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Insomnia divine
That night, the king could not sleep, and he did bring the book of records of the chronicles. They were read before the king, and it was found written that Mordecai had told about Bigthan Théresch and the two eunuchs of the king, guards the threshold, who sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. The king said: What brand of distinction and honor Mordecai has he received for it? He has received nothing, "answered those who served the king. Then the king said, Who is in the yard? Now Haman was come into the yard the king's house, asking the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. - The king's servants said unto him, Haman is being held in the courtyard. And the king said: Let him come. Haman came in. And the king said: What does it do to a man whom the king wishes to honor? Haman said to himself: What else but me the king would he meet? And Haman answered the king: For a man the king wishes to honor, take the royal garment which covers the king and the horse that the king rises and on whose head a royal crown arises deliver clothing and horse one of the principal chiefs of the king, then take the man the king wishes to honor the horse to walk through the town square, and proclaim before him: That is done to the man whom the king wishes to honor! The king said to Haman, "Take away all the clothing and the horse, as you said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the door of the king does not neglect none of what you have mentioned.
elevation of Mordecai, Haman's humiliation
And Haman took the robes and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, he walked the horse through the town square, and he cried before him: That and we made the man the king wishes to honor! Mordecai returned to the gate of the king and Haman hurried home, sorry and head covered. Zeresh Haman told his wife and all his friends everything that had happened. And his wise men and Zeresh, his wife said unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, is the race of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but you will fall before him. As they spoke to him again, the king's eunuchs arrived and immediately drove Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.
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