6:3 The king asked, “What great honor 3 was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.”
6:4 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.
1 tn This individual is referred to as “Bigthan,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 2:21.
2 tn Heb “to send a hand against”; NASB “had sought to lay hands on.”
3 tn Heb “honor and greatness.” The expression is a hendiadys (see the note on 5:10 for an explanation of this figure).