Esther 6:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ The king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the pole he had set up.

⁵ The king’s young men told him, “Look, Haman is standing in the courtyard.”

The king said, “Let him come in.”

⁶ After Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?”

Haman told himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?”