Esther 5:9-14
Haman Recounts His Glory
9Then Haman went out that day glad and merry of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai ain the king’s gate and bthat he did not stand up or 1tremble before him, Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10But Haman controlled himself, went to his house, and sent for and brought his friends and his wife aZeresh. 11Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches and the 1,anumber of his sons and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had 2,badvanced him above the princes and servants of the king. 12Haman also said, “Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the feast which she had prepared; and atomorrow also I am called to come to her with the king. 13“Yet all of this is worth nothing to me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at athe king’s gate.” 14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “aHave a 1gallows 2fifty cubits high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.