"So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself" (Esther 6:6).
Haman is the epitome of a prideful and self centered man. When the King of Persia learned that Mordecai had uncovered an assassination plot against him, he desired to honor him. Therefore he called Haman in and asked, "What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?" Being the man that he was, Haman thought the King wanted to honor him. Therefore he suggested that he be paraded around in royal apparel on the kings horse, while being hailed as the man the king delighted to honor.
Haman's bubble was busted when he found out that Mordecai, who he hated, was the man the King wanted to honor. In addition to finding out that Mordecai was the man the king had in mind, Haman was given the responsibility to publically parade Mordecai around to his humiliation. Later Haman would be hung on the gallows that he built to hang Mordecai. "God resisteth the proud, but he gives grace to the humble" (James 4:7).
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