Esther 6
1NOW on that night the Lord removed sleep from the king, therefore he ordered his attendant to bring the book of daily records, and read to him;
2and finding what was written concerning Mordecai, how he had informed the king of the king’s two chamberlains, when they commanded the guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes,
3the king said, What honour or favour did we confer on Mordecai? To which the king’s servants replied, Thou hast conferred none.
4And while the king was making inquiry concerning Mordecai’s fidelity, behold Haman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come to speak to the king, that he might order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows which he had prepared.
5So the king’s servants said, Behold Haman is standing in the court, and the king said, Call him in.
6And the king said to Haman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? Upon this Haman said to himself, Whom doth the king wish to honour but me?
7So he said to the king, With regard to the man whom the king wisheth to honour,
8Let the king’s servants bring out the royal robes with which the king is arrayed, and the horse on which the king rideth, and give them to one of the most honourable of the king’s friends,
9and let him array the man whom the king loveth, and mount him on the horse, and make proclamation through the street of the city saying, Thus shall it be done to every man whom the king honoureth.
10Then the king said to Haman, Thou hast spoken well, Do thou so to Mordecai the Jew, who is an attendant in the court. Let nothing be omitted of what thou hast spoken.
11So Haman took the robe and the horse, and having arrayed Mordecai he mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city and made proclamation saying, Thus shall it be done to every man whom the king wisheth to honour.
12Then Mordecai returned to the court, and Haman went home in grief with his head covered.
13And when Haman told his wife and his friends all that had happened to him; his friends and his wife said, If Mordecai be of the race of the Jews thy humiliation before him is begun. Thou shalt continue falling and shalt not be able to have thy revenge of him; for with him is the living God.
14And while they were speaking the chamberlains came to hasten Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.