Esther 6
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- 1That night, the king could not sleep. He commanded that the book of records of the chronicles be brought, and they were read before the king.
- 2And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
- 3And the king said, "What honor and dignity has been done for Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, "Nothing has been done for him."
- 4And the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
- 5And the king's servants said to him, "Look, Haman is standing in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in."
- 6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, "What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought in his heart, "Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?"
- 7And Haman answered the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
- 8let the royal apparel be brought which the king wears, and the horse that the king rides upon, and the royal crown which is set upon his head.
- 9And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may dress the man whom the king delights to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, 'Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.'"
- 10Then the king said to Haman, "Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."
- 11So Haman took the robe and the horse, dressed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the street of the city, proclaiming before him, "This is what shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor."
- 12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.
- 13And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him."
- 14And while they were still talking with him, the king's chamberlains came and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.