And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. And it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.

And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

And Saul said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have been grieved on my account.

And Zeresh his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for you of fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and let Mordecai be hanged on the gallows. But go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Haman, and the gallows was prepared.

who, having known the righteous judgment of God, that those practicing such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also approve of those who practice them.

And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Memucan had said,