Esther 3:4

The Message

Cross References

Genesis 39:10

She pestered him day after day after day, but he stood his ground. He refused to go to bed with her.

Jonah 1:9

He told them, “I’m a Hebrew. I worship God, the God of heaven who made sea and land.”

Daniel 6:13

Then they said, “Daniel, one of the Jewish exiles, ignores you, O king, and defies your decree. Three times a day he prays.”

Esther 3:5

When Haman saw for himself that Mordecai didn’t bow down and kneel before him, he was outraged. Meanwhile, having learned that Mordecai was a Jew, Haman hated to waste his fury on just one Jew; he looked for a way to eliminate not just Mordecai but all Jews throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.