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Esther 3:1
New Catholic Bible
Esther 3:1
New Catholic Bible
Haman’s Plot To Destroy the Jews
Chapter 3
Mordecai Refuses To Honor Haman.[a] 1 Sometime later, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, giving him a higher rank and seating him above all his royal nobles.
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- Esther 3:1 Refusing to render to a minister the honors prescribed by the king, Mordecai exemplifies Jewish pride to the court mentality. In fact, such practices were normal in the East and even in Israel (1 Ki 1:23; 2 Ki 4:37). The Greek text will attach an idolatrous sense to this reverence requested before Haman (Est C:5-7), while the Hebrew text does not go this far.
Esther 3:10
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Esther 3:10
New Catholic Bible
10 Therefore, the king removed the signet ring[a] from his finger and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
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- Esther 3:10 Signet ring: a ring with a seal that was impressed on documents in order to give them authenticity.
