DAY 3
Haman Hanged (Esther 7:7–10)
1. Read the passage. What dilemma did the king face? (See also Est. 3:8–11.)
Note : Harem protocol dictated that only the king could be left alone with a woman of the harem. Haman should have left Esther’s presence when the king retreated to the garden. 48
2. After the king left the room, what did the terrified Haman do? (See v. 7.)
3. How did Haman’s further foolishness serve to resolve the king’s dilemma in verse 8?
4. In Esther 7:9–10, what is ironic about Haman’s end?
48 K aren H. Jobes, The NIV Application Commentary: Esther , (Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 1999), 165.
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