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Esther 3:1-2
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Esther 3:1-2
International Standard Version
Haman is Promoted by Ahasuerus
3 Sometime later King Ahasuerus promoted Hammedatha the Agagite’s son Haman, elevating him to a position above[a] all the other officials who were with him. 2 All the king’s ministers[b] who were in the king’s gate would kneel and bow down to Haman, because the king had commanded that Haman[c] be honored in this way. Mordecai, however, would not kneel and would not bow down.
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- Esther 3:1 Lit. setting his seat above
- Esther 3:2 Or servants
- Esther 3:2 Lit. commanded concerning him that he
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