¹On that night the king's sleep fled, and he ordered that they bring the book of the memorials, the words of the days; and they were read aloud before the king.

²And it was found written that Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officials, from the keepers of the threshold, who had sought to stretch out a hand against King Ahasuerus.

³And the king said, What honor and greatness has been done for Mordecai for this? And the king's young men, his attendants, said, Not a word has been done with him.

⁴And the king said, Who is in the courtyard? Now Haman had come into the courtyard of the king's house, the outer one, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the wood that he had prepared for him.

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

⁶And Haman came in, and the king said to him, What should be done for the man whom the king delights to honor? And Haman said in his heart, Whom would the king delight to honor, more than me?

⁷And Haman said to the king, As for the man whom the king delights to honor:

⁸Let them bring a royal garment that the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden on, and on whose head a royal crown has been set;

⁹And let the garment and the horse be placed in the hand of a man from among the king's officials, the nobles, and have them clothe the man whom the king delights to honor, and have him ride on the horse through the open square of the city, and call out before him, This is how it is done for the man whom the king delights to honor.

¹⁰And the king said to Haman, Hurry, take the garment and the horse just as you have spoken, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Do not let a word fall from all that you have spoken.

¹¹And Haman took the garment and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and had him ride through the open square of the city, and called out before him, This is how it is done for the man whom the king delights to honor.

¹²And Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

¹³And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends everything that had befallen him. And his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.

¹⁴While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.