Esther 3:4-6

4Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not 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. 5When Haman saw that 1Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, Haman was filled with rage. 6But he 2disdained to 3lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman 4sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.