Esther 3:8-10
Easy-to-Read Version
8 Then Haman came to King Xerxes and said, “King Xerxes, there is a certain group of people scattered among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom. They keep themselves separate from other people. Their customs are different from those of all other people. And they don’t obey the king’s laws. It is not right for the king to allow them to continue to live in your kingdom.
9 “If it pleases the king, I have a suggestion: Give a command to destroy these people. And I will put 750,000 pounds[a] of silver into the king’s treasury. This money could be used to pay the men who do these things.”
10 So the king took the official ring off his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite. Haman was the enemy of the Jews.
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- Esther 3:9 750,000 pounds Literally, “10,000 talents” (340,000 kg).
Esther 3:8-10
New International Version
8 Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs(A) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey(B) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(C) 9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents[a] of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”(D)
10 So the king took his signet ring(E) from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Footnotes
- Esther 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons
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