And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

Quote

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

—Esther 3:6 KJV

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

—Esther 3:6 BSB

Read Esther 3

Terms

Ahasuerus, Ahasu-e'rus, Alone, Attack, Clear, Contemptible, Declared, Destroy, Disdained, Forth, Haman, Hands, Idea, Instead, Jews, Killing, Kingdom, Lay, Laying, Learned, Mordecai, Mor'decai, Mordecai's, Purpose, Scorn, Scorned, Seeketh, Seemed, Shewed, Shown, Sought, Throughout, Wherefore, Xerxes

Clyx.com