Esther 3:1-10

1After these thingsH1697 kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 promoted HamanH2001 the sonH1121 of Hammedatha the AgagiteH91, and advanced him, and setH7760 his seatH3678 above all the princesH8269 that were with him.

2And all the king's servantsH5650 that were in the king's gateH8179 bowedH7812 and did HamanH2001 reverence, for the kingH4428 had soH3651 commandedH6680 concerning him. But MordecaiH4782 bowedH7812 not, nor did [him] reverence.

3Then the king's servantsH5650, who were in the king's gateH8179, saidH559 to MordecaiH4782, WhyH4069 transgressest thou the king's commandmentH4687?

4And it came to pass as they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they informed HamanH2001, to seeH7200 whether Mordecai's mattersH1697 would standH5975; for he had toldH5046 them that he wasH1961 a JewH3064.

5And when HamanH2001 sawH7200 that MordecaiH4782 bowedH7812 not, nor did him reverence, HamanH2001 was fullH4390 of fury.

6But he scorned to lay handsH3027 on MordecaiH4782 aloneH905; for they had made known to him the peopleH5971 of MordecaiH4782; therefore HamanH2001 soughtH1245 to destroyH8045 all the JewsH3064 that were in all the kingdomH4438 of AhasuerusH325 — the peopleH5971 of MordecaiH4782.

7In the firstH7223 monthH2320, that is, the monthH2320 NisanH5212, in the twelfth yearH8141 of kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, they castH5307 PurH6332, that is, the lotH1486, before HamanH2001 for each dayH3117 and for each monthH2320, to the twelfth [monthH2320], that is, the monthH2320 AdarH143.

8And HamanH2001 saidH559 to kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, There is a peopleH5971 scatteredH6340 abroad and dispersed among the peoplesH5971 in all the provincesH4082 of thy kingdomH4438; and their lawsH1881 are diverse from [those of] every peopleH5971, and they keep not the king's lawsH1881; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

9If it please the kingH4428, let it be writtenH3789 that they may be destroyedH6, and I will pay tenH6235 thousandH505 talentsH3603 of silverH3701 into the handsH3027 of those that have charge of the affairs, to bringH935 [it] into the king's treasuriesH1595.

10And the kingH4428 took his ringH2885 from his handH3027, and gaveH5414 it to HamanH2001 the sonH1121 of Hammedatha the AgagiteH91, the Jews' enemy.