Hammedatha

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So it said, "After these events," which is Mordecai foiling the plans of those who tried to kill Haman, kill the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the king advances him, elevates him, levels him up, and when this guy gets leveled up, everybody's bowing and scraping.

'Cause you know proximity to power means you have power.

Do you? No.

And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther.

So Esther arose and stood before the king and said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight and the, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters w- devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.

For how can I endure the, to see the evil that will come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen?" Then King Ahasuerus said to the Queen Esther and, and Mordecai the Jew, "Indeed I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because they tried to lay his hand on the ...

"Because he, because he tried to lay his hand on the Jews.

So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

In Susa the capital itself the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men, and also slew Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha, the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.

But they laid no hand on the plunder.

That very day the number of those slain in Susa the capital was reported to the king, and the king said to Queen Esther, “In Susa the capital the Jews have slain five hundred men and also the ten sons of Haman.

And Mordecai recorded all these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same year by year, as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday— that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor.

So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to crush and destroy them.

But when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his wicked plot which he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

And Esther rose and stood before the king.

And she said, "If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.

For how can I endure to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?" Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he would lay hands on the Jews.

And you may write as you please with regard to the Jews in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring.

What has been wickedly accomplished through the pestilent behavior of those who exercise authority unworthily can be seen not so much from the more ancient records which we hand on as from investigation of matters close at hand.

For the future, we will take care to render our kingdom quiet and peaceable for all men, by changing our methods and always judging what comes before our eyes with more equitable consideration.

For Haman, the son of Hammedatha, a Macedonian, really an alien to the Persian blood and quite devoid of our kindliness, having become our guest, so far enjoyed the goodwill that we have for every nation that he was called our father and was continually bowed down to by all as the person second to the royal throne.

But unable to restrain his arrogance, he undertook to deprive us of our kingdom and our life, and with intricate craft and deceit asked for the destruction of Mordecai, our savior and perpetual benefactor, and of Esther, the blameless partner of our kingdom, together with their whole nation.

So it says in verse four, "When the king held out the golden scepter to Esther," so obviously she took her life into her hands a second time here, "Esther rose and stood before the king.

And she said, 'If it please the king, if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.

For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?' Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he intended to lay hands on the Jews.

But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king and seal it with the king's ring.

The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

In Susa, the citadel itself, the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men, and also killed," and here's some really fun things to pronounce, "Parshendatha and Dalphon and Aspatha and Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha," and then that one too, "Parmashta and Arisai and Aridai and Vaiatha, the 10 sons of..." What names.

"The 10 sons of Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they laid no hand on the plunder." That's an interesting comment that you should take note of, which means the Jews had no interest in financial gain.

There was plunder to be had because these people who were killed obviously left the stuff behind, but the Jews didn't, didn't want it.

Uh, there's two different ways they pronounce his name.

"Promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the God- Godite, or Agite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

And all the king's servants who were within the king's gate bowed and paid homage to Haman.

S- For so the king had commanded, uh, concerning him.

So it says, "Haman's rise to power." Esther, uh, 3:1-2 introduces Haman, who is elevated by King Ahasuerus, um, above all other officials.

This sets the stage for his influence in the unfolding conflict.

After these events, King, King Ahasuerus honored Haman, son of, uh, Hammedatha the Agagite, uh, Aga- Agagite, elevated him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all other nobles.

So Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, is a prominent figure in the Book of Esther, known for his rapid ascent to power in the Persian Empire and his subsequent role as the antagonist in the narrative.

And it was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.

And after these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him." Now, we're not told why this man Haman was promoted, but we're told he was an Agagite.

You might look at that and go, "I didn't know there was any people called the Agags." Well, there, there isn't.

There aren't any people called the Agags, even though he was an Agagite.

Verse eight, "Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, 'There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom.

Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.

If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries.' So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews." Notice he is referred there to the enemy as the enemy of the Jews.

"And the king said to Haman, 'The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.'" Are you getting a good idea of, of Ahasuerus and the kind of man he is, and how easy he, it is to sway him? He is swayed by alcohol.