3:1 After
these
things
King
Ahasuerus
promoted
Haman
the
Agagite,
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
and
advanced
him
and
set
his
throne
above
all
the
officials
who
were
with
him.
3:2 And
all
the
king's
servants
who
were
at
the
king's
gate
bowed
down
and
paid
homage
to
Haman,
for
the
king
had
so
commanded
concerning
him.
But
Mordecai
did
not
bow
down
or
pay
homage.
3:3 Then
the
king's
servants
who
were
at
the
king's
gate
said
to
Mordecai,
"Why
do
you
transgress
the
king's
command"
3:4 And
when
they
spoke
to
him
day
after
day
and
he
would
not
listen
to
them,
they
told
Haman,
in
order
to
see
whether
Mordecai's
words
would
stand,
for
he
had
told
them
that
he
was
a
Jew.
3:5 And
when
Haman
saw
that
Mordecai
did
not
bow
down
or
pay
homage
to
him,
Haman
was
filled
with
fury.
3:6 But
he
disdained
to
lay
hands
on
Mordecai
alone.
So,
as
they
had
made
known
to
him
the
people
of
Mordecai,
Haman
sought
to
destroy
all
the
Jews,
the
people
of
Mordecai,
throughout
the
whole
kingdom
of
Ahasuerus.
3:7 In
the
first
month,
which
is
the
month
of
Nisan,
in
the
twelfth
year
of
King
Ahasuerus,
they
cast
Pur
(that
is,
they
cast
lots)
before
Haman
day
after
day;
and
they
cast
it
month
after
month
till
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
of
Adar.
3:8 Then
Haman
said
to
King
Ahasuerus,
"There
is
a
certain
people
scattered
abroad
and
dispersed
among
the
peoples
in
all
the
provinces
of
your
kingdom.
Their
laws
are
different
from
those
of
every
other
people,
and
they
do
not
keep
the
king's
laws,
so
that
it
is
not
to
the
king's
profit
to
tolerate
them.
3:9 If
it
please
the
king,
let
it
be
decreed
that
they
be
destroyed,
and
I
will
pay
10,000
talents
of
silver
into
the
hands
of
those
who
have
charge
of
the
king's
business,
that
they
may
put
it
into
the
king's
treasuries."
3:10 So
the
king
took
his
signet
ring
from
his
hand
and
gave
it
to
Haman
the
Agagite,
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
enemy
of
the
Jews.
3:11 And
the
king
said
to
Haman,
"The
money
is
given
to
you,
the
people
also,
to
do
with
them
as
it
seems
good
to
you."
3:12 Then
the
king's
scribes
were
summoned
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
first
month,
and
an
edict,
according
to
all
that
Haman
commanded,
was
written
to
the
king's
satraps
and
to
the
governors
over
all
the
provinces
and
to
the
officials
of
all
the
peoples,
to
every
province
in
its
own
script
and
every
people
in
its
own
language.
It
was
written
in
the
name
of
King
Ahasuerus
and
sealed
with
the
king's
signet
ring.
3:13 Letters
were
sent
by
couriers
to
all
the
king's
provinces
with
instruction
to
destroy,
to
kill,
and
to
annihilate
all
Jews,
young
and
old,
women
and
children,
in
one
day,
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
of
Adar,
and
to
plunder
their
goods.
3:14 A
copy
of
the
document
was
to
be
issued
as
a
decree
in
every
province
by
proclamation
to
all
the
peoples
to
be
ready
for
that
day.
3:15 The
couriers
went
out
hurriedly
by
order
of
the
king,
and
the
decree
was
issued
in
Susa
the
citadel.
And
the
king
and
Haman
sat
down
to
drink,
but
the
city
of
Susa
was
thrown
into
confusion.
