So Haman went out from the king joyful and glad of heart. But when he saw Mordecai the Jew in the courtyard, he was filled with anger. Nevertheless, he went home and summoned his friends and his wife Zosara. And he told them about his riches and the honor that the king had bestowed on him, and how he had advanced him to be the first in the kingdom. And Haman said,
"The queen did not invite anyone to the dinner with the king except me; and I am invited again tomorrow. But these things give me no pleasure as long as I see Mordecai the Jew in the courtyard." His wife Zosara and his friends said to him,
"Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then, go merrily with the king to the dinner." This advice pleased Haman, and so the gallows was prepared.