But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home.p> <p class="bodytext">He then sent for his friends to join him,<n id="1" /> along with his wife Zeresh.

Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men,<n id="1" /> along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, &#8220;If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish,<n id="2" /> you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">Haman&#8217;s<n id="1" /> wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, &#8220;Have a gallows seventy-five feet<n id="2" /> high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.p>