Esther:3
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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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And all the king '
s servants ,
that were in the king '
s gate ,
bowed ,
and reverenced Haman :
for the king had so commanded concerning him .
But Mordecai bowed not ,
nor did him reverence .
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Then the king '
s servants ,
which were in the king '
s gate ,
said unto Mordecai ,
Why transgressest thou the king '
s commandment ?
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Now it came to pass ,
when they spake daily unto him ,
and he hearkened not unto them ,
that they told Haman ,
to see whether Mordecai '
s matters would stand :
for he had told them that he was a Jew .
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And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not ,
nor did him reverence ,
then was Haman full of wrath .
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And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ;
for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai :
wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus ,
even the people of Mordecai .
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In the first month ,
that is ,
the month Nisan ,
in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus ,
they cast Pur ,
that is ,
the lot ,
before Haman from day to day ,
and from month to month ,
to the twelfth month ,
that is ,
the month Adar .
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And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus ,
There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom ;
and their laws are diverse from all people ;
neither keep they the king '
s laws :
therefore it is not for the king '
s profit to suffer them .
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If it please the king ,
let it be written that they may be destroyed :
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business ,
to bring it into the king '
s treasuries .
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And the king took his ring from his hand ,
and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite ,
the Jews '
enemy .
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And the king said unto Haman ,
The silver is given to thee ,
the people also ,
to do with them as it seemeth good to thee .
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Then were the king '
s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month ,
and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king '
s lieutenants ,
and to the governors that were over every province ,
and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof ,
and to every people after their language ;
in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written ,
and sealed with the king '
s ring .
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And the letters were sent by posts into all the king '
s provinces ,
to destroy ,
to kill ,
and to cause to perish ,
all Jews ,
both young and old ,
little children and women ,
in one day ,
even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month ,
which is the month Adar ,
and to take the spoil of them for a prey .
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The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people ,
that they should be ready against that day .
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The posts went out ,
being hastened by the king '
s commandment ,
and the decree was given in Shushan the palace .
And the king and Haman sat down to drink ;
but the city Shushan was perplexed .
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