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* After these things , did King Ahasuerus promote to power Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite , and exalted him , and placed his seat above all the rulers who were with him . * And , all the kings servants who were in the kings gate , used to bend and bow themselves down unto Haman , for , so , had the king given command concerning him , but , Mordecai , bent not nor bowed himself down . * Then said the kings servants who were in the kings gate unto Mordecai , * Wherefore art , thou , transgressing the command of the king ? And it came to pass , when they had spoken unto him day by day , and he had not hearkened unto them , that they told Haman , to see whether the account of Mordecai would stand , for he had told them , that , he , was a Jew . * And , when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bend nor bow down unto him , then was Haman filled with wrath ; * but , it was contemptible in his eyes , to thrust forth a hand on Mordecai alone , for they had told him of the people of Mordecai , and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout all the kingdom of Ahasuerus , the people of Mordecai . * In the first monththe same , was the month Nisan , in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus , was Pur castthe same , is the Lot , before Haman , from day to day , and from month to month , and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month , the same , is the month Adar . * Then said Haman unto King Ahasuerus , There is a certain people , scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples , throughout all the provinces of thy kingdom , whose laws , are diverse from every people , and , the laws of the king , they observe not , for the king , therefore , it is not fit , to suffer them . * If , unto the king , it seem good , let it be written , to destroy them , and , ten thousand talents of silver , will I weigh out upon the hands of them who are doing the business , to bring into the treasuries of the king . * So then the king took his signet-ring from off his hand , and gave it unto Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite , the adversary of the Jews ; * and the king said unto Haman , The silver , is granted thee , and the people , to do with them , as may seem good in thine eyes . * Then were called the scribes of the king , in the first month , on the thirteenth day therein , and it was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the satraps of the king , and unto the pashas , who were over every province , and unto the rulers of every people , every province according to the writing thereof , and every people according to the tongue thereof , in the name of King Ahasuerus , was it written , and sealed with the signet - ring of the king . * Then were sent letters , by the hand of the runners , into all the provinces of the king , To destroy , to slay and to cause to perish all Jews , both young and old , little ones and women , in one day , on the thirteenth of the twelfth month , the same , is the month Adar , and the spoil of them to be a prey . * A copy of the writing , to be delivered as an edict throughout every province , was published to all the peoples , that they should be ready against this day . * The runners , went forth , urged on by the word of the king , and , the edict , was given in Shusan the palace , and , the king and Haman , sat down to drink , but , the city of Shusan , was perplexed .

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