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10 The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his ring from his finger and giving it to Haman,[a] telling him, 11 “Keep the money, but go ahead and do as you like with these people—whatever you think best.”

12 Two or three weeks later,[b] Haman called in the king’s secretaries and dictated letters to the governors and officials throughout the empire, to each province in its own languages and dialects; these letters were signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with his ring.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 3:10 to Haman, literally, “Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite.”
  2. Esther 3:12 Two or three weeks later, literally, “Then, on the thirteenth day of the first month.”

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