6That night the king couldn't sleep. He ordered the record book, the day-by-day journal of events, to be brought and read to him.H3915H5074H4428H8142H559H935H5612H2146H1697H3117H7121H6440H44282They came across the story there about the time that Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh—the two royal eunuchs who guarded the entrance and who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.H4672H3789H4782H5046H904H8657H8147H4428H5631H8104H5592H1245H7971H3027H4428H3253The king asked, "What great honor was given to Mordecai for this?" "Nothing," replied the king's servants who were in attendance. "Nothing has been done for him."H4428H559H3366H1420H6213H4782H559H4428H5288H8334H1697H62134The king said, "Is there anybody out in the court?" Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king's palace to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had built for him.H4428H559H2691H2001H935H2435H2691H4428H1004H559H4428H8518H4782H6086H35595The king's servants said, "Haman is out there, waiting in the court." "Bring him in," said the king.H4428H5288H559H2001H5975H2691H4428H559H9356When Haman entered, the king said, "What would be appropriate for the man the king especially wants to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "He must be talking about honoring me—who else?"H2001H935H4428H559H6213H376H4428H2654H3366H2001H559H3820H4428H2654H6213H3366H31487So he answered the king, "For the man the king delights to honor, do this:H2001H559H4428H376H4428H2654H33668Bring a royal robe that the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crown on its head.H4438H3830H935H4428H3847H5483H4428H7392H3804H4438H5414H72189Then give the robe and the horse to one of the king's most noble princes. Have him robe the man whom the king especially wants to honor; have the prince lead him on horseback through the city square, proclaiming before him, 'This is what is done for the man whom the king especially wants to honor!'"H3830H5483H5414H3027H376H4428H6579H8269H3847H376H4428H2654H3366H7392H5483H7339H5892H7121H6440H6213H376H4428H2654H336610"Go and do it," the king said to Haman. "Don't waste another minute. Take the robe and horse and do what you have proposed to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the King's Gate. Don't leave out a single detail of your plan."H4428H559H2001H4116H3947H3830H5483H1696H6213H4782H3064H3427H4428H8179H1697H5307H169611So Haman took the robe and horse; he robed Mordecai and led him through the city square, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king especially wants to honor!"H3947H2001H3830H5483H3847H4782H7392H7339H5892H7121H6440H6213H376H4428H2654H336612Then Mordecai returned to the King's Gate, but Haman fled to his house, thoroughly mortified, hiding his face.H4782H7725H4428H8179H2001H1765H1004H57H7218H264513When Haman had finished telling his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his knowledgeable friends who were there and his wife Zeresh said, "If this Mordecai is in fact a Jew, your bad luck has only begun. You don't stand a chance against him—you're as good as ruined."H2001H5608H2238H802H157H7136H559H2450H2238H802H4782H2233H3064H6440H2490H5307H3201H5307H5307H644014While they were still talking, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman off to the dinner that Esther had prepared.H1696H5060H4428H5631H926H935H2001H4960H635H6213
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