Esther:6

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* 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And the king 's servants said unto him , Behold , Haman standeth 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 delighteth to honour ? Now Haman thought in his heart , To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself ? * And Haman answered the king , For the man whom the king delighteth to honour , * 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 : * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And Mordecai came again to the king 's gate . But Haman hasted to his house mourning , and having his head covered . * 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 . * 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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