Est 6:12, 7:8 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 12. Mordecai came again to the king's gate ] He resumed his former humble state; while Haman, ashamed to look up, covered his face , and ran home to hide himself in his own house. Covering the head and face was a sign of shame and confusion , as well as of grief , among most people of the earth.

‏ Esther 6:12

Verse 12. Mordecai came again to the king's gate] He resumed his former humble state; while Haman, ashamed to look up, covered his face, and ran home to hide himself in his own house. Covering the head and face was a sign of shame and confusion, as well as of grief, among most people of the earth.

‏ Esther 7:8

Verse 8. Will he force the queen] On the king's return he found him at the queen's knees; and, professing to think that he intended to do violence to her honour, used the above expressions; though he must have known that, in such circumstances, the thought of perpetrating an act of this kind could not possibly exist.

They covered Haman's face.] This was a sign of his being devoted to death: for the attendants saw that the king was determined on his destruction. When a criminal was condemned by a Roman judge, he was delivered into the hands of the serjeant with these words: I, lictor; caput obnubito, arbori infelici suspendito. "Go, serjeant; cover his head, and hang him on the accursed tree."