Esther 3:8-10

Contemporary English Version

^8 (A) Then Haman went to the king and said:

Your Majesty, there are some people who live all over your kingdom and won't have a thing to do with anyone else. They have customs that are different from everyone else's, and they refuse to obey your laws. We would be better off to get rid of them! ⁹ Why not give orders for all of them to be killed? I can promise that you will get tons of silver for your treasury.

¹⁰ The king handed his official ring to Haman, who hated the Jews, and the king told him,