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Summary
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
The enemy
Pur
Bible References
The enemy
Esther 9:10
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the enemy of the Jews: but on his goods they laid no hands.
Esther 3:5
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not the knee unto him, nor worshipped him, he was full of indignation
Pur
Esther 3:7
In the first month, that is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus they cast Pur - that is, a lot - before Haman, on what day and what month this should be done: and it went out the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.