Esther 5:9-14

International Standard Version

Haman’s Plan to Kill Mordecai

⁹ Haman went out that day pleased and happy, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, and that he did not stand up and tremble in his presence, Haman was furious with Mordecai. ¹⁰ Haman restrained himself, went to his house, and sent for^[a] his friends and his wife Zeresh. ¹¹ Then Haman told them about his splendid wealth, the number^[b] of his sons, all the ways the king had honored^[c] him, and that he had promoted him above all the other officials and ministers^[d] of the king.

¹² Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther brought no one except me with the king to the banquet that she held. Furthermore, I (along with the king) have also been invited by her tomorrow. ¹³ But all this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

¹⁴ Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said, “Have a pole made 50 cubits^[e] high, and then in the morning speak to the king and have Mordecai hanged^[f] on it. Then go with the king to the banquet happy.” This advice pleased Haman, and he had the pole made.