4 So the king said, “Who is out in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just then entered from across the palace courtyard in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 The king’s attendants said to him, “Haman is waiting in the court.”So the king said, “Let him enter.”
6 And Haman entered. Now the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?”Haman thought in his heart, “Who more than me would the king desire to honor?”
7 So Haman answered the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
8 let royal apparel be brought that the king himself has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal insignia on its head.
9 Let the apparel and horse for this man be handled by one of the king’s noble officials in order to dress the man whom the king delights to honor, as well as to lead him on horseback throughout the city. Finally, let him proclaim before him, ‘Like this it shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.’ ”
10 Then the king said to Haman, “Quickly take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so for Mordecai, the Jew sitting at the king’s gate. Of everything you have spoken, do not fall short of any of it.”