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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Esther 6 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/esther/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/esther/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Esther 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../esther/5.htm" title="Esther 5">◄</a> Esther 6 <a href="../esther/7.htm" title="Esther 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/esther/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The King Honors Mordecai</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>That night the king had trouble sleeping, so he ordered an attendant to bring the book of the history of his reign so it could be read to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>In those records he discovered an account of how Mordecai had exposed the plot of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the door to the king’s private quarters. They had plotted to assassinate King Xerxes.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“What reward or recognition did we ever give Mordecai for this?” the king asked.</p><p class="reg">His attendants replied, “Nothing has been done for him.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Who is that in the outer court?” the king inquired. As it happened, Haman had just arrived in the outer court of the palace to ask the king to impale Mordecai on the pole he had prepared.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So the attendants replied to the king, “Haman is out in the court.”</p><p class="reg">“Bring him in,” the king ordered. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Haman came in, and the king said, “What should I do to honor a man who truly pleases me?”</p><p class="reg">Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So he replied, “If the king wishes to honor someone, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>he should bring out one of the king’s own royal robes, as well as a horse that the king himself has ridden—one with a royal emblem on its head. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most noble officials. And let him see that the man whom the king wishes to honor is dressed in the king’s robes and led through the city square on the king’s horse. Have the official shout as they go, ‘This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!’”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Excellent!” the king said to Haman. “Quick! Take the robes and my horse, and do just as you have said for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the gate of the palace. Leave out nothing you have suggested!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So Haman took the robes and put them on Mordecai, placed him on the king’s own horse, and led him through the city square, shouting, “This is what the king does for someone he wishes to honor!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Afterward Mordecai returned to the palace gate, but Haman hurried home dejected and completely humiliated.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/esther/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>While they were still talking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and quickly took Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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