Esther 3 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

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1 H310 After H428 these H1697 things H4428 did king H325 Ahasuerus H1431 promote H2001 Haman H1121 the son H4099 of Hammedatha H91 the Agagite, H5375 and advanced H7760 him, and set H3678 his seat H5921 above H3605 all H8269 the princes that were with him.

2 H3605 And all H4428 the king’s H5650 servants, H4428 that were in the king’s H8179 gate, H3766 bowed, H7812 and reverenced H2001 Haman: H4428 for the king H3651 had so H6680 commanded H4782 concerning him. But Mordecai H3766 bowed H3808 not, nor H7812 did him reverence.

3 H4428 Then the king’s H5650 servants, H834 which H4428 were in the king’s H8179 gate, H559 said H4782 to Mordecai, H4069 Why H5674 transgress H4428 you the king’s H4687 commandment?

4 H1961 Now it came H559 to pass, when they spoke H3117 daily H8085 to him, and he listened H5046 not to them, that they told H2001 Haman, H7200 to see H4782 whether Mordecai’s H1697 matters H5975 would stand: H5046 for he had told H3064 them that he was a Jew.

5 H2001 And when Haman H7200 saw H4782 that Mordecai H3766 bowed H7812 not, nor did him reverence, H2001 then was Haman H4390 full H2534 of wrath.

6 H5869 And he thought H959 scorn H7971 to lay H3027 hands H4782 on Mordecai H905 alone; H5046 for they had showed H5971 him the people H4782 of Mordecai: H2001 why Haman H1245 sought H8045 to destroy H3605 all H3064 the Jews H3605 that were throughout the whole H4438 kingdom H325 of Ahasuerus, H5971 even the people H4782 of Mordecai.

7 H7223 In the first H2320 month, H2320 that is, the month H5212 Nisan, H8147 in the twelfth H6240 H8141 year H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus, H5307 they cast H6332 Pur, H1486 that is, the lot, H6440 before H2001 Haman H3117 from day H3117 to day, H2320 and from month H2320 to month, H8147 to the twelfth H6240 H2320 month, H143 that is, the month Adar.

8 H2001 And Haman H559 said H4428 to king H325 Ahasuerus, H259 There is a certain H5971 people H6340 scattered H6340 abroad H6504 and dispersed H996 among H5971 the people H3605 in all H4082 the provinces H4438 of your kingdom; H1881 and their laws H8138 are diverse H3605 from all H5971 people; H369 neither H6213 keep H4428 they the king’s H1881 laws: H4428 therefore it is not for the king’s H7737 profit H3240 to suffer them.

9 H518 If H2895 it please H4428 the king, H3789 let it be written H6 that they may be destroyed: H8254 and I will pay H6235 ten H505 thousand H3603 talents H3701 of silver H3027 to the hands H6213 of those that have the charge H4399 of the business, H935 to bring H413 it into H4428 the king’s H1595 treasuries.

10 H4428 And the king H5493 took H2885 his ring H3027 from his hand, H5414 and gave H2001 it to Haman H1121 the son H4099 of Hammedatha H91 the Agagite, H3064 the Jews’ H6887 enemy.

11 H4428 And the king H559 said H2001 to Haman, H3701 The silver H5414 is given H5971 to you, the people H6213 also, to do H5869 with them as it seems H2896 good to you.

12 H4428 Then were the king’s H5608 scribes H7121 called H7969 on the thirteenth H6240 H3117 day H7223 of the first H2320 month, H3789 and there was written H3605 according to all H2001 that Haman H6680 had commanded H4428 to the king’s H323 lieutenants, H6346 and to the governors H5921 that were over H4082 every province, H8269 and to the rulers H5971 of every people H4082 of every province H3791 according to the writing H5971 thereof, and to every people H3956 after their language; H8034 in the name H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus H3789 was it written, H2856 and sealed H4428 with the king’s H2885 ring.

13 H5612 And the letters H7971 were sent H7323 by posts H413 into H3605 all H4428 the king’s H4082 provinces, H8045 to destroy, H2026 to kill, H6 and to cause to perish, H3605 all H3064 Jews, H5288 both young H2205 and old, H2945 little H2945 children H802 and women, H259 in one H3117 day, H7969 even on the thirteenth H6240 H3117 day H8147 of the twelfth H6240 H2320 month, H1931 which H2320 is the month H143 Adar, H7998 and to take the spoil H962 of them for a prey.

14 H6572 The copy H3791 of the writing H1881 for a commandment H5414 to be given H3605 in every H4082 province H1540 was published H3605 to all H5971 people, H6264 that they should be ready H3117 against that day.

15 H7323 The posts H3318 went H1765 out, being hastened H4428 by the king’s H1697 commandment, H1881 and the decree H5414 was given H7800 in Shushan H1002 the palace. H4428 And the king H2001 and Haman H3427 sat H8354 down to drink; H5892 but the city H7800 Shushan H943 was perplexed.