Esther 6:4-6

Modern English Version

⁴ So the king said, “Who is out in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just then entered from across the palace courtyard in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

⁵ The king’s attendants said to him, “Haman is waiting in the court.”

So the king said, “Let him enter.”

⁶ And Haman entered. Now the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?”

Haman thought in his heart, “Who more than me would the king desire to honor?”