Esth.3.8

Esther 3:8

KJV

¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

Haman’s Plot against the Jews

Cross References

Acts 16:20

KJV

And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

First Convert in Europe

Acts 16:21

KJV

And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

First Convert in Europe

Ezra 4:12

KJV

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

Opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

Esther 3:9

KJV

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

Haman’s Plot against the Jews

Esther 4:1

KJV

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Mordecai Appeals to Esther

Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot

Jeremiah 33:24

KJVGOD

Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them.

The Covenant with David

Daniel 3:8

KJV

¶ Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused

Daniel 6:13

KJV

Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

Esther 3:8

¶ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.

Haman’s Plot against the Jews

Cross References

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

First Convert in Europe

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

First Convert in Europe

Opposition under Xerxes and Artaxerxes

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

Haman’s Plot against the Jews

Mordecai Appeals to Esther

Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot

The Covenant with David

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Daniel Serves Darius