4 Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew. 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage. 6 And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Esther 3:4–6
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Greek Esther 3:4–6
4 They questioned him daily, but he didn’t listen to them; so they reported to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king; and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew. (WEB) 5 When Haman understood that Mordecai didn’t bow down to him, he was greatly enr… (WEB)
Esther 5:8–10
8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.” 9 That day Haman went ou…
Esther 6:12–14
12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief. 13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downf…
Greek Esther 12:5–6
5 So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded him. (KJV) 6 Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king. (KJV)
Greek Esther 5:8–10
8 if I have found favor in the king’s sight, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as I have done today.” (WEB) 9 So Haman went out from the king very glad and merry; but when Haman saw Mordecai th… (WEB)
Greek Esther 6:12–14
12 Then Mordecai returned to the palace; but Haman went home mourning, with his head covered. (WEB) 13 Haman related the events that had happened to him to Zeresh his wife and to his friends. His friends and his wife said to him, “If Mordecai is of the race of the Jews, a… (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:24–26
24 showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly; (WEB) 25 also how he went in to the king, telling him to hang Mordecai; but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came u… (WEB)
Esther 9:23–25
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and… 25 …
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