On that
night could not the king sleep, and he commanded
to bring the book of records of the chronicles;
and they were read before the king.
02 And it was found written, that Mordecai had
told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's
chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought
to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
03 And the king said, What honour and dignity
hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said
the king's servants that ministered unto him,
There is nothing done for him.
04 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now
Haman was come into the outward court of the
king's house, to speak unto the king to hang
Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for
him.
05 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold,
Haman standeth in the court. And the king said,
Let him come in.
06 So 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?
07 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom
the king delighteth to honour,
08 Let the royal apparel be brought which the
king useth to wear, and the horse that the king
rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set
upon his head:
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09 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to
the hand of one of the king's most noble 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.
10 Then 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.
11 Then 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.
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate.
But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and
having his head covered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his
friends every 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.
14 And while they were yet talking with him, came
the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring
Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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