Bible Verses

While they were still talking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and escorted Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.

He told his wife and all his friends everything that had happened. They said to him: “If Mordecai, who caused your downfall, is of Jewish origin, you will not be able to defeat him. You will be destroyed.”

Afterward, Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, while Haman hurried home, very upset and with his head covered.

So Haman took the robes and the horse, dressed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the streets, proclaiming: “This is what is done for the man the king is pleased to honor!”

The king ordered Haman: “Hurry! Grab the robes and the horse and do exactly as you have instructed for the Jew Mordecai sitting at the royal gate. Do not leave out anything you have recommended.”

The robes and the horse should be handed to one of the king’s noblest officers, who should dress the man the king wishes to honor and lead him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him: ‘This is what is done for the man the king is pleased to honor!’”

let royal robes be brought which the king has worn, and a horse, which the king has ridden, with a royal diadem on its head.

So he replied: “For the man the king wishes to honor,

When Haman entered, the king asked him: “What should be done to the man the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself: Who else would the king want to honor but me?

The king’s attendants answered: “Haman is standing in the court.” The king ordered: “Let him come in.”