| Chapter 6 |
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 |
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. |
| 4
| 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. |
| 5 | And the king's
servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said,
Let him come in. |
|
6 | 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? |
| 7 |
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king
delighteth to honour, |
| 8 | 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: |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | And
Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning,
and having his head covered. |
|
13 | 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. |
|
14 | 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. |
