Esther 3:1-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
III. Haman’s Plot Against the Jews
Chapter 3
Mordecai Refuses to Honor Haman. 1 After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, to high rank, seating him above all his fellow officials.(A) 2 All the king’s servants who were at the royal gate would kneel and bow down to Haman, for that is what the king had ordered in his regard.(B) Mordecai, however, would not kneel and bow down.[a] 3 The king’s servants who were at the royal gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s order?”(C)
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