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[1] After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. [2] All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage. [3] Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?” [4] Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn’t listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew. [5] When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath. [6] But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people. [7] In the first month, which 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, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. [8] Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain. [9] If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talentsⓘ of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.” [10] The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. [11] The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.” [12] Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring. [13] Letters were sent by couriers 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 on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions. [14] A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day. [15] The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 3:9 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
King James Version

Haman’s Plot

[1] After H310 these H428 things H1697 did king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 promote H1431 H853 Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite, H91 and advanced H5375 him, and set H7760 H853 his seat H3678 above all the princes H8269 that were with him. [2] And all the king’s H4428 servants, H5650 that were in the king’s H4428 gate, H8179 bowed, H3766 and reverenced H7812 Haman: H2001 for H3588 the king H4428 had so commanded H6680 concerning him. But Mordecai H4782 bowed H3766 not, nor did him reverence. H7812 [3] Then the king’s H4428 servants, H5650 which were in the king’s H4428 gate, H8179 said H559 unto Mordecai, H4782 Why transgressest H5674 thou the king’s H4428 H853 commandment? H4687 [4] Now it came to pass, when they spake H559 daily H3117 H3117 unto H413 him, and he hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto H413 them, that they told H5046 Haman, H2001 to see H7200 whether Mordecai’s H4782 matters H1697 would stand: H5975 for H3588 he had told H5046 them that he was a Jew. H3064 [5] And when Haman H2001 saw H7200 that Mordecai H4782 bowed H3766 not, nor did him reverence, H7812 then was Haman H2001 full H4390 of wrath. H2534 [6] And he thought H5869 scorn H959 to lay H7971 hands H3027 on Mordecai H4782 alone; for they had shewed H5046 him the people H5971 of Mordecai: H4782 wherefore Haman H2001 sought H1245 to destroy H8045 all H3605 the Jews H3064 that were throughout the whole kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus, H325 even the people H5971 of Mordecai. H4782 [7] In the first H7223 month, H2320 that is, the month H2320 Nisan, H5212 in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 they cast H5307 Pur, H6332 that is, the lot, H1486 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day, H3117 and from month H2320 to month, H2320 to the twelfth H8147 H6240 month, that is, the month H2320 Adar. H143 [8] And Haman H2001 said H559 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus, H325 There is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered abroad H6340 and dispersed H6504 among the people H5971 in all the provinces H4082 of thy kingdom; H4438 and their laws H1881 are diverse H8138 from all people; H5971 neither keep H6213 they the king’s H4428 laws: H1881 therefor§e it is not for the king’s H4428 profit H7737 to suffer H3240 them. [9] If it please H2895 the king, H4428 let it be written H3789 that they may be destroyed: H6§ and I will pay H8254§ ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to the hands H3027 of those that have the charge H6213 of the business, H4399 to bring H935 it into the king’s H4428 treasuries. H1595 [10] And the king H4428 took H5493 H853 his ring H2885 from his hand, H3027 and gave H5414 it unto Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite, H91 the Jews’ H3064 enemy. H6887§ [11] And the king H4428 said H559 unto Haman, H2001 The silver H3701 is given H5414 to thee, the people H5971 also, to do H6213 with them as it seemeth H5869 good H2896 to thee. [12] Then were the king’s H4428 scribes H5608§ called H7121 on H5921 the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month, H2320 and there was written H3789 according to all that Haman H2001 had commanded H6680 unto H413 the king’s H4428 lieutenants, H323 and to the governors H6346 that were over every province, H4082 and to the rulers H8269 of every people H5971 of every province H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof, and to every people H5971 after their language; H3956 in the name H8034 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was it written, H3789 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 ring. H2885 [13] And the letters H5612 were sent H7971 by H3027 posts H7323 into all the king’s H4428 provinces, H4082 to destroy, H8045 to kill, H2026 and to cause to perish, H6 all H3605 Jews, H3064 both young H5288 and old, H2205 little children H2945 and women, H802 in one H259 day, H3117 even upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month, H2320 which is the month H2320 Adar, H143 and to take the spoil H7998 of them for a prey. H962 [14] The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every province H4082 was published H1540 unto all people, H5971 that they should be ready H6264 against that day. H3117 [15] The posts H7323 went out, H3318 being hastened H1765 by the king’s H4428 commandment, H1697 and the decree H1881 was given H5414 in Shushan H7800 the palace. H1002 And the king H4428 and Haman H2001 sat down H3427 to drink; H8354 but the city H5892 Shushan H7800 was perplexed. H943

Footnotes

  1. § 3:8 Heb. meet Or, equal
  2. § 3:9a Heb. to destroy them
  3. § 3:9b Heb. weigh
  4. § 3:10 Or, oppressor
  5. § 3:12 Or, secretaries
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Μετὰ G3326 δὲ G1161 ταῦτα G5023 ἐδόξασεν G1392 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 Ἀρταξέρξης Αμαν Αμαδαθου Βουγαῖον καὶ G2532 ὕψωσεν G5312 αὐτόν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐπρωτοβάθρει πάντων G3956 τῶν G3588 φίλων G5384 αὐτοῦ. G846 [2] Καὶ G2532 πάντες G3956 οἱ G3588 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ G833 προσεκύνουν G4352 αὐτῷ, G846 οὕτως G3779 γὰρ G1063 προσέταξεν G4367 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 ποιῆσαι· G4160 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 Μαρδοχαῖος οὐ G3756 προσεκύνει G4352 αὐτῷ. G846 [3] Καὶ G2532 ἐλάλησαν G2980 οἱ G3588 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ G833 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 τῷ G3588 Μαρδοχαίῳ Μαρδοχαῖε, τί G5101 παρακούεις G3878 τὰ G3588 ὑπὸ G5259 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 λεγόμενα; G3004 [4] Καθ’ G2596 ἑκάστην G1538 ἡμέραν G2250 ἐλάλουν G2980 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 οὐχ G3756 ὑπήκουεν G5219 αὐτῶν· G846 καὶ G2532 ὑπέδειξαν G5263 τῷ G3588 Αμαν Μαρδοχαῖον τοῖς G3588 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 λόγοις G3056 ἀντιτασσόμενον· G498 καὶ G2532 ὑπέδειξεν G5263 αὐτοῖς G846 ὁ G3588 Μαρδοχαῖος ὅτι G3754 Ιουδαῖός G2453 ἐστιν. G2076 [5] Καὶ G2532 ἐπιγνοὺς G1921 Αμαν ὅτι G3754 οὐ G3756 προσκυνεῖ G4352 αὐτῷ G846 Μαρδοχαῖος, ἐθυμώθη G2373 σφόδρα G4970 [6] καὶ G2532 ἐβουλεύσατο G1011 ἀφανίσαι G853 πάντας G3956 τοὺς G3588 ὑπὸ G5259 τὴν G3588 Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν G932 Ιουδαίους. G2453 [7] Καὶ G2532 ἐποίησεν G4160 ψήφισμα ἐν G1722 ἔτει G2094 δωδεκάτῳ G1428 τῆς G3588 βασιλείας G932 Ἀρταξέρξου καὶ G2532 ἔβαλεν G906 κλήρους G2819 ἡμέραν G2250 ἐξ G1537 ἡμέρας G2250 καὶ G2532 μῆνα G3376 ἐκ G1537 μηνὸς G3376 ὥστε G5620 ἀπολέσαι G622 ἐν G1722 μιᾷ G3391 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 τὸ G3588 γένος G1085 Μαρδοχαίου, καὶ G2532 ἔπεσεν G4098 ὁ G3588 κλῆρος G2819 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην G5065 τοῦ G3588 μηνός, G3376 ὅς G3739 ἐστιν G2076 Αδαρ. [8] Καὶ G2532 ἐλάλησεν G2980 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 Ἀρταξέρξην λέγων G3004 Ὑπάρχει G5225 ἔθνος G1484 διεσπαρμένον G1289 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἐν G1722 πάσῃ G3956 τῇ G3588 βασιλείᾳ G932 σου, G4675 οἱ G3588 δὲ G1161 νόμοι G3551 αὐτῶν G846 ἔξαλλοι παρὰ G3844 πάντα G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔθνη, G1484 τῶν G3588 δὲ G1161 νόμων G3551 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 παρακούουσιν, G3878 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 συμφέρει G4851 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 ἐᾶσαι G1439 αὐτούς· G846 [9] εἰ G1487 δοκεῖ G1380 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ, G935 δογματισάτω G1379 ἀπολέσαι G622 αὐτούς, G846 κἀγὼ G2504 διαγράψω εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 γαζοφυλάκιον G1049 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 ἀργυρίου G694 τάλαντα G5007 μύρια. G3463 [10] Καὶ G2532 περιελόμενος G4014 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 τὸν G3588 δακτύλιον G1146 ἔδωκεν G1325 εἰς G1519 χεῖρα G5495 τῷ G3588 Αμαν σφραγίσαι G4972 κατὰ G2596 τῶν G3588 γεγραμμένων G1125 κατὰ G2596 τῶν G3588 Ιουδαίων. G2453 [11] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 τῷ G3588 Αμαν Τὸ G3588 μὲν G3303 ἀργύριον G694 ἔχε, G2192 τῷ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἔθνει G1484 χρῶ G5530 ὡς G5613 βούλει. G1014 [12] Καὶ G2532 ἐκλήθησαν G2564 οἱ G3588 γραμματεῖς G1122 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 μηνὶ G3376 πρώτῳ G4413 τῇ G3588 τρισκαιδεκάτῃ καὶ G2532 ἔγραψαν, G1125 ὡς G5613 ἐπέταξεν G2004 Αμαν, τοῖς G3588 στρατηγοῖς G4755 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 ἄρχουσιν G758 κατὰ G2596 πᾶσαν G3956 χώραν G5561 ἀπὸ G575 Ἰνδικῆς ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 Αἰθιοπίας, ταῖς G3588 ἑκατὸν G1540 εἴκοσι G1501 ἑπτὰ G2033 χώραις, G5561 τοῖς G3588 τε G5037 ἄρχουσι G758 τῶν G3588 ἐθνῶν G1484 κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 αὐτῶν G846 λέξιν δι’ G1223 Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως. G935 [13] Καὶ G2532 ἀπεστάλη G649 διὰ G1223 βιβλιαφόρων εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν G932 ἀφανίσαι G853 τὸ G3588 γένος G1085 τῶν G3588 Ιουδαίων G2453 ἐν G1722 ἡμέρᾳ G2250 μιᾷ G3391 μηνὸς G3376 δωδεκάτου, G1428 ὅς G3739 ἐστιν G2076 Αδαρ, καὶ G2532 διαρπάσαι G1283 τὰ G3588 ὑπάρχοντα G5225 αὐτῶν. G846 — [14] τὰ G3588 δὲ G1161 ἀντίγραφα τῶν G3588 ἐπιστολῶν G1992 ἐξετίθετο G1620 κατὰ G2596 χώραν, G5561 καὶ G2532 προσετάγη G4367 πᾶσι G3956 τοῖς G3588 ἔθνεσιν G1484 ἑτοίμους G2092 εἶναι G1511 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 ἡμέραν G2250 ταύτην. G3778 [15] Ἐσπεύδετο G4692 δὲ G1161 τὸ G3588 πρᾶγμα G4229 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 Σουσαν· ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 βασιλεὺς G935 καὶ G2532 Αμαν ἐκωθωνίζοντο, ἐταράσσετο G5015 δὲ G1161 ἡ G3588 πόλις. G4172
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 3:1 This chapter was originally Ἐσθήρ 3.