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Summary
Esther 6:5 - 6:12

6:5. The servants answered: Haman stands in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.

'''6:6. When he had come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honor? But Haman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honor no other but himself,'''

6:7. answered: The man whom the king desires to honor,

6:8. ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king rides upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head,

6:9. and let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say: Thus shall he be honored, whom the king hath a mind to honor.

'''6:10. The king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the horse, and do as thou hast spoken to Mordecai the Jew, who sits before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those things which thou hast spoken.'''

6:11. So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, went before him, and proclaimed: This honor is he worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honor.

6:12. But Mordecai returned to the palace gate: and Haman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:

The Coloured Picture Bible for Children Illustrator: Richard Andre Place: London Date: 1884. Source: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge