“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, the keepers of the door, who
sought to lay hand 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 outward 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. 6 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 thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do
honour more than to myself? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man
whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought
which the king [useth] to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon,
and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 9 And let this apparel
and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble
princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth
to honour, and bring him 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 brought him on horseback 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 came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to
his house mourning, and having his head covered. 13 And Haman told
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 [be] of
the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt
not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. 14 And while
they [were] yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and
hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.” (Esther
6:1-14 AV)
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