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 honor, parade him on the horse through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king wants to honor.’”

³ The king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials,^[a] to bring some of the Israelites from the royal family^(A) and from the nobility—