# Esther 06 📖: Mordecai Is Honored
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#💬 Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#📂 Internal Notes]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
## The Turning Point: The King Honors Mordecai
[[#Verse 01.]] Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king’s presence,
[[#Verse 02.]] it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.
[[#Verse 03.]] The king asked, “What great honor was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.”
[[#Verse 04.]] Then the king said, “Who is that in the courtyard?” Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him.
[[#Verse 05.]] The king’s attendants said to him, “It is Haman who is standing in the courtyard.” The king said, “Let him enter.”
[[#Verse 06.]] 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, “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”
[[#Verse 07.]] So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king wishes to honor,
[[#Verse 08.]] let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one bearing the royal insignia.
[[#Verse 09.]] Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king’s noble officials. Let him then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling before him, ‘So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!’”
[[#Verse 10.]] The king then said to Haman, “Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Don’t neglect a single thing of all that you have said.”
[[#Verse 11.]] So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him, “So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!”
[[#Verse 12.]] Then Mordecai again sat at the king’s gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.
[[#Verse 13.]] Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, “If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!”
[[#Verse 14.]] While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived. They quickly brought Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The Hebrew of 6:1 literally says the king's sleep "fled."
2. About five years had passed since Mordecai saved the king's life (2:16-23; 3:7).
3. Persian kings were known for rewarding those who served them. Herodotus mentions royal benefactors whose names were recorded.
4. Haman came to the outer court early to ask for Mordecai's death (6:4), just as the king was looking for a way to honor Mordecai.
5. Haman asked for a royal robe the king had worn and a horse the king had ridden (6:8).
6. Haman himself had to lead Mordecai through the city square and proclaim his honor (6:9-11).
7. Haman hurried home mourning with his head covered (6:12), a sign of grief and shame.
8. Haman's advisers recognized that if Mordecai was Jewish, Haman would surely fall (6:13).
9. This chapter is the turning point of the book, where Haman's rise begins to become his fall.
10. God is never named, yet a sleepless night, a chronicle reading, and perfect timing show His hidden hand.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is the One the Father delights to honor. The king lifted up Mordecai, the humble servant (6:11), and God highly exalted Jesus, who humbled Himself to death on a cross, and gave Him the name above every name (Philippians 2:8-9).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## 💬 Discussion Questions
1. The king could not sleep on the very night Haman planned to ask for Mordecai's death (6:1-4). How does this chapter show God's providence?
2. Haman assumed the king wanted to honor him (6:6). How does pride distort the way we see ourselves?
3. Mordecai's good deed went unrewarded for years until the perfect moment (6:3). How does this encourage you when your faithfulness seems unnoticed?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- 📖 verse 1: The king cannot sleep and has the royal chronicles read to him.
- 📖 verse 6: Haman thinks to himself that the king must want to honor him.
- 📖 verse 13: Haman's advisers and his wife Zeresh warn that he will surely fall before Mordecai.
## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference
- 🔗 [[Philippians 02#Verse 08.|Philippians 2:8-9]] - God exalted the humble Christ.
- 🔗 [[Proverbs 16#Verse 18.|Proverbs 16:18]] - Pride goes before destruction.
- 🔗 [[Proverbs 21#Verse 01.|Proverbs 21:1]] - The king's heart is in the Lord's hand.
- 🔗 [[Psalm 121#Verse 04.|Psalm 121:4]] - The One who protects Israel never sleeps.
- 🔗 [[Luke 14#Verse 11.|Luke 14:11]] - Whoever exalts himself will be humbled.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
📝 SOAP: [[Esther 06 - SOAP|Honor Will Come In Time]]
## 📂 Internal Notes