Dual Panel1During that night<3915> the king<4428> could<5074> not sleep<8142> so he gave<559> an order<559> to bring<935> the book<5612> of records<2146>, the chronicles<1697><3117>, and they were read<7121> before<6440> the king<4428>.
2It was found<4672> written<3789> what<834> Mordecai<4782> had reported<5046> concerning<5921> Bigthana<904> and Teresh<8657>, two<8147> of the king's<4428> eunuchs<5631> who were doorkeepers<8104><5592>, that they had sought<1245> to lay<7971> hands<3027> on King<4428> Ahasuerus<325>.
3The king<4428> said<559>, "What<4100> honor<3366> or dignity<1420> has been bestowed<6213> on Mordecai<4782> for this<2088>?" Then the king's<4428> servants<5288> who attended<8334> him said<559>, "Nothing<3808><1697> has been done<6213> for him."
4So the king<4428> said<559>, "Who<4310> is in the court<2691>?" Now Haman<2001> had just entered<935> the outer<2435> court<2691> of the king's<4428> palace<1004> in order to speak<559> to the king<4428> about hanging<8518> Mordecai<4782> on the gallows<6086> which<834> he had prepared<3559> for him.
5The king's<4428> servants<5288> said<559> to him, "Behold<2009>, Haman<2001> is standing<5975> in the court<2691>." And the king<4428> said<559>, "Let him come<935> in."
6So Haman<2001> came<935> in and the king<4428> said<559> to him, "What<4100> is to be done<6213> for the man<376> whom<834> the king<4428> desires<2654> to honor<3366>?" And Haman<2001> said<559> to himself<3820>, "Whom<4310> would the king<4428> desire<2654> to honor<3366> more<3148> than<4480> me?"
7Then Haman<2001> said<559> to the king<4428>, "For the man<376> whom<834> the king<4428> desires<2654> to honor<3366>,
8let them bring<935> a royal<4438> robe<3830> which<834> the king<4428> has worn<3847>, and the horse<5483> on which<834> the king<4428> has ridden<7392>, and on whose<834> head<7218> a royal<4438> crown<3804> has been placed<5414>;
9and let the robe<3830> and the horse<5483> be handed<3027> over<5414> to one<376> of the king's<4428> most noble<6579> princes<8269> and let them array<3847> the man<376> whom<834> the king<4428> desires<2654> to honor<3366> and lead<7392> him on horseback<5483> through the city<5892> square<7339>, and proclaim<7121> before<6440> him, 'Thus<3602> it shall be done<6213> to the man<376> whom<834> the king<4428> desires<2654> to honor<3366>.'"
10Then the king<4428> said<559> to Haman<2001>, "Take<3947> quickly<4116> the robes<3830> and the horse<5483> as you have said<1696>, and do<6213> so<3651> for Mordecai<4782> the Jew<3064>, who is sitting<3427> at the king's<4428> gate<8179>; do not fall<5307> short in anything<1697> of all<3605> that you have said<1696>."
11So Haman<2001> took<3947> the robe<3830> and the horse<5483>, and arrayed<3847> Mordecai<4782>, and led<7392> him on horseback through the city<5892> square<7339>, and proclaimed<7121> before<6440> him, "Thus<3602> it shall be done<6213> to the man<376> whom<834> the king<4428> desires<2654> to honor<3366>."
12Then Mordecai<4782> returned<7725> to the king's<4428> gate<8179>. But Haman<2001> hurried<1765> home<1004>, mourning<57>, with his head<7218> covered<2645>.
13Haman<2001> recounted<5608> to Zeresh<2238> his wife<802> and all<3605> his friends<157> everything<3605> that had happened<7136> to him. Then his wise<2450> men<2450> and Zeresh<2238> his wife<802> said<559> to him, "If<518> Mordecai<4782>, before<6440> whom<834> you have begun<2490> to fall<5307>, is of Jewish<3064> origin<2233>, you will not overcome<3201> him, but will surely<5307> fall<5307> before<6440> him."
14While they were still<5750> talking<1696> with him, the king's<4428> eunuchs<5631> arrived<5060> and hastily<926> brought<935> Haman<2001> to the banquet<4960> which<834> Esther<635> had prepared<6213>.