⁶ He ·thought of himself as too important [disdained; thought it beneath him] to ·try to kill [lay hands on] only Mordecai. He had been told who the people of Mordecai were, so he looked for a way to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, in all of ·Xerxes’ [^LAhasuerus’s] ·kingdom [empire].

⁷ It was in the first month [^CApril] of the twelfth year [^Cabout 474 bc; approximately a year later] of King ·Xerxes’ [^LAhasuerus’s] ·rule [reign]—the month of Nisan. Pur (that is, the lot [^Cdice-like objects]) was thrown before Haman to choose a day and a month. ·So […and; …until] the twelfth month, the month of Adar, was chosen.

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].