Esther 3 After these things king Artaxerxes extolled Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him, and seated him first above all his friends.

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1 G3326 After G3778 these things G1392 [³extolled G3588 G935 ¹king G* ²Artaxerxes] G* Haman G3588 the son of G* Hammedatha G* the Agagite, G2532 and G5312 exalted G1473 him, G2532 and G4409.1 seated him first G3956 above all G3588 G5384 his friends. G1473

2 G2532 And G3956 all G3588 the ones G1722 in G3588 the G833 courtyard G4352 did obeisance to G1473 him, G3779 for so G1063 G4367 [³assigned it G3588 ¹the G935 ²king] G4160 to do. G3588 G1161 But G* Mordecai G3756 did not G4352 do obeisance to G1473 him.

3 G2532 And G2980 [⁷said G3588 ¹the ones G1722 ²in G3588 ³the G833 ⁴courtyard G3588 ⁵of the G935 ⁶king] G* to Mordecai, G* O Mordecai, G5100 why G3878 do you disregard G3588 the things G5259 [²by G3588 ³the G935 ⁴king G3004 ¹being said]?

4 G2596 Accordingly G1538 each G2250 day G2980 they spoke G1473 to him, G2532 and G3756 he did not G5219 hearken G1473 to them; G2532 and G5263 they indicated G3588 G* to Haman G* that Mordecai G3588 [²against G3588 ⁴of the G935 ⁵king G3056 ³ the words G498 ¹was rebelling]; G2532 and G5263 [²indicated G1473 ³to them G* ¹Mordecai] G3754 that G* he is a Jew. G1510.2.3

5 G2532 And G1921 Haman, realizing G* G3754 that G3756 [²did not G4352 ³do obeisance to G1473 ⁴him G* ¹Mordecai], G2373 was enraged G4970 exceedingly.

6 G2532 And G1011 he took counsel G853 to remove G3956 all G3588 G5259 [²under G3588 ³the G* ⁵of Artaxerxes G932 ⁴kingdom G* ¹ the Jews].

7 G2532 And G4160 he made G5585.1 a referendum G1722 in G2094 [²year G1428 ¹ the twelfth] G3588 of the G932 kingdom G* of Artaxerxes. G2532 And G906 he cast G2819 lots G2250 day G1537 by G2250 day, G2532 and G3376 month G1537 by G3376 month, G5620 so as G622 to destroy G1722 in G1520 one G2250 day G3588 the G1085 race G* of Mordecai. G2532 And G4098 [³fell G3588 ¹the G2819 ²lot] G1519 on G3588 the G5065 fourteenth G3588 of the G3376 month, G3739 which G1510.2.3 is G77.1 Adar.

8 G2532 And G2980 he spoke G4314 to G3588 G935 king G* Artaxerxes, G3004 saying, G5224 There exists G1484 a nation G1289 having been disseminated G1722 among G3588 the G1484 nations G1722 in G3956 all G3588 G932 your kingdom, G1473 G3588 G1161 but G3551 their laws G1473 G1814.1 are special G3844 from G3956 all G3588 the G1484 nations; G3588 and of the G1161 G3551 laws G3588 of the G935 king G3878 they disregard, G2532 and G3756 it is not G4851 advantageous G3588 to the G935 king G1439 to allow G1473 them.

9 G1487 If G1380 it seems good G3588 to the G935 king, G1379 let him decree G622 to destroy G1473 them, G2504 and I G1234.2 will circumscribe G1519 for G3588 the G1049 treasury G3588 of the G935 king G694 [³of silver G5007 ²talents G3463 ¹ten thousand].

10 G2532 And G4014 [³removing G3588 ¹the G935 ²king] G3588 the G1146 ring, G1325 gave it G1519 into G5495 the hands G3588 G* of Haman, G4972 to set a seal G2596 on G3588 the things G1125 being written G2596 against G3588 the G* Jews.

11 G2532 And G2036 [³said G3588 ¹the G935 ²king] G3588 G* to Haman, G3588 As for the G3303 G694 silver, G2192 you have it! G3588 and for the G1161 G1484 nation, G5530 you treat it G5613 as G2309 you want!

12 G2532 And G2564 [³were called G3588 ¹the G1122 ²scribes] G3588 by the G935 king G3376 [²month G4413 ¹ in the first], G3588 the G5151.2 thirteenth day, G2532 and G1125 they wrote G5613 as G2004 Haman gave orders G* G3588 to the G4755 commandants, G2532 and G3588 to the G758 rulers G2596 in G3956 every G5561 place G575 from G* India G2193 unto G3588 G* Ethiopia, G3588 G1540 to a hundred G1501.5 twenty-seven G5561 places, G3588 to the G5037 G758 rulers G3588 of the G1484 nations G2596 according to G3588 G1473 their G3012.1 form of speech, G1223 through G* Artaxerxes G3588 the G935 king.

13 G2532 And G649 it was sent G1223 by G975.1 couriers G1519 unto G3588 the G* kingdom of Artaxerxes, G932 G853 to remove G3588 the G1085 race G3588 of the G* Jews G1722 on G2250 day G1520 one G3376 [²month G1428 ¹of the twelfth], G3739 which G1510.2.3 is G77.1 Adar, G2532 and G1283 to plunder G3588 G5224 their possessions. G1473

14 G3588 And the G1161 G474.1 copies G3588 of the G1992 letters G1620 were displayed G2596 in each G5561 place. G2532 And G4367 it was assigned G3956 to all G2092 to be prepared G1510.1 G1519 for G3588 G2250 that day. G3778

15 G4692 [⁴was hastened G1161 ¹And G3588 ²the G4229 ³thing], G2532 even G1519 in G* Shushan. G3588 And the G1161 G935 king G2532 and G* Haman G2965.3 toasted, G5015 [⁴was disturbed G1161 ¹but G3588 ²the G4172 ³city].