Esther 3:1

Haman Is Promoted

¹ After all this took place, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite. He promoted him in rank and gave him a higher position than all the other officials. ² The entire royal staff at the King’s Gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded this to be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

Lifted Up

Ahasuerus

Haman

Hammedatha

Esther 5:11

Then Haman described for them his glorious wealth and his many sons. He told them all how the king had honored him and promoted him in rank over the other officials and the royal staff.

Numbers 24:7

Water will flow from his buckets,
and his seed will be by abundant water.
His king will be greater than Agag,
and his kingdom will be exalted.

Esther 3:10

The king removed his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jewish people.

Genesis 41:40

You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Genesis 41:55

Extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh told all Egypt, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

1 Samuel 15:8

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.

1 Samuel 15:33

Samuel declared:

As your sword has made women childless,
so your mother will be childless among women.

Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

Ezra 7:14

You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your possession.

Esther 1:14

The most trusted ones were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. They were the seven officials of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and occupied the highest positions in the kingdom.

Esther 7:6

Esther answered, “The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman.”

Haman stood terrified before the king and queen.

Esther 8:3

Then Esther addressed the king again. She fell at his feet, wept, and begged him to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his plot he had devised against the Jews.

Psalm 12:8

The wicked wander everywhere,
and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice,
but when the wicked rule, people groan.

Daniel 6:2

and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded.