Esth.6.4

Esther 6:4

KJV

¶ 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.

Mordecai Is Honored

The King Plans to Honor Mordecai

Cross References

Esther 4:11

KJV

All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

Mordecai Appeals to Esther

Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot

Esther 5:1

KJV

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

Esther Approaches the King

Esther 5:14

KJV

¶ Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Haman’s Plot against Mordecai

Esther 6:3

KJV

And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Mordecai Is Honored

The King Plans to Honor Mordecai

Esther 6:5

KJV

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