3. The king asked, “How have we honoured 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 honour. What should I do for this man?”Haman thought to himself, “Now who could the king want to honour so much? Me, of course.”
7-8. So he answered the king, “Order royal robes to be brought for this man — robes that you yourself wear. Order a royal ornament to be put on your own horse.
9. Then get one of your highest noblemen to dress the man in these robes and lead him, mounted on the horse, through the city square. Let the nobleman announce as they go: ‘See how the king rewards a person he wishes to honour!’ ”