Esther 6:3-5

New English Translation

³ The king asked, “What great honor^[a] was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.”

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.”