Esther 3:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

After these things King Ahasu-erus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

Cross References

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.”

Genesis 41:55

When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.”

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,

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—:

Esther 3:10

So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted to them the splendor of his riches, the number of his sons, all the promotions with which the king had honored him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

Esther 7:6

And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen.

Esther 8:3

Then Esther spoke again to the king; she fell at his feet and besought him with tears to avert the evil design of Haman the Agagite and the plot which he had devised against the Jews.

Psalm 12:8

On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

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.

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 15:33

And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:8

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.