Esther 6:3-9

3The king inquired, “What honor and special recognition have been given to Mordecai for this act?” The king’s personal attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”

4The king asked, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman was just entering the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

5The king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Have him enter,” the king ordered.

6Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king wants to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “Who is it the king would want to honor more than me?”

7Haman told the king, “For the man the king wants to honor:

8Have them bring a royal garment that the king himself has worn and a horse the king himself has ridden, which has a royal crown on its head.

9Put the garment and the horse under the charge of one of the king’s most noble officials. Have them clothe the man the king wants to honor, parade him on the horse through the city square, and call out before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king wants to honor.’”