Esther 7:2

1 So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.

2 And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

3 Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:

4 For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

6 And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

7 And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.