L. Tigurine version; "ad bibendum", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius, Vatablus.