Esther 6:5

And the servants of HaMelech said unto him, Hinei, Haman standeth in the khatzer. And HaMelech said, Let him come in.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

In Context

4And HaMelech said, Who is in the khatzer (court)? Now Haman was come into the Khatzer HaKhitzonah (Outer Court) of the Beis HaMelech, to speak unto HaMelech lit'lot (to hang) + 6:4 See Esth 2:23 Mordechai on HaEtz that he had erected for him. + 6:4 T.N. See Moshiach Ben Dovid hanging on a tree 2Sm 18:10 as well as the specter of the same fate for this descendant of the first royal family of Israel

6So Haman came in. And HaMelech said unto him, What shall be done unto the ish whom HaMelech delighteth to show yekar? + 6:6 See 1:4,20; 6:3 Now Haman thought in his lev, To whom would HaMelech delight to do yekar more than to myself?

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Matthew Henry on Esther 6:5-12

The Honour Conferred on Mordecai. ( b. c. 510.) 4 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. 5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the… Read the whole commentary →

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