And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not the knee unto him, nor did reverence unto him, then Haman was full of wrath.

Now he [a]thought it too little to lay hands only on Mordecai: and because they had showed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

In the first month (that is the month [b]Nisan) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is a lot) [c]before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month unto the twelfth month, that is the month [d]Adar.

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  1. Esther 3:6 Hebrew, despised in his eyes.
  2. Esther 3:7 Which answereth to part of March and part of April.
  3. Esther 3:7 To know what month and day should be good to enterprise this thing, that it might have good success: but God disappointed their lots, and expectation.
  4. Esther 3:7 Containing part of February and part of March.

When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.(A) Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(B) to destroy(C) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(D) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(E) (that is, the lot(F)) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on[a] the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(G)

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  1. Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.