Esth 6
1
On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records
of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
2
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the
king's chamberlains, of those that kept the door, who had sought to lay hands on the
king Ahasuerus.
3
And the king said: 'What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this?'
Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him: 'There is nothing done for
him.'
4
And the king said: 'Who is in the court?'--Now Haman was come into the outer court
of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he
had prepared for him.--
5
And the king's servants said unto him: 'Behold, Haman standeth in the court.' And
the king said: 'Let him come in.'
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So Haman came in. And the king said unto him: 'What shall be done unto the man whom
the king delighteth to honour?'--Now Haman said in his heart: 'Whom would the king
delight to honour besides myself?'--
7
And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
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let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the
king rideth upon, and on whose head a crown royal is set;
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and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most
noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honour,
and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before
him: Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.'
10
Then the king said to Haman: 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou
hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate; let
nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.'
11
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to
ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him: 'Thus shall it be
done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.'
12
And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning
and having his head covered.
13
And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had
befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him: 'If Mordecai, before
whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against
him, but shalt surely fall before him.'
14
While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hastened to
bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.