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8 have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head. 9 Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’” 10 “Hurry,” said the king to Haman (magnificent), “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai (little man) the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.” 11 So Haman (magnificent) took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai (little man), and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!” 12 Then Mordecai (little man) returned to the king’s gate. But Haman (magnificent) rushed home, with his head covered in grief. 13 Haman (magnificent) told his wife Zeresh (gold) and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai (little man), before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.” 14 While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him (magnificent) to the banquet that Esther (star) had prepared. Esther 6:8-14, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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