Esther 6:4-6

Good News Translation

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 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.”