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, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
Psalm 12:8
On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
Agagite
Numbers 24:7
Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; 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 devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
Above all the princes
Esther 1:14
the men next to him being 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
You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you."
Ezra 7:14
For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand,
Daniel 6:2
and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.