Esther 6

That night sleep fled from the king. He ordered the book of records, the chronicles, to be brought, and they were read before the king. It was found written that Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who guarded the entrance and had plotted to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. The king asked, “What honor and distinction have been given to Mordecai for this?” The king's young attendants who served him replied, “Nothing has been done for him.” The king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come into the outer courtyard of the king's house to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the stake he had prepared for him. The king's attendants said to him, “Haman is standing in the courtyard.” The king said, “Let him come in.” Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Haman said in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?” So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, let a royal robe the king has worn be brought, and a horse the king has ridden, with a royal crown placed on its head. Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king delights to honor and lead him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king delights to honor!’” The king said to Haman, “Hurry! Take the robe and the horse, as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Leave out nothing of all you have said.” So Haman took the robe and the horse, dressed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king delights to honor!” Mordecai returned to the king's gate, but Haman hurried home, mourning and with his head covered. Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you cannot prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.” While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.

Rights and attribution