Esther 3
Following the events of Mordecai being a material assistance in thwarting an assassination of King Xerxes, the king decided to make a nasty piece of work, Haman one of his favourites and grant him great honour and power in the realm.
The King commanded all the officials at the palace gates to kneel and show respect for Haman, only Mordecai refused to kneel to Haman.
Every day Mordecai refused to kneel before Haman and eventually Haman took a real dislike to Mordecai, and because he had been told that Modecai was a Jew, the Jews as a whole people.
Having spent some time fuming Haman cast the lot (or Pur) on his plan and he went to the king saying there is a people scattered through the land, who keep themselves separate from all others and offered to pay 10,000 talents of silver into the treasury if the king will sign a decree into law to wipe out the Jews wherever they could be found.
The lot was cast in the first month, and the lot fell to the 12 month of the year, so almost a year later the Jews were to be wiped out
The king honoured Haman enough that he signed the decree and told Haman to keep his money without realising that Esther the new queen was Jewish.
Haman had the edict written out in the different dialects of the realm.
When it was published the people were very confused about this homicide order against a group of people who had done no harm and posed no threat.
Meanwhile Haman and the king went a binge, what a nice guy....
Following the events of Mordecai being a material assistance in thwarting an assassination of King Xerxes, the king decided to make a nasty piece of work, Haman one of his favourites and grant him great honour and power in the realm.
The King commanded all the officials at the palace gates to kneel and show respect for Haman, only Mordecai refused to kneel to Haman.
Every day Mordecai refused to kneel before Haman and eventually Haman took a real dislike to Mordecai, and because he had been told that Modecai was a Jew, the Jews as a whole people.
Having spent some time fuming Haman cast the lot (or Pur) on his plan and he went to the king saying there is a people scattered through the land, who keep themselves separate from all others and offered to pay 10,000 talents of silver into the treasury if the king will sign a decree into law to wipe out the Jews wherever they could be found.
The lot was cast in the first month, and the lot fell to the 12 month of the year, so almost a year later the Jews were to be wiped out
The king honoured Haman enough that he signed the decree and told Haman to keep his money without realising that Esther the new queen was Jewish.
Haman had the edict written out in the different dialects of the realm.
When it was published the people were very confused about this homicide order against a group of people who had done no harm and posed no threat.
Meanwhile Haman and the king went a binge, what a nice guy....
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