Then Haman approached King Xerxes and said, “There is a certain race of people scattered through all the provinces of your empire who keep themselves separate from everyone else. Their laws are different from those of any other people, and they refuse to obey the laws of the king. So it is not in the king’s interest to let them live.

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A certain people scattered abroad ... —A certain part of the nation had returned with Zerubbabel, but ([Reference Ezra 2:…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Haman said unto King Ahasuerus ,
Or "had said" F18 , as some choose to render it; nor indeed is it li…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Without some acquaintance with the human heart and the history of mankind, we would not think that any prince could consent to a dreadful proposal,…