But he disdained[a] to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy[b] all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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  1. Esther 3:6 Hebrew disdained in his eyes
  2. Esther 3:6 Or annihilate

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