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.
5 So the servants answered, “Haman is here, waiting to see you.”“Show him in,” said the king.
6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “There is someone I wish very much to honor. What should I do for this man?”Haman thought to himself, “Now who could the king want to honor so much? Me, of course.”
7-8 So he answered the king, “Have royal robes brought for this man—robes that you yourself wear. Have a royal ornament put on your own horse.