And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Ver. 4. And the king said, Who is in the court] Josephus saith, that he first asked what time it was, and understanding that it was morning's light (for so long he had heard his servants read, and till then it was not that Mordecai's matter was mentioned, Haman being now ready to get a warrant for his execution), he asked, who is there without? as desirous to proceed by counsel in a business of that consequence.
Now Haman was come, &c.] He was early up (and at court for a mischief), but never the nearer, save only to his own utter ruin.
To speak to the king to hang Mordecai] Which till it were done, he could neither sleep in quiet nor eat with comfort. Little considered he how the gallows groaned for himself. "The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead," Proverbs 11:8 .
Vivit adhuc Christus, regnat, regnabit et usque:
Atque hostes omnes sub ditione premit.