Jul 14, 2019
Esther 6:1-14
On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring
the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read
before the king. 2 And it was found written how Mordecai
had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who
guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King
Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, “What honor or
distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” The king's
young men who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman
had just entered the outer court of the king's palace to speak to
the king about having Mordecai hanged on the gallows that he had
prepared for him.5 And the king's young men told him,
“Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let
him come in.” 6 So Haman came in, and the king said to
him, “What should be done to the man whom the king delights to
honor?” And Haman said to himself, “Whom would the king delight to
honor more than me?” 7 And Haman said to the king, “For
the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 let royal
robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse that the
king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set.
9 And let the robes and the horse be handed over to one
of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the
king delights to honor, and let them lead him on the horse through
the square of the city, proclaiming before him: ‘Thus shall it be
done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’” 10
Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry; take the robes and the horse,
as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the
king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned.”
11 So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he dressed
Mordecai and led him through the square of the city, proclaiming
before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
delights to honor.” 12 Then Mordecai returned to the
king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his
head covered. 13 And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all
his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men
and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have
begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him
but will surely fall before him.” 14 While they were yet
talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring
Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.