Esther 3:5

5 And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

Esther 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence
For, after the information given him, he observed and watched him, to see whether he bowed and did him reverence or not:

then was Haman full of wrath;
exceedingly displeased and angry; it was such a mortification to him he could not bear.

Esther 3:5 In-Context

3 And they in the king's palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?

4 they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochaeus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochaeus had shewn to them that he was a Jew.

5 And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

6 and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

7 And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth of the month which is Adar.