<p class="bodytext">On that same day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was brought to the king&#8217;s attention.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep,<n id="1" /> so he asked for the book containing the historical records<n id="2" /> to be brought. As the records<n id="3" /> were being read in the king&#8217;s presence,

<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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate<n id="1" /> of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.