4 While the king was asking about the goodwill that Mordecai had displayed, Haman showed up in the courtyard. The king asked, "Who is that out in the courtyard?" Haman had come to speak with the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole that he had set up for him.
5 The king’s servants answered, "That’s Haman standing out in the courtyard."So the king said, "Call him in."
6 The king asked Haman, "What should I do for a person whom I really want to honor?"Haman thought to himself, Whom would the king really want to honor, except me?
7 So Haman said to the king, "Regarding the person whom the king really wants to honor,
8 have your servants bring out a fine linen robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden.
9 Have one of your most honored officials place the robe upon the person whom the king so loves, and let him help that person mount the horse. Have him shout through the city streets, ‘This is what the king does for the person the king honors!’"
10 Then the king said to Haman, "Do all that you said for Mordecai the Jew who serves at the king’s gate. Don’t leave out a single thing that you’ve said!"