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Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus andhis people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
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Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
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That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
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When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.