Esther 6:11

וַיִּקַּח הָמָן אֶת ־ הַלְּבוּשׁ וְאֶת ־ הַסּוּס וַיַּלְבֵּשׁ אֶֽת ־ מָרְדֳּכָי וַיַּרְכִּיבֵהוּ בִּרְחוֹב הָעִיר וַיִּקְרָא לְפָנָיו כָּכָה יֵעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הַמֶּלֶךְ חָפֵץ בִּיקָרֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

In Context

10וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהָמָן מַהֵר קַח אֶת ־ הַלְּבוּשׁ וְאֶת ־ הַסּוּס כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ וַֽעֲשֵׂה ־ כֵן לְמָרְדֳּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אַל ־ תַּפֵּל דָּבָר מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ ׃

12וַיָּשָׁב מָרְדֳּכַי אֶל ־ שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהָמָן נִדְחַף אֶל ־ בֵּיתוֹ אָבֵל וַחֲפוּי רֹֽאשׁ ׃

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Cross References

Esther 8:15וּמָרְדֳּכַי יָצָא ׀ מִלִּפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת תְּכֵלֶת וָחוּר וַעֲטֶרֶת זָהָב גְּדוֹלָה וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן וְהָעִיר שׁוּשָׁן צָהֲלָה וְשָׂמֵֽחָה ׃

Proverbs 27:18נֹצֵר תְּאֵנָה יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ וְשֹׁמֵר אֲדֹנָיו יְכֻבָּֽד ׃

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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