Esther 7
At the end of the last post, Haman, thoroughly humiliated is just about to be taken to a private banquet hosted by the niece of his worst enemy, though he does not yet know this.
This is the second banquet - I suspect that Esther wanted to spend some time with Haman and figure out for herself what kind of man he was.
Again the king asked his queen what she wanted and she spoke up for a people that had been sold for slaughter that included herself. If they had simply been sold into slavery, Esther maintained that she would not have troubled the king about it, but they have been sold down the river to be killed without the chance to defend themselves.
The king is absolutely furious that his wife's people had been targeted for genocide and demanded who had done this.
You can imagine the shade of grey that poor old Haman has assumed at this point as Esther the beautiful wife of the king pointed and said "this vile creature, Haman ordered it.
In a rage the king left and went to the palace gardens and Haman decided to plead with Esther for his life. The king came back and found Haman falling on the couch where Esther was reclining.
King Xerxes totally looses it "Will this man molest my wife in my house?" - at which his servants bound, gagged and blindfolded Haman.
One of the chief eunuchs pointed out that Haman had a pole that was over 20 metres high set up outside his house that he was going to ask the king to impale Mordecai the Jew on.
"Impale him on it" was the response from the king.
I'm still quite puzzled how one impales somebody (who probably does not want to be impaled) on a spike that is the height of 7 or 8 floors above the ground.
I'm sure that searching Google for "How do I impale a body on a pole that is 20 metres high?" will either gain interest from any government bodies snooping on what people are searching for, or lead back to this blog as it matches the text!
If you have any ideas on how to impale a body on a 20 metre pole PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THE COMMENTS, I'd rather not think about it!
At the end of the last post, Haman, thoroughly humiliated is just about to be taken to a private banquet hosted by the niece of his worst enemy, though he does not yet know this.
This is the second banquet - I suspect that Esther wanted to spend some time with Haman and figure out for herself what kind of man he was.
Again the king asked his queen what she wanted and she spoke up for a people that had been sold for slaughter that included herself. If they had simply been sold into slavery, Esther maintained that she would not have troubled the king about it, but they have been sold down the river to be killed without the chance to defend themselves.
The king is absolutely furious that his wife's people had been targeted for genocide and demanded who had done this.
You can imagine the shade of grey that poor old Haman has assumed at this point as Esther the beautiful wife of the king pointed and said "this vile creature, Haman ordered it.
In a rage the king left and went to the palace gardens and Haman decided to plead with Esther for his life. The king came back and found Haman falling on the couch where Esther was reclining.
King Xerxes totally looses it "Will this man molest my wife in my house?" - at which his servants bound, gagged and blindfolded Haman.
One of the chief eunuchs pointed out that Haman had a pole that was over 20 metres high set up outside his house that he was going to ask the king to impale Mordecai the Jew on.
"Impale him on it" was the response from the king.
I'm still quite puzzled how one impales somebody (who probably does not want to be impaled) on a spike that is the height of 7 or 8 floors above the ground.
I'm sure that searching Google for "How do I impale a body on a pole that is 20 metres high?" will either gain interest from any government bodies snooping on what people are searching for, or lead back to this blog as it matches the text!
If you have any ideas on how to impale a body on a 20 metre pole PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THE COMMENTS, I'd rather not think about it!
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