Est 6 | ABEn | STEP | But the lord removed the sleep from the king that night; and he told his servant to carry in [ 2 letters 1 the memorandum] of the days to read to him.

Esther 6

CHAPTER 6 The King Honors Mordecai

1 But the lord removed the sleep from the king that night; and he told his servant to carry in [²letters ¹the memorandum] of the days to read to him. 2 And he found letters having been written concerning Mordecai, as was reported to the king concerning the two eunuchs of the king, during their watching and their seeking to put hands on Artaxerxes. 3 [⁴said ¹And ²the ³king], What glory or favor did we do for Mordecai? And [⁵said ¹the ²servants ³of the ⁴king], We did not do for him one thing. 4 And during the inquiring by the king concerning the good-will of Mordecai, behold, Haman was in the courtyard. [⁴said ¹And ²the ³king], Who is in the courtyard? And he entered to speak to the king to hang Mordecai upon the tree which he prepared. 5 And [⁵said ¹the ²servants ³of the ⁴king], Behold, Haman stands in the courtyard. And [³said ¹the ²king], Call him! 6 [⁴said ¹And ²the ³king] to Haman, What shall I do to the man whom I want to extol? [³said ¹And ⁴to ⁵himself ²Haman], Who does [³want ¹the ²king] to extol unless me? 7 And he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wants to extol, 8 let [⁵bring ¹the ²servants ³of the ⁴king ⁷apparel ⁶fine linen] which the king puts on, and the horse upon which the king mounts, 9 and give it to one of the friends of the king of the honorable ones; and robe the man whom the king loves, and mount him upon the horse, and let him proclaim through the square of the city! saying, So shall it be done to every man whom the king extols. 10 [⁴said ¹And ²the ³king] to Haman, [²well ¹You spoke], you do thus to Mordecai the Jew, to the one attending in the courtyard, and do not let fall from you a word which you spoke! 11 And Haman took the robe, and the horse, and he robed Mordecai, and mounted him upon the horse, and went through the square of the city, and proclaimed, saying, So it will be to every man the king wants to extol. 12 [³returned ¹And ²Mordecai] to the courtyard. And Haman returned to his own place fretting with a down cast head. 13 And Haman described the things coming to pass to him to Zeresh his wife, and to his friends. And [⁵said ⁶to ⁷him ¹the ²friends ³and ⁴wife], Since [²of ³the race ⁴of the Jews ¹Mordecai is], and you began to be humbled before him, in falling you shall fall, in no way should you be able to defend against him, for the living God is with him. 14 While they were yet speaking, [³came ¹the ²eunuchs] to hurry Haman unto the banquet which Esther prepared.