Esther 6:4

Haman Mordecai

² And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

³ The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

⁵ So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.

⁶ Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
KJV: And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
WEB: The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
ASV: And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king`s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
DARBY: And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
BLB: And the king said, “Who [is] in the court?” And Haman had come into the outer court of the house of the king to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him.

ÅB: Så sa kongen: Hvem er det som er ute i gården? Da var Haman just kommet inn i den ytre gård til kongens hus for å be kongen om at Mordekai måtte bli hengt i den galge han hadde gjort i stand for ham.
OTB: Kongen sa da: “Hvem er i gården?” Nå hadde Haman nettopp kommet inn i den ytre gården av palasset for å snakke med kongen om å henge Mordekai på galgen han hadde forberedt for ham.
B1930: Så sa kongen: Hvem er det som er ute i gården? Da var Haman just kommet inn i den ytre gård til kongens hus for å be kongen om at Mordekai måtte bli hengt i den galge han hadde gjort i stand for ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Esther 5:14
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
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Esther 4:11
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
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Esther 5:1
On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
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Psalms 2:4
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
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Job 5:13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
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Proverbs 3:27–28
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act.
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Psalms 33:19
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
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Esther 7:9
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
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