ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the cepher of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
And it was found written, that Mordekai had told of Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Achashverosh.
And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordekai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
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 Mordekai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto 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?
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
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 delights to honor, 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 delights to honor.
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordekai the Yahudiy, that sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordekai, 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 delights to honor.
And Mordekai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
And Haman told Zeresh his woman and את all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his woman unto him, If Mordekai be of the seed of the Yahudiym, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Ecter had prepared.