⁹ If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to^[a] the officials for deposit in the royal treasury.”^(A)

¹¹ Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.^(A)