4 So the king said , "Who is in the court ?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him. 5 The king's servants said to him, "Behold , Haman is standing in the court ." And the king said , "Let him come in." 6 So Haman came in and the king said to him, "What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor ?" And Haman said to himself , "Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Esther 6:4-6
Commentary on Esther 6:4-11
(Read Esther 6:4-11)
See how men's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own hearts appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of ourselves and our own performances: against which we should constantly watch and pray. Haman thought the king loved and valued no one but himself, but he was deceived. We should suspect that the esteem which others profess for us, is not so great as it seems to be, that we may not think too well of ourselves, nor trust too much in others. How Haman is struck, when the king bids him do honour to Mordecai the Jew, the very man whom he hated above all men, whose ruin he was now designing!