Esther 3:1-3

Amplified Bible

Haman’s Plot against the Jews

3 After these things King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the ^[a]Agagite, and advanced him and ^[b]established his authority over all the officials who were with him. ² All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate [in royal service] bowed down and honored and paid homage to Haman; for this is what the king had commanded in regard to him. But Mordecai [a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin] neither bowed down nor paid homage [to him]. ³ Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you disregarding the king’s command?”