6 And king said to Esther, while they were drinking wine, 'What desire is thy desire?' it will be satisfied; And what is your request? at least to a half-kingdom, it will be fulfilled.

7 And Esther answered, and said, 'This is my desire and my request:

8 If I have found favor in the king's eyes, and if the king is pleased to grant my desire, and to grant my request, then let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will fulfill the king's word.

9 And Haman went out that day cheerful and good-natured. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king's gate, and he did not rise and move before him, then Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai.

10 Yet Haman was sealed. And when he came to his house, he sent to call his friends and Zeresh, his wife.

11 And Haman told them of his great riches, and of the multitude of his sons, and of all things, how the king had magnified him, and how he had exalted him above the princes and servants of the king.

12 And Haman said, "And Esther the queen has not invited anyone with the king to the feast which she has prepared, except me; so on the morrow I am called to her with the king.

13 But all these things are not sufficient for me, as long as I see Mordecai the Judean sitting at the king's gate.

14 And Zeresh, his wife, and all his friends, said to him, 'Let them prepare a tree fifty cubits high, and in the morning tell the king to hang Mordecai on it, and then go merrily to the feast with the king.' And Haman liked the word, and he prepared the tree.

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1 That night the Lord took sleep away from the king, and he commanded [the servant] to bring a book of the day's records; And they read them before the king;

2 And it is found recorded there, as Mordecai reported to Gibatha and Terah, the two royal eunuchs who guarded the threshold, who plotted to lay a hand on king Ahasuerus.

3 And the king said, What honor and distinction is given to Mordecai because of this? And the king's servants who served under him said, "Nothing has been done to him."

4 And when the king was inquiring about the good of Mordecai, Haman came into the court, and the king said, Who is in the court? And Haman came to the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king, that Mordecai might be hanged on the tree which he had prepared for him.