{"id":"01KFXVBT1MB5H7GWRGC9S7NF0J","cid":"bafkreih4s4vnckxlsw7l6zpsni3ijkxfwgnbv6btasjfm5vcp5td4m67le","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":838,"extracted_at":"2026-01-26T19:09:21.161Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KFXVA454RTKCJEQJMP0QKNKY","start_line":819,"text":"   570\tIII\n   571\tShe therefore resolved to hazard her life for the safety of her people.\n   572\t\n   573\tOn the third day she put on her royal apparel, and stood in the presence of the King while he was seated upon his throne in the inner palace. This was an act of heroic self-sacrifice. The King upon seeing her held out the golden sceptre. Esther went near, touched the top of it, and thereby her life was preserved. In response to his request as to what her petition was, she simply desired that Haman with the King should come to a banquet which she had prepared. At this banquet he again asked her of her petition, and her only reply was that they should come again the next day to a like banquet. She thus desired to endear herself unto the King more fully before she preferred her great request.\n   574\t\n   575\tHaman was greatly elated by the honor thus conferred upon him; but on returning to his home thus puffed up, he saw Mordecai once more sitting at the gate of the palace, and still refusing to do him\n   576\t7\n\n<!-- [Page 126](arke:01KFXV1NZWP73H1SXPTW14RHAD) -->\n   577\t112\n   578\t\n   579\treverence. This affront was more than he could bear. He called his friends about him for advice, and it was decided to cause a gallows of fifty cubits high to be built, and the next morning to ask the King to hang Mordecai thereon. He accordingly ordered the gallows to be made. Early the next morning he repaired to the palace to secure the King's order for Mordecai's death. The story goes on to narrate that the next morning the King arose sooner than his usual hour, and being unable to compose himself again to rest, he caused the book of the records of the kingdom to be read to him. From these records he learned that the conspiracy of Bigthan and Teresh was discovered by Mordecai the Jew, and he was further informed that no honor had been done Mordecai, notwithstanding his bravery and patriotism. Just then Haman appeared in the court, having gone in haste to secure the King's consent to the death of Mordecai. The King immediately ordered him to be summoned into\n\n<!-- [Page 127](arke:01KFXV1NHSVVJKAW3V89RT8M8A) -->\n   580\t113\n   581\t\n   582\this presence. What, said the King, shall be done to the man whom the King delighteth to honor? Haman, believing that he himself was that man, suggested that the royal apparel which the King used to wear should be put upon him, and the King's horse should be given him, and the King's crown be placed upon his head, and that he, thus mounted and arrayed, might pass through the whole city, a messenger preceding him and proclaiming, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the King delighteth to honor.”\n   583\t\n   584\tImmediately the King commanded him to take the apparel and the horse, and confer this honor upon Mordecai the Jew, who sat in the King's gate. This humiliation was almost too great for Haman to endure. With unspeakable sorrow he returned to his house lamenting his mortification. While bewailing his humiliating condition in the presence of his friends, one of the Queen's chamberlains came to his house and hastened him to the banquet. No sooner had he taken his place\n","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KFXVAZKA1K9N89V9F737DT0B","peer_label":"III","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KFXT0KM64XT6K8W52TDEE0YS","peer_label":"More Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":1,"created_at":"2026-01-26T19:09:21.475Z","ts":"2026-01-26T19:09:21.475Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}