5 And the young men said to the king, 'Behold, Haman is standing in the courtyard.' And the king said, Let him come in.

6 And Haman went in. And the king said to him, What should the man whom the king wants to distinguish with honor? Haman thought in his heart, "Who else will the king want to honor but me?

7 And Haman said to the king, "To the man whom the king will distinguish with honor,

8 And they shall bring the royal garment in which the king is clothed, and they shall bring the horse on which the king rides, and they shall put the royal crown upon his head,

9 And they shall give the garment and the horse into the hand of one of the chief princes of the king, and they shall clothe the man whom the king will distinguish with honor, and bring him out on horseback into the city square, and proclaim before him, 'This is done to the man whom the king wants to distinguish with honor.'

10 And the king said to Haman, Take immediately the garment and the horse, as you have said, and do it to Mordecai the Judean, who sits at the king's gate. omit nothing from all that you have said.

11 And Haman took the garment and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and brought him out on horseback into the city square, and said before him, 'This is done to the man whom the king wants to distinguish with honor.'

12 And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. Haman hastened to his house, sad and covering his head.

13 And Haman told Zereshi to his wife, and to all his friends, all that had happened to him. And his wise men said to him, and to Zeresh, his wife, If Mordecai be of the tribe of Judah, because of whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not overpower him, but thou shalt surely fall before him, for the living God is with him.

14 And while they were talking with him, the king's eunuchs came and urged Haman to go to the feast which Esther had prepared.

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1 And the king came with Haman to feast with Esther the queen.

2 And king Esther said also on this second day at the feast, 'What desire is thy desire, Esther the queen?' it will be satisfied; And what is your request? at least to a half-kingdom, it will be fulfilled.

3 And Queen Esther answered and said, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases the king, then may my life be given to me according to my desire, and my people according to my request!"