Esther 6:1-6

The King Honors Mordecai

1 On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring ¹the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

2 And it was found written how ²Mordecai had told about ³Bigthana and ⁴Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

3 And the king said, "What honor or distinction has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" The king's young men who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

4 And the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered ⁵the outer court of the king's palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on ⁶the gallows^[a] that he had prepared for him.

5 And the king's young men told him, "Haman is there, standing in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in."

6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What should be done to the man ⁷whom the king delights to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?"

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Esther 6:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 6

Ahasuerus, not being able to sleep in the night, ordered the book of records to be brought and read to him, where a fact of Mordecai's was registered, and, upon inquiry, it appeared that nothing had been done to him for it, Es 6:1-3 and Haman being in the outward court, was ordered in, with whom the king consulted what should be done to the man the king delighted to honour; to which Haman gave answer, and was bid to do as he said, Es 6:4-10, which he did, but went home after it confounded and sorrowful, and told his mournful case to his wife and friends, who plainly foresaw his downfall, Es 6:11-14.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

1. Esther 2:23; Esther 10:2
2. Esther 2:22
3. [Esther 1:10; Esther 2:21]
4. Esther 2:21
5. [Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1]
6. Esther 5:14
7. ver. 7, 9, 11

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or suspended on a stake

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