Esther 3:1-5

Haman’s Plot to Destroy the Jews

1 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles.

2 All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.

3 Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s command?”

4 Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply. Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew.

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.

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Esther 3:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 3

This chapter gives an account of the promotion of Haman, and of the mortification of him by Mordecai, who refused to bow to him, upon which he vowed revenge on him, and on all his people the Jews, Es 3:1-6, for which purpose, through a false representation of them, he obtained letters of the king, and sent to the deputies of all the provinces to destroy them all on a certain day fixed, Es 3:7-15.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. ver 10; S Exodus 17:8-16; S Numbers 24:7; Deuteronomy 25:17-19; 1 Samuel 14:48; Esther 5:11
2. Esther 5:9; Daniel 3:12
3. Genesis 39:10
4. S Esther 2:21; Esther 5:9

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Haman’s Plot to Destroy the Jews

Esther 3:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 3

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