Verse 2
Esther 3:2
New Living Translation
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All the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כָל עַבְדֵ֨י הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר בְּ/שַׁ֣עַר הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ כֹּרְעִ֤ים וּ/מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙ לְ/הָמָ֔ן כִּי כֵ֖ן צִוָּה ל֣/וֹ הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וּ/מָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔י לֹ֥א יִכְרַ֖ע וְ/לֹ֥א יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה
English Translation
And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and prostrated themselves to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him, but Mordecai did not bow down or prostrate himself.
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Chapter 3 Context
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Some time later King Xerxes promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite over all the other nobles,...
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All the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for...
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Then the palace officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s comm...
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They spoke to him day after day, but still he refused to comply with the order. So they spoke to Ham...
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When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or show him respect, he was filled with rage.
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He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai a...
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So in the month of April, during the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ reign, lots were cast in Haman’s p...
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Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all...
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If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of...
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The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his signet ring from his finger and giving it t...
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The king said, “The money and the people are both yours to do with as you see fit.”
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So on April 17 the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dicta...
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Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that...
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A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so th...
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At the king’s command, the decree went out by swift messengers, and it was also proclaimed in the fo...
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