Esther 6:4–9

⁴So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just ^aentered the outer court of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about ^bhanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him.

⁵The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, 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 is to be done for the man ^awhom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said ¹to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?”

⁷Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor,

⁸let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and ^athe horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head ^ba royal crown has been placed;

⁹and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, ^aand proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.’ ”