Esther 3:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ If it pleases the king, issue a decree to put them all to death, and I will deposit ten thousand talents into the royal treasury for those who bring it to pass.”

¹⁰ Therefore, the king removed the signet ring^[a] from his finger and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. ¹¹ The king told him, “Keep the money, and do whatever you want with this race of people.”