Charles Ellicott Commentary Esther 9:24

"because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;" — Esther 9:24 (ASV)

Purim. —See above on Esther 3:7.