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1. 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.
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1. On that H1931 night H3915 could not H5074 the king H4428 sleep H8142 , and he commanded H559 to bring H935 H853 the book H5612 of records H2146 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 ; and they were H1961 read H7121 before H6440 the king H4428 .
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2. And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the kings chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
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2. And it was found H4672 written H3789 , that H834 Mordecai H4782 had told H5046 of H5921 Bigthana H904 and Teresh H8657 , two H8147 of the king H4428 's chamberlains H5631 , the keepers H4480 H8104 of the door H5592 , who H834 sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 .
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3. And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the kings servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
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3. And the king H4428 said H559 , What H4100 honor H3366 and dignity H1420 hath been done H6213 to Mordecai H4782 for H5921 this H2088 ? Then said H559 the king H4428 's servants H5288 that ministered H8334 unto him , There is nothing H3808 H1697 done H6213 for H5973 him.
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4. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the kings house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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4. And the king H4428 said H559 , Who H4310 is in the court H2691 ? Now Haman H2001 was come H935 into the outward H2435 court H2691 of the king H4428 's house H1004 , to speak H559 unto the king H4428 to hang H8518 H853 Mordecai H4782 on H5921 the gallows H6086 that H834 he had prepared H3559 for him.
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5. And the kings servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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5. And the king H4428 's servants H5288 said H559 unto H413 him, Behold H2009 , Haman H2001 standeth H5975 in the court H2691 . And the king H4428 said H559 , Let him come in H935 .
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6. So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?
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6. So Haman H2001 came in H935 . And the king H4428 said H559 unto him, What H4100 shall be done H6213 unto the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honor H3366 ? Now Haman H2001 thought H559 in his heart H3820 , To whom H4310 would the king H4428 delight H2654 to do H6213 honor H3366 more than H3148 to H4480 myself?
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7. And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,
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7. And Haman H2001 answered H559 H413 the king H4428 , For the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honor H3366 ,
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8. let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:
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8. Let the royal H4438 apparel H3830 be brought H935 which H834 the king H4428 useth to wear H3847 , and the horse H5483 that H834 the king H4428 rideth H7392 upon H5921 , and the crown H3804 royal H4438 which H834 is set H5414 upon his head H7218 :
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9. and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the kings most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride 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 honor.
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9. And let this apparel H3830 and horse H5483 be delivered H5414 to H5921 the hand H3027 of one H376 of the king H4428 's most noble H6579 princes H4480 H8269 , that they may array H3847 H853 the man H376 withal whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honor H3366 , and bring H7392 him on H5921 horseback H5483 through the street H7339 of the city H5892 , and proclaim H7121 before H6440 him, Thus H3602 shall it be done H6213 to the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honor H3366 .
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10. 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 kings gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
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10. Then the king H4428 said H559 to Haman H2001 , Make haste H4116 , and take H3947 H853 the apparel H3830 and the horse H5483 , as H834 thou hast said H1696 , and do H6213 even so H3651 to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 , that sitteth H3427 at the king H4428 's gate H8179 : let nothing H408 H1697 fail H5307 of all H4480 H3605 that H834 thou hast spoken H1696 .
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11. Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
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11. Then took H3947 Haman H2001 H853 the apparel H3830 and the horse H5483 , and arrayed H3847 H853 Mordecai H4782 , and brought him on horseback H7392 through the street H7339 of the city H5892 , and proclaimed H7121 before H6440 him, Thus H3602 shall it be done H6213 unto the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honor H3366 .
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12. And Mordecai came again to the kings gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
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12. And Mordecai H4782 came again H7725 to H413 the king H4428 's gate H8179 . But Haman H2001 hasted H1765 to H413 his house H1004 mourning H57 , and having his head H7218 covered H2645 .
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13. And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
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13. And Haman H2001 told H5608 Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 H853 every H3605 thing that H834 had befallen H7136 him . Then said H559 his wise men H2450 and Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 unto him, If H518 Mordecai H4782 be of the seed H4480 H2233 of the Jews H3064 , before H6440 whom H834 thou hast begun H2490 to fall H5307 , thou shalt not H3808 prevail H3201 against him, but H3588 shalt surely fall H5307 H5307 before H6440 him.
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14. While they were yet talking with him, came the kings chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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14. And while they were yet H5750 talking H1696 with H5973 him, came H5060 the king H4428 's chamberlains H5631 , and hasted H926 to bring H935 H853 Haman H2001 unto H413 the banquet H4960 that H834 Esther H635 had prepared H6213 .
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