17
But Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougean, who was in great honor with the king, determined to injure Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
15
The king made a permanent record of these things, and Mordecai wrote an account of them.
16
And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court, and rewarded him for these things.
17
But Haman son of Hammedatha, a Bougean, who was in great honor with the king, determined to injure Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
18
This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.
19
In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa,
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