Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
Promote haman
Agagite
Above all the princes
Bible References
Promote haman
Esther 7:6
Then Esther said, The man who is the adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked press in on every side when the vilest men are exalted.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when the wicked bear rule, the people mourn.
Agagite
Numbers 24:7
From his branches he shall distil waters, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag, the king of the Amalekites, alive and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Above all the princes
Esther 1:14
and the next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom;)
Genesis 41:40
Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Ezra 7:14
For thou art sent on behalf of the king and of his seven counsellors, to inquire of Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand,
Daniel 6:2
and over these three presidents, of whom Daniel was first, that the governors might give accounts unto them, and the king should not be bothered.