Esther 3:7-9

International Standard Version

Haman’s Plot against the Jewish People

⁷ In the twelfth year of the reign of^[a] King Ahasuerus, in the first month (the month Nisan), the pur (that is, the lot) was cast in Haman’s presence to determine the best day and month to carry out his plot.^[b] The lot indicated the twelfth month, the month Adar.^{[c] 8} Then Haman told King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and divided among the people throughout the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different than all the other people, they don’t obey the king’s laws, and it’s not in the king’s best interest^[d] to leave them alone. ⁹ If the king approves, let it be decreed^[e] that they’re to be destroyed, and I’ll measure out 10,000 silver talents^[f] and bring it to the king’s treasury for those who will do the work.”