Esther 6:1

ESTHER CHAPTER 6 Ahasuerus's sleep being taken from him, he commands the chronicles to be read, Esther 6:1. And reading of Mordecai's discovery of the plot against his life, asks what honour had been done to him, Esther 6:2,3. Haman coming to the king to have Mordecai hanged, unawares gives counsel to honour him, Esther 6:4. Haman telling his friends what had befallen him, is foretold of his final ruin, Esther 6:12,13. He is called to Esther's banquet, Esther 6:14. How vain are all the contrivances and endeavours of this foolish, impotent man against the wise and omnipotent God, who hath the hearts and hands of kings and all men perfectly at his dispose, and can by such trivial accidents (as they are accounted) change their minds, and produce such momentous and terrible effects! The king's mind being troubled, He knew not how, nor why, he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; he chooseth this for a divertisement, God putting this thought and inclination to him, for otherwise he might have diverted himself, as he used to do at other times, with his wives or concubines, or voices and instruments of music, which was far more agreeable to his temper. And they were read before the king until the morning, when he intended to rise out of his bed.