richard mcbee

Esther

Triumph of Mordechai - 8' X 8'
Oil and canvas by Richard McBee (1980)

10 And the king said to Haman, "Hurry, take the raiment and the horse as you have spoken and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."
11 And Haman took the raiment and the horse, and he dressed Mordecai and paraded him in the city square and announced before him, "So shall be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!"
12 And Mordecai returned to the king's gate, and Haman rushed home, mourning and with his head covered.
13 And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him, and his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish stock, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him."
Esther 6