Esther 5
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Haman’s Rage Against Mordecai (5:9–14)
9–14 Haman felt happy that he had been the only other person invited with Xerxes to Esther’s banquets. When he spoke to his wife and friends, he began to boast of his wealth and influence (Proverbs 16:18). But he couldn’t enjoy any of it because of one Jew who refused to kneel down to him (verse 13).
Haman’s wife and friends suggested a solution to his dissatisfaction: get rid of the Jew Mordecai! They proposed he be hanged on a gallows—one built extra high to add to Haman’s pleasure. If Mordecai was hanged the very next morning, then Haman would doubly enjoy his second banquet with Esther and Xerxes!