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And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mordecai, behold, Haman was in the court. The king said, “Who is in the court? Now Haman had come in to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared.
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Verse 4. Inner court. To which only such favourites and noblemen had access. Herod. iii. 72. and 84. This king had himself come thither with six others, when they conspired to destroy Smerdis. Hebrew and so forth read, “the outward court,” in which Aman was, till he heard the king was awake, and called for him. Calmet.
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