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Esther 6:1-14 — Mordecai Honored

Esth.6.1-14

¹That night the king could not sleep , so he ordered the record-book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, to be brought, and they were read before the king. ²And it was found written that Mordecai had reported concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s court officials who guarded the entrance, that they had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. ³The king said, “What honor and distinction has been shown to Mordecai for this?” The king’s attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.” ⁴Then the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the pole that he had prepared for him. ⁵The king’s attendants said to him, “Look, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.” ⁶So 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?” ⁷Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, ⁸let them bring a royal robe that the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed. ⁹Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them clothe the man whom the king delights to honor, lead him on the horse through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’” ¹⁰Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, just as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing of all that you have said.” ¹¹So Haman took the robe and the horse, clothed Mordecai, led him on the horse through the city square, and proclaimed before him, ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’ ¹²Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered. ¹³Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then 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 court officials arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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4/11/2026

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