ASV_Strong : Esther 6
1. On that night[H3915] could not[H5074] the king[H4428] sleep[H8142]; and he commanded[H559] to bring[H935] the book[H5612] of records[H2146] of the chronicles[H1697], and they were read[H7121] before[H6440] the king[H4428].
2. And it was found[H4672] written[H3789], that Mordecai[H4782] had told[H5046] of Bigthana[H904] and Teresh[H8657], two[H8147] of the king[H4428]'s chamberlains[H5631], of those that kept[H8104] the threshold[H5592], who had sought[H1245] to lay[H7971] hands[H3027] on the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325].
3. And the king[H4428] said[H559], What honor[H3366] and dignity[H1420] hath been bestowed[H6213] on Mordecai[H4782] for this[H559]? Then said the king[H4428]'s servants[H5288] that ministered[H8334] unto him[H1697], There is nothing done for him[H6213].
4. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Who is in the court[H2691]? Now Haman[H2001] was come[H935] into the outward[H2435] court[H2691] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], to speak[H559] unto the king[H4428] to hang[H8518] Mordecai[H4782] on the gallows[H6086] that he had prepared for him[H3559].
5. And the king[H4428]'s servants[H5288] said[H559] unto him[H2001], Behold, Haman standeth[H5975] in the court[H2691]. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Let him come in[H935].
6. So Haman[H2001] came in[H935]. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto him[H6213], What shall be done unto the man[H376] whom the king[H4428] delighteth[H2654] to honor[H3366]? Now Haman[H2001] said[H559] in his heart[H3820], To whom would the king[H4428] delight[H2654] to do[H6213] honor[H3366] more than to myself[H3148]?
7. And Haman[H2001] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], For the man[H376] whom the king[H4428] delighteth[H2654] to honor[H3366],
8. let royal[H4438] apparel[H3830] be brought[H935] which the king[H4428] useth to wear[H3847], and the horse[H5483] that the king[H4428] rideth[H7392] upon[H7218], and on the head of which a crown[H3804] royal[H4438] is set[H5414]:
9. and let the apparel[H3830] and the horse[H5483] be delivered[H5414] to the hand[H3027] of one[H376] of the king[H4428]'s most noble[H6579] princes[H8269], that they may array[H3847] the man[H376] therewith whom the king[H4428] delighteth[H2654] to honor[H3366], and cause him to ride[H7392] on horseback[H5483] through the street[H7339] of the city[H5892], and proclaim[H7121] before[H6440] him[H6213], Thus shall it be done to the man[H376] whom the king[H4428] delighteth[H2654] to honor[H3366].
10. Then the king[H4428] said[H559] to Haman[H2001], Make haste[H4116], and take[H3947] the apparel[H3830] and the horse[H5483], as thou hast said[H1696], and do[H6213] even so to Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064], that sitteth[H3427] at the king[H4428]'s gate[H8179]: let nothing[H1697] fail[H5307] of all that thou hast spoken[H1696].
11. Then took[H3947] Haman[H2001] the apparel[H3830] and the horse[H5483], and arrayed[H3847] Mordecai[H4782], and caused him to ride[H7392] through the street[H7339] of the city[H5892], and proclaimed[H7121] before[H6440] him[H6213], Thus shall it be done unto the man[H376] whom the king[H4428] delighteth[H2654] to honor[H3366].
12. And Mordecai[H4782] came again[H7725] to the king[H4428]'s gate[H8179]. But Haman[H2001] hasted[H1765] to his house[H1004], mourning[H57] and having his head[H7218] covered[H2645].
13. And Haman[H2001] recounted[H5608] unto Zeresh[H2238] his wife[H802] and all his friends[H157] everything that had befallen[H7136] him[H559]. Then said his wise men[H2450] and Zeresh[H2238] his wife[H802] unto him[H4782], If Mordecai, before[H6440] whom thou hast begun[H2490] to fall[H5307], be of the seed[H2233] of the Jews[H3064], thou shalt not prevail[H3201] against him[H5307], but shalt surely fall[H5307] before him[H6440].
14. While they were yet talking[H1696] with him[H5060], came the king[H4428]'s chamberlains[H5631], and hasted[H926] to bring[H935] Haman[H2001] unto the banquet[H4960] that Esther[H635] had prepared[H6213].
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