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After those events, King Xerxes honored Haman. Haman was the son of Hammedatha. He was from the family line of Agag. The king gave Haman a higher position than he had before. He gave him a seat of honor. It was higher than the positions any of the other nobles had.
Reference
People
Greek: ὑπάρχω (hypárchō)
to begin under (quietly), i.e. come into existence (be present or at hand); expletively, to exist (as copula or subordinate to an adjective, participle, adverb or preposition, or as an auxiliary to a principal (verb)
Hebrew: ʼăthar
a place; (adverb) after
Greek: βασιλεύω (basileúō)
to rule (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: melek
a king
Hebrew: Hâmân
Haman, a Persian vizier
Hebrew: Hâmân
Haman, a Persian vizier
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: bar
the heir (apparent to the throne)
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ἐγγύς (engýs)
near
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πατριά (patriá)
paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
Hebrew: ʼeleph
a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow
Greek: κανών (kanṓn)
a rule ("canon"), i.e. (figuratively) a standard (of faith and practice); by implication, a boundary, i.e. (figuratively) a sphere (of activity)
Hebrew: qâveh
a (measuring) cord (as if for binding)
Hebrew: ʼĂgag
Agag, a title of Amalekitish kings
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: βασιλεύω (basileúō)
to rule (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: melek
a king
Hebrew: Hâmân
Haman, a Persian vizier
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: ἤπερ (ḗper)
than at all (or than perhaps, than indeed)
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: πρῶτον (prōton)
firstly (in time, place, order, or importance)
Hebrew: ṭᵉrôwm
not yet
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: τοῦτον (toûton)
this (person, as objective of verb or preposition)
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: καθέδρα (kathédra)
a bench (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: kiççêʼ
properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)
Hebrew: hêm
they (only used when emphatic)
Greek: ἤπερ (ḗper)
than at all (or than perhaps, than indeed)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἕκαστος (hékastos)
each or every
Hebrew: nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: λοιποί (loipoí)
remaining ones
Hebrew: chabrâh
an associate
Verse Explanation
After these events, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite to the highest position among his officials. He was elevated above all the other princes who served the king.
History
c. 479–474 BC. Haman became one of the most powerful officials in the Persian Empire during the reign of Xerxes I.