‏ Esther 6

The King Plans to Honor Mordecai

1 During that night
Lit the king’s sleep fled
the king bcould not sleep, so he gave an order to bring cthe book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.
2And it was found written what dMordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to
Or kill; lit put out a hand against
attack King Ahasuerus.
3Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.” 4So the king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just fentered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about ghanging Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him. 5So the king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the courtyard.” And the king said, “Have him come in.” 6Haman then came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man hwhom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said
Lit in his heart
to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?”
7Therefore Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor, 8have them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and jthe horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head ka royal turban has been placed; 9then order them to hand the robe and the horse over to one of the king’s noble officials, and have them dress the man whom the king desires to honor, and lead him on horseback through the city square, land proclaim before him, ‘So it shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.’”

Haman Must Honor Mordecai

10 Then the king said to Haman, “Quickly, take the robe and the horse just as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fail to do anything of all that you have said.” 11So Haman took the robe and the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “So it shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.”

12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, while Haman hurried home, mourning, mwith his head covered. 13And Haman informed nZeresh his wife and all his friends of everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is
Lit from the seed of the Jews
of Jewish origin, you will not prevail over him, but will certainly fall before him.”

14 While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and quickly pbrought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
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