Esther 6:4
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. 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.
Esther 6:4 belongs to the account of Haman's plot in the reign of Ahasuerus to destroy the Jews, God's people. That plot was Satan's attempt through Haman to wipe out the people and the line through whom the promised Man-child would come, but God frustrated his purpose. Medo-Persia was the second head of the beast, a satanic church-and-state system of government perverted by Satan to his own ends, and Haman's effort acted under that power.
Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him. He came early and was the only person waiting there, so the king's attendants identified him and the king ordered him brought in before he could present his request. He arrived just as the king was seeking someone to honor Mordecai.
The king's sleeplessness had led to the reading of the royal records, which brought Mordecai's earlier service to light. The king was seeking a way to honor Mordecai for saving his life, and Haman was summoned to advise him. Haman then unknowingly helped secure Mordecai's honor and exaltation.
That reversal helped bring about the deliverance of the Jews. Haman was later hanged on his own gallows. The verse thus places Haman's murderous plan beside the providential turn that frustrates it, showing God's providence overruling events to save his people from their enemies.
That providence works through events that appear ordinary and human. It works for his people and answers the faith of those who seek him. It marks the turn to retributive justice and shows that God does not forget his people.