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The king's servants said to him, "Haman is there, standing in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in."
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So Haman came in, and the king asked him, "What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought in his heart, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?"
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And Haman answered the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
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let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head.
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Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: 'Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!' "