Esther 3:1
After the things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princ that were with him.
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- Esth 5:11 : 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his rich, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princ and servants of the king.
- Num 24:7 : 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
- Esth 3:10 : 10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
- Dan 6:2 : 2 And over these three presidents; of whom niel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no mage.
- 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
- Gen 41:40 : 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
- Gen 41:55 : 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
- 1 Sam 15:8 : 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
- Esth 7:6 : 6 And ther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- Esth 8:3 : 3 And ther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and bought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
- Ps 12:8 : 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
- Prov 29:2 : 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
- Ezra 7:14 : 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
- Esth 1:14 : 14 And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Mer, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princ of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
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- Esth 5:9-146 verses84%
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
10 Neverthels Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zerh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his rich, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princ and servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, ther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
14 Then said Zerh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esth 3:2-87 verses82%
2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgrst thou the king's commandment?
4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to dtroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinc of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
- Esth 8:1-55 verses81%
1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto ther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for ther had told what he was unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And ther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And ther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and bought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward ther. So ther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his ey, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to dtroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinc:
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7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto ther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given ther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
- Esth 3:10-123 verses79%
10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
11 And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
12 Then were the king's scrib called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
- Esth 6:3-75 verses79%
3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
- Esth 7:5-106 verses79%
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto ther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst prume in his heart to do so?
6 And ther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make requt for his life to ther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon ther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
- Esth 6:9-146 verses78%
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princ, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13 And Haman told Zerh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zerh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that ther had prepared.
- Esth 9:24-252 verses77%
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to dtroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to dtroy them;
25 But when ther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Esth 1:2-32 verses75%
2 That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princ and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobl and princ of the provinc, being before him:
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1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with ther the queen.
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3 For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as ther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that ther had prepared.
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7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuri for the Jews, to dtroy them.
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14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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3 And all the rulers of the provinc, and the lieutenants, and the deputi, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
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1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isl of the sea.