Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
That night sleep
escaped
the king ;
so
he ordered
the Book of Records ,
the Chronicles ,
to
be
brought
in
and read to
him
.
On
that night could
not
the king sleep,
and
he commanded
to
bring
the book of records of
the chronicles ;
and they
were
read before
the
king
.
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
.
And it was found written,
that Mordecai had told
of
Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's
chamberlains,
the keepers
of
the
door
, who
sought
to lay
hand
on
the
king Ahasuerus
.
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
.
And
the king said
, What honour
and
dignity hath
been done
to
Mordecai for this? Then
said
the
king's
servants
that
ministered
unto
him,
There
is
nothing done for him.
“
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 for him.
And
the
king
said,
Who is in the court? Now Haman was
come
into
the outward
court of the king's
house,
to speak
unto
the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that
he had prepared for him.
So
the king’s
attendants
answered
him, “Haman
is
there
, standing
in the court. ”
“Bring
him
in,”
ordered
the king.
And
the king's
servants
said
unto
him, Behold
, Haman
standeth
in the court. And
the king said,
Let
him
come
in
.
Haman entered,
and the king asked
him, “
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
? ”
So
Haman came
in.
And the king said
unto
him, What shall
be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth
to honour
? Now Haman thought in
his
heart
, To
whom would the king delight
to do
honour
more than to
myself
?
And Haman told
the king, “
For the man whom the king is
delighted
to honor
,
And Haman answered
the king, For the man whom the king delighteth
to honour
,
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
royal apparel
be
brought
which
the king useth
to
wear,
and the
horse that
the king rideth
upon,
and
the
crown
royal which
is
set
upon
his
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!’”
And
let this
apparel
and horse be delivered
to the
hand
of
one of the king's
most noble princes ,
that
they
may
array the man withal
whom
the king delighteth
to honour,
and bring
him on horseback
through the street
of
the
city, and
proclaim
before him, Thus
shall
it
be
done to
the man whom the king delighteth
to honour.
“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
. ”
Then
the king said
to Haman, Make
haste,
and take the apparel
and the horse ,
as
thou
hast
said,
and
do
even
so
to Mordecai the Jew, that
sitteth
at the king's
gate :
let
nothing
fail
of
all
that thou
hast
spoken
.
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
took Haman
the apparel
and the horse, and
arrayed Mordecai, and brought
him on
horseback
through the street
of
the
city, and
proclaimed
before him, Thus
shall
it
be
done unto
the man whom the king delighteth
to honour.
Then
Mordecai returned
to the king’s
gate. But Haman rushed
home
, with
his head covered in
grief
.
And
Mordecai came
again
to the king's
gate. But Haman hasted
to
his
house
mourning
, and
having
his head covered.
Haman told his wife Zeresh
and all his friends everything
that had happened
. His advisers
and his wife Zeresh
said
to
him, “Since
Mordecai, before whom your
downfall
has
begun ,
is
Jewish
, you
will
not prevail against him —for
surely you
will
fall before him. ”
And
Haman told Zeresh
his wife and all his friends every
thing
that had befallen
him
. Then
said
his wise
men
and Zeresh
his wife unto
him, If
Mordecai be
of
the
seed
of
the
Jews
, before whom thou
hast
begun to
fall
, thou
shalt
not prevail against him ,
but
shalt
surely 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.
And
while they were yet
talking
with him
, came
the king's
chamberlains,
and hasted
to bring
Haman
unto
the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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