Esther 4:3 New International Version (NIV) 3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Read Esther 4:3 Using Other Translations
And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
What does Esther 4:3 mean?
And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and#N#his decree came#N#For destroying the Jews on such a day, in every place where they were to be found:
What did Haman say to King Xerxes?
8 Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs. ( K) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey. ( L) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
Who honored Haman?
3 After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, ( A) elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles. 2 All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down ...