Esther 03 Haman intends to kill all the Jews

 Esther 03

Haman intends to kill all the Jews

7 In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Pur, that is, the lot, was cast before Haman, day by day and month by month, until the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

8 And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered and scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, whose laws are different from those of all the peoples, and they do not keep the king's laws; therefore it is not in the king's interest to let them remain.

9 If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be put to death; and I will put in the hands of those who do the work ten thousand talents of silver, to go into the king's treasuries.

10 Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

11 And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, and also these people, to do with them as it seems good to you.

12 Then they called the king's scribes in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the same, and according to all that Haman commanded, it was written to the king's princes, and to the governors who were over each province, and to the leaders of each people; to each province according to its writing, and to each people according to its language; it was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed with the king's ring.

13 And letters were sent by the hand of the couriers throughout all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to destroy all the Jews, both young and old, both children and women, on one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month of Adar), and to plunder their spoil. 

14 A copy of the letter that the law should be proclaimed in every province was sent to all the peoples, so that they would be prepared for that day.

15 The couriers, urged by the king's word, went out, and the law was proclaimed in Susa citadel. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.