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1 That night the sleep of the king fled away. And he said to bring the book of records of the events of days, and they were being called out before the face of the king.
2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king who were from the guardians of the doorway, that they had sought to stretch out a hand against the king Ahasuerus.
3 Then the king said, "What honor or great deed was done for Mordecai on account of this?"And the young men of the king who served him said, "Not a thing has been done with him."
4 Then the king asked, "Who is in the court?"Now Haman had come into the outer court of the house of the king to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him.
5 And the young men of the king said to him, "Behold, Haman is standing in the courtyard."And the king said, "Let him come."
6 Then Haman came, and the king said to him, "What is one to do for the man in whose honor the king is delighted?"Then Haman said in his heart, "For whom would the king delight to do honor more than me?"
7 So Haman said to the king, "For a man in whose honor the king is delighted:
8 let them bring a royal garment with which the king has clothed himself, and a horse on which the king has ridden and which has been given a royal crown for its head.
9 Then give this garment and this horse into the hand of a man from the most noble officials of the king. And let them clothe the man in whose honor the king is delighted, and parade him on the horse in the open square of the city, and proclaim before his face, 'Thus shall it be done for the man in whose honor the king is delighted!'"
10 So the king said to Haman, "Hurry, take the garment and the horse, according to how you have spoken, and do thus for Mordecai the Jew, the man who sits at the gate of the king. Do not allow a word to fail of all that you have spoken."
11 So Haman took the garment and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai and paraded him in the open square of the city, and called out before his face, "Thus shall it be done for the man in whose honor the king is delighted!"
12 Then Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning with a covering of head.
13 Then Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whose face you have begun to fall, is from the seed of the Jews, then you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before his face."
14 They were still speaking with him when the eunuchs of the king arrived. And they hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had made.
The Book of Esther