Esther 5:14 meaning and explanation
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Esther 5:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Zeresh and Haman's friends answer his complaint in verse 13 that Mordecai's refusal to bow spoils all his honors. Their advice is to build a gallows fifty cubits high, roughly seventy-five feet, an absurd height meant to make the execution public and humiliating, and to ask the king for Mordecai's death first thing in the morning.
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