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Haman and Mordecai
How Haman and Mordecai are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Haman and Mordecai were rivals.
Mordecai would not bow to Haman, and Haman's wrath grew into a plot against all the Jews. Haman was hanged on the gallows he had built for Mordecai, and the king gave Mordecai the ring taken from Haman.
when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath
Esther 3:5, King James Version
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai
Esther 7:10, King James Version
the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai
Esther 8:2, King James Version
Where they cross: Esther 3:1-6
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Esther 3:1-6
1After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
2And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
3Then the king’s servants, which were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?
4Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
6And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Esther 7:10
10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Esther 8:2
2And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
King James Version