# pleaded

"begged"

# to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite

"Put an end to" is an idiom meaning to stop something. AT: "to stop the evil plan of Haman the Agagite" or "to prevent the evil things from happening that Haman the Agagite had planned" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# the Agagite

See how you translated this in [Esther 3:1](../03/01.md)

# scheme that he had devised

"the plot that he had invented" or "the plot that Haman invented"

# the king held out the golden scepter to Esther

He did this to show that he was pleased with her. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Esther 5:2](../05/01.md)