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Esther asked for her life and the life of her people, explaining they had been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated (Esther 7:3–4). Her request directly connected her petition to the decree against the Jews (Esther 7:4).
3Then Esther the queen answered, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king`s damage.