1 That same night the king could not get to sleep, so he had the official records of the empire brought and read to him.
2 The part they read included the account of how Mordecai had uncovered a plot to assassinate the king—the plot made by Bigthana and Teresh, the two palace eunuchs who had guarded the king's rooms.
3 The king asked, “How have we honored and rewarded Mordecai for this?”His servants answered, “Nothing has been done for him.”
4 “Are any of my officials in the palace?” the king asked.Now Haman had just entered the courtyard; he had come to ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on the gallows that was now ready.