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Esther 7:10

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So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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  1. Psalms 7:16Rank 1 from verse 10
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    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  2. Daniel 6:24Rank 2 from verse 10
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    24¶ And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

  3. Ezekiel 5:13Rank 3 from verse 10
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    13Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  4. Judges 15:7Rank 4 from verse 10
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    7¶ And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

  5. Esther 2:1Rank 5 from verse 10
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    1AFTER these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

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Esther 7:10

COMBINED MEANING

on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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gallows

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A raised structure prepared for putting a person to death by hanging.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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wrath

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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.

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9And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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