<p class="bodytext">Then King Ahasuerus responded<n id="1" /> to Queen Esther, &#8220;Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough<n id="2" /> to act in this way?&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine,<n id="1" /> he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him,<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged.<n id="1" /> But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king&#8217;s gate, and he did not rise nor tremble in his presence,<n id="2" /> Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

<p class="bodytext">So Haman came in, and the king said to him, &#8220;What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?&#8221; Haman thought to himself,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?&#8221;