That night, the king could not sleep, so he ordered that the book of records, the chronicles, be brought out and read before the king. There it was found how Mordechai had denounced Bigtana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains of the guardians of the threshold, who had plotted to lay their hands on Ahashverosh the king.

The king said: “What honor or promotion has been conferred upon Mordechai for this?”

And the king's youths, who attended him, replied: “Not a thing has been done for him.”

The king said: “Who is in the court?” And Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to ask the king to hang Mordechai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

The king's youths said to him: “It is Haman standing in the court.”

And the king said: “Let him in.”

Haman came in and the king said to him: “What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?”

And Haman said in his heart: Whom should the king desire to honor more than me?

Haman said to the king: “The man whom the king desires to honor – Let a royal robe be brought that the king has worn, and a horse upon which the king has ridden, and with the royal headpiece on its head. And let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one from among the king's most noble princes, and let him attire the man whom the king desires to honor, and lead him on the horse around the city square proclaiming before him: Thus will be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.”

The king said to Haman: “Hurry, and take the robe and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordechai the Jew, who sits in the king's gate. Omit nothing from all you have said.”

Haman took the robe and the horse, and he dressed Mordechai and led him around the city square, proclaiming before him: “Thus will be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.”