14 So Zeʹresh his wife and all his friends said to him: “Have a stake put up, 50 cubits* high. And in the morning tell the king that Morʹde·cai should be hanged on it.+ Then go with the king to enjoy yourself at the banquet.” This suggestion seemed good to Haʹman, so he had the stake put up.

13 When Haʹman related to his wife Zeʹresh+ and to all his friends everything that had happened to him, his wise men and his wife Zeʹresh said to him: “If Morʹde·cai, before whom you have started to fall, is of Jewish descent,* you will not prevail against him; you will surely fall before him.”