Haman Recounts His Glory

⁹ Then Haman went out that day glad and merry of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai ^(A)in the king’s gate and ^(B)that he did not stand up or ^[a]tremble before him, Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai. ¹⁰ But Haman controlled himself, went to his house, and sent for and brought his friends and his wife ^(C)Zeresh. ¹¹ Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches and the ^[b](D)number of his sons and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had ^[c](E)advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. ¹² Haman also said, “Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the feast which she had prepared; and ^(F)tomorrow also I am called to come to her with the king. ¹³ Yet all of this is worth nothing to me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at ^(G)the king’s gate.” ¹⁴ Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “^(H)Have a ^[d]gallows ^[e]fifty cubits high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.