And Haman answered the king, The man whom the king would honor,

Let them bring for him royal apparel, which the king useth to wear, and the [a]horse that the king rideth upon, and that the crown royal may be set upon his head.

And let the raiment and the horse be delivered by the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, and let them apparel the man (whom the king will honor) and cause him to ride upon the horse through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king will honor.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 6:8 Meaning hereby that the king should make him next unto himself, as Joseph hereby was known to be next to Pharaoh, Gen. 41:41.

So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a royal robe(A) the king has worn and a horse(B) the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!(C)’”

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