Esther 3:5-8 And when Haman understood that Mordecai did not bow down to him, he was greatly enraged,

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ And when Haman understood that Mordecai did not bow down to him, he was greatly enraged, ⁶ and took counsel to utterly destroy all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes. ⁷ And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mordecai. And the lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month, which is Adar. ⁸ And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king. Therefore it is not fitting for the king to let them alone.