That night sleep escaped the king ; so he ordered the Book of Records , the Chronicles - ... , to be brought in - and read to him.
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed ... Bigthana and Teresh , two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance , when they had conspired to assassinate ... King Xerxes.
The king inquired , “ What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act ? ” “ Nothing ... has been done for him , ” replied the king’s attendants ....
“ Who is in the court ? ” the king asked. Now Haman had (just) entered the outer court of the palace ... to ask the king to hang - Mordecai on the gallows - he had prepared
So the king’s ... attendants answered him , “ Haman is there , standing in the court. ” “ Bring him in , ” ordered the king.
Haman entered , and the king asked “ What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor ? ” Now Haman thought to himself , “ Whom would the king be delighted to honor ... more than me ? ”
And Haman ... told the king , “ For the man whom the king is delighted to honor ,
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden — one with a royal crest placed on its head.
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted ... to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array - the man - the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square , proclaiming before him , ‘ This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor ! ’”
“ Hurry , ” said the king to Haman , “ and do ... just as you proposed. Take - the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew , who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything ... that you have suggested. ”
So Haman - took the robe - and the horse , arrayed - Mordecai , and paraded him through the city square , crying out before him , “ This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor ! ”
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed ... home , with his head covered in grief.
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends - everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said “ Since ... Mordecai , before whom your downfall has begun , is Jewish , vvv you will not prevail for surely you will fall before him. ”
While they were still speaking with (Haman) , the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed ... - (him) to the banquet that Esther - had prepared.