Esther 6:3-5

International Standard Version

³ So the king asked, “What honor and distinction was bestowed on Mordecai for this?”

The young men who served the king answered, “Nothing was done for him.”

⁴ The king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace to speak to the king about having Mordecai hanged on the pole he had set up.

⁵ The king’s young men told him, “Look, Haman is standing in the courtyard.”

The king said, “Let him come in.”