Esther 6
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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.
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.
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.
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.
5 And the king’s servants said unto him,
Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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 myself?
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man
whom the king delighteth to honour,
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:
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.
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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