1On that night3915 could not5074 the king4428 sleep8142, and he commanded559 to bring935 the book5612 of records2146 of the chronicles1697 3117; and they were read7121 before6440 the king4428.
2And it was found4672 written3789, that Mordecai4782 had told5046 of Bigthana904 and Teresh8657, two8147 of the king's4428 chamberlains5631, the keepers8104 of the door5592, who sought1245 to lay7971 hand3027 on the king4428 Ahasuerus325.
3And the king4428 said559, What honour3366 and dignity1420 hath been done6213 to Mordecai4782 for this? Then said559 the king's4428 servants5288 that ministered8334 unto him, There is nothing1697 done6213 for him.
4And the king4428 said559, Who is in the court2691? Now Haman2001 was come935 into the outward2435 court2691 of the king's4428 house1004, to speak559 unto the king4428 to hang8518 Mordecai4782 on the gallows6086 that he had prepared3559 for him.
5And the king's4428 servants5288 said559 unto him, Behold, Haman2001 standeth5975 in the court2691. And the king4428 said559, Let him come in935.
6So Haman2001 came in935. And the king4428 said559 unto him, What shall be done6213 unto the man376 whom the king4428 delighteth2654 to honour3366? Now Haman2001 thought559 in his heart3820, To whom would the king4428 delight2654 to do6213 honour3366 more3148 than to myself?
7And Haman2001 answered559 the king4428, For the man376 whom the king4428 delighteth2654 to honour3366,
8Let the royal4438 apparel3830 be brought935 which the king4428 useth to wear3847, and the horse5483 that the king4428 rideth7392 upon, and the crown3804 royal4438 which is set5414 upon his head7218:
9And let this apparel3830 and horse5483 be delivered5414 to the hand3027 of one376 of the king's4428 most noble6579 princes8269, that they may array3847 the man376 withal whom the king4428 delighteth2654 to honour3366, and bring7392 him on horseback5483 through the street7339 of the city5892, and proclaim7121 before6440 him, Thus shall it be done6213 to the man376 whom the king4428 delighteth2654 to honour3366.
10Then the king4428 said559 to Haman2001, Make haste4116, and take3947 the apparel3830 and the horse5483, as thou hast said1696, and do6213 even so to Mordecai4782 the Jew3064, that sitteth3427 at the king's4428 gate8179: let nothing1697 fail5307 of all that thou hast spoken1696.
11Then took3947 Haman2001 the apparel3830 and the horse5483, and arrayed3847 Mordecai4782, and brought him on horseback7392 through the street7339 of the city5892, and proclaimed7121 before6440 him, Thus shall it be done6213 unto the man376 whom the king4428 delighteth2654 to honour3366.
12And Mordecai4782 came again7725 to the king's4428 gate8179. But Haman2001 hasted1765 to his house1004 mourning57, and having his head7218 covered2645.
13And Haman2001 told5608 Zeresh2238 his wife802 and all his friends157 every thing that had befallen7136 him. Then said559 his wise men2450 and Zeresh2238 his wife802 unto him, If Mordecai4782 be of the seed2233 of the Jews3064, before6440 whom thou hast begun2490 to fall5307, thou shalt not prevail3201 against him, but shalt surely5307 fall5307 before6440 him.
14And while they were yet talking1696 with him, came5060 the king's4428 chamberlains5631, and hasted926 to bring935 Haman2001 unto the banquet4960 that Esther635 had prepared6213.