Esther 6:4-6

New English Translation

⁴ Then the king said, “Who is that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him. ⁵ The king’s attendants said to him, “It is Haman who is standing in the courtyard.” The king said, “Let him enter.”

⁶ So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself,^[a] “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”