"Ifit is pleasingto the king,let it be decreedthat they be destroyed,and I will paytenthousandtalentsof silverinto the handsof those who carryon the [king's] business,to putinto the king's treasuries."
Abrahamlistenedto Ephron;and Abrahamweighedout for Ephronthe silverwhichhe had namedin the hearingof the sonsof Heth,fourhundredshekelsof silver,commercialstandard.
Then the kingtookhis signetringfrom his handand gaveit to Haman,the sonof Hammedathathe Agagite,the enemyof the Jews.
Then Hamansaidto KingAhasuerus,"Thereis a certainpeoplescatteredand dispersedamongthe peoplesin allthe provincesof your kingdom;their lawsare differentfrom [those] of all[other] peopleand they do not observethe king'slaws,so it is not in the king'sinterestto let them remain.
Mordecaitoldhim allthat had happenedto him, and the exactamountof moneythat Hamanhad promisedto payto the king'streasuriesfor the destructionof the Jews.
for we have been sold,I and my people,to be destroyed,to be killedand to be annihilated.Now ifwe had only been soldas slaves,men and women,I would have remainedsilent,for the troublewould not be commensuratewith the annoyanceto the king."
For thisreasonat that timecertainChaldeanscameforwardand broughtchargesagainstthe Jews.
"When he had begunto settle[them], onewho owedhim ten thousandtalentswas broughtto him.
