Haman’s Plot to Destroy the Jews

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(A) elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles.

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11 Haman boasted(A) to them about his vast wealth, his many sons,(B) and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.

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Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;(A)
    their kingdom will be exalted.(B)

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with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.(A) The satraps were made accountable(B) to them so that the king might not suffer loss.

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10 So the king took his signet ring(A) from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

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33 But Samuel said,

“As your sword has made women childless,
    so will your mother be childless among women.”(A)

And Samuel put Agag to death before the Lord at Gilgal.

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40 You shall be in charge of my palace,(A) and all my people are to submit to your orders.(B) Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.(C)

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When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice;(A)
    when the wicked rule,(B) the people groan.(C)

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who freely strut(A) about
    when what is vile is honored by the human race.

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Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,(A) which he had devised against the Jews.

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Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”

Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

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14 and were closest to the king—Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memukan, the seven nobles(A) of Persia and Media who had special access to the king and were highest in the kingdom.

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14 You are sent by the king and his seven advisers(A) to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

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He took Agag(A) king of the Amalekites alive,(B) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword.

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55 When all Egypt began to feel the famine,(A) the people cried to Pharaoh for food. Then Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.”(B)

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