1-2. That night the king couldn’t sleep. He ordered the record book, the day-by-day journal of events, to be brought and read to him. They came across the story there about the time that Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh—the two royal eunuchs who guarded the entrance and who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
3. The king asked, “What great honor was given to Mordecai for this?”“Nothing,” replied the king’s servants who were in attendance. “Nothing has been done for him.”
4. The king said, “Is there anybody out in the court?”Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king’s palace to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had built for him.
5. The king’s servants said, “Haman is out there, waiting in the court.”“Bring him in,” said the king.