Additions to Esther 3:1

1 Some time later King Xerxes honored a man named Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean, by promoting him to the position of prime minister.

Additions to Esther 3:1 In-Context

1 Some time later King Xerxes honored a man named Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean, by promoting him to the position of prime minister.

2 The king ordered all the officials in his service to show their respect for Haman by bowing to him. They all did so, except Mordecai, who refused to bow to Haman.

3 The other officials in the royal service asked him why he was disobeying the king's command.

4 Day after day they urged him to give in, but he would not listen to them. "I am a Jew," he explained, "and I cannot bow to Haman." So they told Haman how Mordecai was defying the king's orders.

5 Haman was furious when he realized that Mordecai was not going to bow to him,