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
Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy is Haman, this evil man.” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,
As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority and become great, the people rejoice;
But when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.
When the righteous are in authority and become great, the people rejoice;
But when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.
Agagite
Numbers 24:7
“Water [that is, great blessings] will flow from his buckets,
And his offspring will live by many waters,
And his king will be higher thanAgag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.
“Water [that is, great blessings] will flow from his buckets,
And his offspring will live by many waters,
And his king will be higher than
And his kingdom shall be exalted.
1 Samuel 15:8
He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, though he totally destroyed all [the rest of] the people with the sword.
Above all the princes
Esther 1:14
and who were close to him [as advisors]: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who had access to the king and were ranked highest in the kingdom.
Genesis 41:40
You shall have charge over my house, and all my people shall be governed according to your word and pay respect [to you with reverence, submission, and obedience]; only in [matters of] the throne will I be greater than you [in Egypt].”
Ezra 7:14
For you are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem in accordance with the Law of your God, which is in your hand,
Daniel 6:2
and over them three chief commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, so that the king would have no loss [from disloyalty or mismanagement].