Dual Panel1After <0310> these things <01697> did king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> promote <01431> (8765) Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>_, and advanced <05375> (8762) him, and set <07760> (8799) his seat <03678> above all the princes <08269> that [were] with him.
2And all the king's <04428> servants <05650>_, that [were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>_, bowed <03766> (8802)_, and reverenced <07812> (8693) Haman <02001>_: for the king <04428> had so commanded <06680> (8765) concerning him. But Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> (8799) not, nor did [him] reverence <07812> (8691)_.
3Then the king's <04428> servants <05650>_, which [were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>_, said <0559> (8799) unto Mordecai <04782>_, Why transgressest <05674> (8802) thou the king's <04428> commandment <04687>_?
4Now it came to pass, when they spake <0559> (8800) daily <03117> <03117> unto him, and he hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto them, that they told <05046> (8686) Haman <02001>_, to see <07200> (8800) whether Mordecai's <04782> matters <01697> would stand <05975> (8799)_: for he had told <05046> (8689) them that he [was] a Jew <03064>_.
5And when Haman <02001> saw <07200> (8799) that Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> (8802) not, nor did him reverence <07812> (8693)_, then was Haman <02001> full <04390> (8735) of wrath <02534>_.
6And he thought <05869> scorn <0959> (8799) to lay <07971> (8800) hands <03027> on Mordecai <04782> alone; for they had shewed <05046> (8689) him the people <05971> of Mordecai <04782>_: wherefore Haman <02001> sought <01245> (8762) to destroy <08045> (8687) all the Jews <03064> that [were] throughout the whole kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>_, [even] the people <05971> of Mordecai <04782>_.
7In the first <07223> month <02320>_, that [is], the month <02320> Nisan <05212>_, in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_, they cast <05307> (8689) Pur <06332>_, that [is], the lot <01486>_, before <06440> Haman <02001> from day <03117> to day <03117>_, and from month <02320> to month <02320>_, [to] the twelfth <08147> <06240> [month], that [is], the month <02320> Adar <0143>_.
8And Haman <02001> said <0559> (8799) unto king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_, There is <03426> a certain <0259> people <05971> scattered abroad <06340> (8794) and dispersed <06504> (8794) among the people <05971> in all the provinces <04082> of thy kingdom <04438>_; and their laws <01881> [are] diverse <08138> (8802) from all people <05971>_; neither keep <06213> (8802) they the king's <04428> laws <01881>_: therefore it [is] not for the king's <04428> profit <07737> (8802) to suffer <03240> (8687) them. {for the...: Heb. meet or, equal, etc}
9If it please <02895> (8804) the king <04428>_, let it be written <03789> (8735) that they may be destroyed <06> (8763)_: and I will pay <08254> (8799) ten <06235> thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> to the hands <03027> of those that have the charge <06213> (8802) of the business <04399>_, to bring <0935> (8687) [it] into the king's <04428> treasuries <01595>_. {that they...: Heb. to destroy them} {pay: Heb. weigh}
10And the king <04428> took <05493> (8686) his ring <02885> from his hand <03027>_, and gave <05414> (8799) it unto Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>_, the Jews <03064>_' enemy <06887> (8802)_. {enemy: or, oppressor}
11And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Haman <02001>_, The silver <03701> [is] given <05414> (8803) to thee, the people <05971> also, to do <06213> (8800) with them as it seemeth <05869> good <02896> to thee.
12Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) called <07121> (8735) on the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>_, and there was written <03789> (8735) according to all that Haman <02001> had commanded <06680> (8765) unto the king's <04428> lieutenants <0323>_, and to the governors <06346> that [were] over every province <04082>_, and to the rulers <08269> of every people <05971> of every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and [to] every people <05971> after their language <03956>_; in the name <08034> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was it written <03789> (8737)_, and sealed <02856> (8738) with the king's <04428> ring <02885>_. {scribes: or, secretaries}
13And the letters <05612> were sent <07971> (8736) by <03027> posts <07323> (8801) into all the king's <04428> provinces <04082>_, to destroy <08045> (8687)_, to kill <02026> (8800)_, and to cause to perish <06> (8763)_, all Jews <03064>_, both young <05288> and old <02205>_, little children <02945> and women <0802>_, in one <0259> day <03117>_, [even] upon the thirteenth <07969> <06240> [day] of the twelfth <08147> <06240> month <02320>_, which is the month <02320> Adar <0143>_, and [to take] the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962> (8800)_.
14The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment <01881> to be given <05414> (8736) in every province <04082> was published <01540> (8803) unto all people <05971>_, that they should be ready <06264> against that day <03117>_.
15The posts <07323> (8801) went out <03318> (8804)_, being hastened <01765> (8803) by the king's <04428> commandment <01697>_, and the decree <01881> was given <05414> (8738) in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_. And the king <04428> and Haman <02001> sat down <03427> (8804) to drink <08354> (8800)_; but the city <05892> Shushan <07800> was perplexed <0943> (8737)_.