1. That night the king could not sleep. So he told ⌊a servant⌋ to bring the official daily records, and they were read to the king.
2. The records showed how Mordecai had informed him that Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted a rebellion against King Xerxes.
3. The king asked, “How did I reward and promote Mordecai for this?”The king’s personal staff replied, “Nothing was done for him.”
4. The king asked, “Who is in the courtyard?” At that moment, Haman came through the courtyard to the king’s palace to ask the king about hanging Mordecai on the pole he had prepared for him.
5. The king’s staff answered him, “Haman happens to be standing in the courtyard.”“Let him come in,” the king said.
6. So Haman came in. The king then asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to reward?”Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king wish to reward more than me?”
7. So Haman told the king, “This is what should be done:
8. ⌊The servants⌋ should bring a royal robe that the king has worn and a horse that the king has ridden, one that has a royal crest on its head.