But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
But when Esther went to the king, he ordered in writing that Haman's evil plan against the Jews should backfire on him instead, and that both Haman and his sons should be executed by hanging.
This verse shows how God turned Haman's evil plot against the Jews completely around, so that Haman himself faced the very punishment he had planned for others.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Esther, set in the ancient Persian Empire during the reign of King Ahasuerus (likely Xerxes I in the 5th century BC), Haman, a high official, plotted to exterminate the Jewish people out of personal resentment toward Mordecai. Esther, a Jewish woman who had become queen, courageously revealed Haman's scheme to the king, leading to a royal decree that reversed the plot. As a result, Haman's evil plan backfired, and he and his sons were executed on the very gallows he had prepared for the Jews.
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