Esther's story, chapter 3

Alright, so, to continue the story of Esther.

In chapter 3 of Esther, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman to be his second in command. All the people were told to bow down and reverence Haman when they met him.

And most people did.

Except not Mordecai.

So the king's servants asked him why did he do this thing, after all, he might get into trouble. He was directly disobeying the king.

When Haman found out about this, it made him very angry. He decided he wanted to kill Mordecai for this, but didn't want to be found to have killed a single man.

Now, Mordecai was open about being a Jew, unlink Esther, so everyone knew that he was one.

So Haman decided to just kill all the Jews, young and old, women and children.

When he came to the king with his proposal, he also mentioned that the Jews really did nothing for the kingdom. They followed God's law, not the law of the land.

So Ahasuerus gave Haman his signet, which enabled Haman to create a law that said that on the 13th day of the 12th month (which was called Adar), everyone was to kill any Jews they found.

He wrote letters containing this law and sent it all over the kingdom so that everyone knew to kill the Jews.

And so the king and Haman went to have a drink, but the whole city of Shusan was upset about the new law.

If you really think about it, Haman was very similar to Hitler. A powerful man with a grudge against God's chosen people, the Jews.

Except Hitler and Haman's stories end very differently.

Anyway, that is all for now!

Cheers!