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Esther

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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.