Esther, Chapter 6

1. On that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.    2. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.    3. And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered to him, Nothing has been done for him.    4. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.    5. And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.    6. So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?    7. And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,    8. Let the royal apparel be brought which the king uses as clothing, and the horse that the king rides on, and the royal crown which is set upon his head:    9. And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may dress the man with it whom the king delights to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.    10. Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.    11. Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.    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 everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be one of the lineage of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.    14. And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's officers, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.