ES-6:1 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.

ES-6:2 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.

ES-6:3 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.

ES-6:4 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.

ES-6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman

standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

ES-6:6 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 mysel

ES-6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king

delighteth to honour,

ES-6:8 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:

ES-6:9 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.

ES-6:10 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.

ES-6:11 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.

ES-6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman

hasted to his house \\\mourning, and having his head covered.

ES-6:13 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.

ES-6:14 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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