2 And all the king’s servants who wereEsth. 2:19, 21, 5:9within the king’s gate bowed and paid homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai Esth. 3:5; Ps. 15:4would not bow or pay homage. 6 But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman Ps. 83:4; (Rev. 12:1–17)sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.
7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Esth. 9:24–26they cast Pur (that is, the lot), before Haman to determine the day and the month, until itfellonthe twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
13 And the letters were 2 Chr. 30:6; Esth. 8:10, 14sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, Esth. 8:12in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and Esth. 8:11, 9:10to plunder their possessions.