Est 6 | EngLXX | STEP | But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring inthe books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.

‏ Esther 6

1 But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring inthe books, the registers of daily events, to read to him. 2 And he found the records written concerning Mardochaeus, how he had told the king concerningthe two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes. 3 And the king said, What honor or favor have we done to Mardochaeus? And the king's servantssaid, You have not done anything to him. 4 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochaeus, behold, Amanwas in the court. And the king said, Whois in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochaeuson the gallows, which he had prepared. 5 And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Callhim. 6 And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honor? And Aman saidwithin himself, Whom would the king honor but myself? 7 and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honor, 8 let the king's servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horseon which the king rides, 9 and let him giveit to one of the king's noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and lethim mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it bedone to every man whom the king honors. 10 Then the king said to Aman, You have well said: so do to Mardochaeus the Jew, who waitsin the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected. 11 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on thehorse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every manwhom the king wishes to honor. 12 And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his headcovered. 13 And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and tohis friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochaeusbe of the race of the Jews,and you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall, and you will not be ableto withstand him, for the living Godis with him. 14 While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquetwhich Esther had prepared.