Esther 3:1

Haman Seeks to Destroy the Jews

After these things, King Ahasuerus ^amagnified Haman, the son of Hammedatha ^bthe Agagite, and ^aadvanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

Esther 3:2

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2 And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing down and prostrating themselves before Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But ^aMordecai would not bow down or prostrate himself.

Esther 6:6-11

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6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man ^awhom the king delights to honor?” And Haman said in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?” 7 Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 let them bring a royal robe which the king clothes himself in, and ^athe horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head ^ba royal crown has been placed; 9 and let the robe and the horse be given over to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, and let them clothe the man whom the king delights to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square ^aand call out before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’”

Mordecai Is Honored

10 Then the king said to Haman, “Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have spoken.” 11 So Haman took the robe and the horse and clothed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square and called out before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”