Esther 6

6On that night ^†could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring ^athe book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. ²And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of ^||Bigthana and ^bTeresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the ^†door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. ³And the king said, What ^chonour and ^cdignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. ⁴And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into ^dthe outward court of the king’s house, ^eto speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. ⁵And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. ⁶So 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? ⁷And 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 ^fthe horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: ⁹And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most ^gnoble 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. ¹⁰Then 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. ¹¹Then 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. ¹²And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman ^hhasted to his house mourning, and ⁱhaving his head covered. ¹³And Haman told ^kZeresh his wife and all his friends ^levery 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. ¹⁴And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and ^mhasted to bring Haman unto ⁿthe banquet that Esther had prepared.