Esther 3:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸ Then Haman said to King ·Xerxes [^LAhasuerus], “There is ·a certain group of [^Lone] people ·scattered [dispersed and spread] among the ·other people [nations; ^Lpeoples] in all the ·states [provinces] of your ·kingdom [empire]. Their ·customs [laws] are different from those of all the other ·people [nations; ^Lpeoples], and they do not ·obey [observe; keep] the king’s laws. It is not ·right for you [in the king’s interest] to allow them to ·continue living in your kingdom [remain; ^Lcause them to rest]. ⁹ If it ·pleases [^Lis good to] the king, let ·an order be given [it be decreed] to destroy those people. Then I will pay ·seven hundred fifty thousand pounds [^Lten thousand talents] of silver to ·those who do the king’s [the officials who carry out this] business, and they will put it into the royal treasury.”

¹⁰ So the king took his signet ring off his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the ·enemy [persecutor; oppressor] of the Jews.