⁹ Put the garment and the horse under the charge of one of the king’s most noble officials.^(A) Have them clothe the man the king wants to honour, parade him on the horse through the city square, and call out before him, “This is what is done for the man the king wants to honour.” ’

³ The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family^(A) and from the nobility –