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Esther 3:1

AhasuerusHamanHammedatha
PrideAuthority and leadership
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

2 All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

3 Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”

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BSB
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
KJV
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
WEB
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
ASV
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
DARBY
After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
BLB
After these things, King Ahasuerus made great Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he lifted him up and he set his seat above all the officials who [were] with him.
ÅB
En tid etter opphøyet kong Ahasverus agagitten Haman, Hammedatas sønn, og gav ham rang og sete over alle de fyrster som var hos ham.
OTB
Etter disse hendelsene hedret kong Xerxes Haman, sønn av Hammedata, agagitten, ved å opphøye ham og gi ham myndighet over alle de andre embetsmennene.
B1930
Nogen tid efter ophøiet kong Ahasverus agagitten Haman, Hammedatas sønn, og gav ham rang og sete over alle de fyrster som var hos ham.

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  • Numbers 24:7

    Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

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  • Esther 5:11

    Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

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  • Daniel 6:2

    and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:33

    But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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  • Esther 3:10

    So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

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  • Genesis 41:40

    You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

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  • 1 Samuel 15:8

    He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

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  • Proverbs 29:2

    When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

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