ESTHER Chapter 6 (GNB)
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6:1 That same
night the king could not get to sleep, so he had the official records of the
empire brought and read to him. |
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6:2 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. |
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6:3 The king
asked, "How have we honored and rewarded
Mordecai for this?" His servants answered, "Nothing has been done
for him." |
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6:4 "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. |
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6:5 So the
servants answered, "Haman is here, waiting to see you." "Show
him in," said the king. |
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6:6 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." |
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6:7 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. |
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6:8 (SEE 6:7)
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6:9 Then have one
of your highest noblemen dress the man in these robes and lead him, mounted
on the horse, through the city square. Have the nobleman announce as they go:
'See how the king rewards someone he wishes to honor!'
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6:10 Then the king
said to Haman, "Hurry and get the robes and the horse, and provide these
honors for Mordecai the Jew. Do everything for him
that you have suggested. You will find him sitting at the entrance of the
palace." |
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6:11 So Haman got
the robes and the horse, and he put the robes on Mordecai. Mordecai got on
the horse, and Haman led him through the city square, announcing to the
people as they went: "See how the king rewards a man he wishes to honor!" |
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6:12 Mordecai then
went back to the palace entrance while Haman hurried home, covering his face
in embarrassment. |
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6:13 He told his
wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then she and
those wise friends of his told him, "You are beginning to lose power to
Mordecai. He is a Jew, and you cannot overcome him. He will certainly defeat
you." |
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6:14 While they
were still talking, the palace eunuchs arrived in a hurry to take Haman to
Esther's banquet. |
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