⁸ Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch^(A) where Esther was reclining.^(B)

The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?”^(C)

As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.^(D)

⁴¹ You sat on an elegant couch,^(A) with a table^(B) spread before it on which you had placed the incense^(C) and olive oil that belonged to me.^(D)

¹² This is what the Lord says: