In Context

2 It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

3 The king said, |What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?| Then the king's servants who attended him said, |Nothing has been done for him.|

4 The king said, |Who is in the court?| Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 The king's servants said to him, |Behold, Haman stands in the court.| The king said, |Let him come in.|

6 So Haman came in. The king said to him, |What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?| Now Haman said in his heart, |Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?|

7 Haman said to the king, |For the man whom the king delights to honor,

Esther 6:5 in Other Translations