Half the Kingdom or a Dinner Date

Rembrandt, Ahasuerus and Haman at the Feast of Esther, 1660

And the king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom.” And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.”

Esther 5:3–4