Esther 6:6

6:6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself, ¹  “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”

Esther 7:9

7:9 Harbona, ²  one of the king’s eunuchs, said, “Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king’s behalf. It stands near Haman’s home and is seventy-five feet ³  high.”

The king said, “Hang him on it!”

¹ tn Heb “said in his heart” (so ASV); NASB, NRSV “said to himself.”

² sn Cf. 1:10, where Harbona is one of the seven eunuchs sent by the king to summon Queen Vashti to his banquet.

³ tn Heb “fifty cubits.” See the note on this expression in Esth 5:14.