Charles Ellicott Commentary Esther 6:3

"And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the king`s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him." — Esther 6:3 (ASV)

What honour and dignity hath been done. —The names of those who were thought worthy of being accounted “royal benefactors” were enrolled on a special list, and they were supposed to be suitably rewarded, though not necessarily at the time. The reward however was, in theory at any rate, a thing to which the “benefactor” had a distinct claim, and an almost legal right.