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
And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.
Agagite
Numbers 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets, 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 unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and 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
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand,
Daniel 6:2
and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that the king should have no damage.