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N that night †† hebr. the kings ſleepe fled away. could not the King ſleepe, and hee commanded to bring the booke of Records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
2And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of ‖‖ Or, Bigthan, chap.2.21. Bigthana, and Tereſh, two of the kings chamberlens, the keepers of the †† Hebr. threſhold. doore, who ſought to lay hand on the king Ahaſuerus.
3And the king ſaid, What honour and dignitie hath bene done to Mordecai for this? Then said the kings ſeruants that miniſtred vnto him, There is nothing done for him.
4¶ And the king ſaid, Who is in the court? (now Haman was come into the outward court of the kings houſe, to ſpeake vnto the king, to hang Mordecai on the gallows that hee had prepared for him.)
5And the kings ſeruants ſaid vnto him, Behold, Haman ſtandeth in the court. And the King ſaide, Let him come in.
6So Haman came in, and the king ſaid vnto him, What ſhall be done vnto the man †† Hebr. in whoſe honour the King delighteth whom the king delighteth to honour? (now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to doe honour, more then to my ſelfe?)
7And Haman anſwered the king, For the man †† Hebr. in whoſe honour the king delighteth. whom the king delighteth to honour,
8†† Hebr, let them bring the royall apparell. Let the royall apparell bee brought, †† Heb. wherwith the king clotheth himſelfe. which the King vſeth to weare, and the horſe that the King rideth vpon, and the crowne royal which is ſet vpon his head:
9And let this apparell and horſe bee deliuered to the hand of one of the kings moſt noble Princes, that they may aray the man withall, whom the king delighteth to honour, and †† Heb. cauſe him to ride. bring him on horſebacke through the ſtreete of the city, and proclaime before him, thus ſhal it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10Then the king ſaide to Haman, Make haſte, and take the apparell, and the horſe, as thou haſt ſaid, and doe euen ſo to Mordecai the Iew, that ſitteth at the Kings gate: †† Heb. ſuffer not a whit to fail. let nothing faile of all that thou haſt ſpoken.
11Then tooke Haman the apparell, and the horſe, ⁊ arayed Mordecai, and brought him on horſ-backe through the ſtreete of the city, and proclaimed before him: Thus ſhall it bee done vnto the man whom the King delighteth to honour.
12¶ And Mordecai came againe to the kings gate: but Haman haſted to his houſe, mourning, and hauing his head couered.
13And Haman told Zereſh his wife, and all his friends, euery thing that had befallen him. Then ſaide his wiſe men, and Zereſh his wife vnto him, If Mordecai be of the ſeed of the Iewes, before whom thou haſt begun to fall, thou ſhalt not preuaile againſt him, but ſhalt ſurely fall before him.
14And while they were yet talking with him, came the kings chamberlens, and haſted to bring Haman vnto the banquet that Eſther had prepared.
CHAP. VII.
1 Eſther intertaining the King and Haman, maketh ſuit for her owne life, and her peoples. 5 She accuſeth Hamn. 7 The King in his anger vnderſtanding of the gallous, which Haman had made for Mordecai, cauſeth him to be hanged thereon.
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O the King and Haman came †† Hebr. to drinke. to banquet with Eſther the Queene.
2And the king ſaid againe vnto Eſther, on the ſecond day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queene Eſther, and it ſhalbe granted thee? and what is thy requeſt? and it ſhall bee performed, euen to the halfe of the kingdome.
3Then Eſther the Queene anſwered, and ſaid; If I haue found fauour in thy ſight, O King, and if it pleaſe the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my requeſt.
4For we are ſold, I and my people, †† Hebr. that they ſhould deſtroy and kil, and cauſe to perish. to be deſtroyed, to be ſlaine, and to periſh: but if we had bene ſold for bondmen, and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not counteruaile the kings dammage.
5¶ Then the king Ahaſuerus anſwered, ⁊ ſaid vnto Eſther the Queene: Who is he? and where is he, †† Hebr. whoſe heart hath filled him. that durſt preſume in his heart to do ſo?
6And Eſther ſaid, †† Hebr. the man aduerſary. The aduerſary and enemie, is this wicked Haman.
