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During that night ^(F1)the king ^(C1)could not sleep, so he gave an order to bring ^(C2)the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

And it was found written what ^(C1)Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to ^(F1)attack King Ahasuerus.

Then the king said, "What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" And the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

So the king said, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just ^(C1)entered the outer courtyard of the king's palace in order to speak to the king about ^(C2)hanging Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him.

So the king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman is standing in the courtyard." And the king said, "Have him come in."