Esther 3
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Esther 3 << | >> 12345678910 3:1 After0310 these things1697 did king4428 Ahasuerus0325 promote1431 Haman2001 the son1121 of Hammedatha4099 the Agagite0091, and advanced5375 him, and set7760 his seat3678 above all the princes8269 that {were} with him. 3:2 And all the king's4428 servants5650, that {were} in the king's4428 gate8179, bowed3766, and reverenced7812 Haman2001: for the king4428 had so commanded6680 concerning him. But Mordecai4782 bowed3766 not, nor did {him} reverence7812. 3:3 Then the king's4428 servants5650, which {were} in the king's4428 gate8179, said0559 unto Mordecai4782, Why transgressest5674 thou the king's4428 commandment4687? 3:4 Now it came to pass, when they spake0559 daily3117-3117 unto him, and he hearkened8085 not unto them, that they told5046 Haman2001, to see7200 whether Mordecai's4782 matters1697 would stand5975: for he had told5046 them that he {was} a Jew3064. 3:5 And when Haman2001 saw7200 that Mordecai4782 bowed3766 not, nor did him reverence7812, then was Haman2001 full4390 of wrath2534. 3:6 And he thought5869 scorn0959 to lay7971 hands3027 on Mordecai4782 alone; for they had shewed5046 him the people5971 of Mordecai4782: wherefore Haman2001 sought1245 to destroy8045 all the Jews3064 that {were} throughout the whole kingdom4438 of Ahasuerus0325, {even} the people5971 of Mordecai4782. 3:7 In the first7223 month2320, that {is}, the month2320 Nisan5212, in the twelfth8147-6240 year8141 of king4428 Ahasuerus0325, they cast5307 Pur6332, that {is}, the lot1486, before6440 Haman2001 from day3117 to day3117, and from month2320 to month2320, {to} the twelfth8147-6240 {month}, that {is}, the month2320 Adar0143. 3:8 And Haman2001 said0559 unto king4428 Ahasuerus0325, There is3426 a certain0259 people5971 scattered abroad6340 and dispersed6504 among the people5971 in all the provinces4082 of thy kingdom4438; and their laws1881 {are} diverse8138 from all people5971; neither keep6213 they the king's4428 laws1881: therefore it {is} not for the king's4428 profit7737 to suffer3240 them. 3:9 If it please2895 the king4428, let it be written3789 that they may be destroyed0006: and I will pay8254 ten6235 thousand0505 talents3603 of silver3701 to the hands3027 of those that have the charge6213 of the business4399, to bring0935 {it} into the king's4428 treasuries1595. 3:10 And the king4428 took5493 his ring2885 from his hand3027, and gave5414 it unto Haman2001 the son1121 of Hammedatha4099 the Agagite0091, the Jews'3064 enemy6887. 3:11 And the king4428 said0559 unto Haman2001, The silver3701 {is} given5414 to thee, the people5971 also, to do6213 with them as it seemeth5869 good2896 to thee. 3:12 Then were the king's4428 scribes5608 called7121 on the thirteenth7969-6240 day3117 of the first7223 month2320, and there was written3789 according to all that Haman2001 had commanded6680 unto the king's4428 lieutenants0323, and to the governors6346 that {were} over every province4082, and to the rulers8269 of every people5971 of every province4082 according to the writing3791 thereof, and {to} every people5971 after their language3956; in the name8034 of king4428 Ahasuerus0325 was it written3789, and sealed2856 with the king's4428 ring2885. 3:13 And the letters5612 were sent7971 by3027 posts7323 into all the king's4428 provinces4082, to destroy8045, to kill2026, and to cause to perish0006, all Jews3064, both young5288 and old2205, little children2945 and women0802, in one0259 day3117, {even} upon the thirteenth7969-6240 {day} of the twelfth8147-6240 month2320, which is the month2320 Adar0143, and {to take} the spoil7998 of them for a prey0962. 3:14 The copy6572 of the writing3791 for a commandment1881 to be given5414 in every province4082 was published1540 unto all people5971, that they should be ready6264 against that day3117. 3:15 The posts7323 went out3318, being hastened1765 by the king's4428 commandment1697, and the decree1881 was given5414 in Shushan7800 the palace1002. And the king4428 and Haman2001 sat down3427 to drink8354; but the city5892 Shushan7800 was perplexed0943.