Esther 6:5

5 And the king's servants said to him, "Look! Haman [is] standing in the courtyard." And the king said, "Let him come."

Esther 6:5 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 6:5

And the king's servants said unto him, behold, Haman standeth
in the court
In the outward court; for into the inward court none might enter without being called, for which he was waiting:

and the king said, let him come in;
into his bedchamber; and it was of God, no doubt, that Haman should be on the spot at this very time, when the king was in the humour to do honour to Mordecai, and by him.

Esther 6:5 In-Context

3 And the king asked, "What has been done to bestow honor to Mordecai for this?" And the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

4 And the king asked, "Who [is] in the courtyard?" Haman had just come to the courtyard of the king's outer palace to tell the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 And the king's servants said to him, "Look! Haman [is] standing in the courtyard." And the king said, "Let him come."

6 And Haman came, and the king said to him, "What [is] to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" And Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?"

7 So Haman said to the king, "For a man whom the king wishes to honor,