Esther 3:9-10

9 "If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king's business, to put into the king's treasuries."

10 Then ¹the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha ²the Agagite, ³the enemy of the Jews.

Esther 3:9-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 3

This chapter gives an account of the promotion of Haman, and of the mortification of him by Mordecai, who refused to bow to him, upon which he vowed revenge on him, and on all his people the Jews, Es 3:1-6, for which purpose, through a false representation of them, he obtained letters of the king, and sent to the deputies of all the provinces to destroy them all on a certain day fixed, Es 3:7-15.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 41:42; Esther 8:2
• 2. Esther 3:1
• 3. Esther 7:6

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "written"