she again invited king ahaseurus and haman to dine and this time she told the king of haman's plot. the king, furious, stormed out and haman begged esther for mercy. when the king returned, he mistakenly believed haman had molested his queen, and had him hanged on the same gallows that haman had prepared for mordecai. in the end, thanks to esther's courage and influence, the king changed the law and saved the jewish people.