Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai be hanged on it. Then go merrily with the king to the dinner. And the advice pleased Haman, demonstrating the counsel of his inner circle and his acceptance of their suggestion that he build a gallows on which to hang Mordecai and that he secure the king's permission for the execution. This advice from those closest to him to resolve his grievance through execution demonstrates the brutal nature of the political culture of the Persian court and the way Haman's associates reinforce his worst impulses. The fact that Haman finds pleasure in this plan and that it pleases him suggests his complete moral corruption and his willingness to use the king's authority to execute personal vengeance.

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