Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 3:1 ¶ And after this king Artaxerxes highly honoured Haman{gr.Aman} [son] of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.

 3:1 ¶ After° 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.

 3:2 And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} did not do him obeisance.

 3:2 And 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.°°

 3:3 And they in the king's palace said to Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}, Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?

 3:3 Then the king's° servants,° which° [were] in the king's° gate,° said°° unto Mordecai,° Why° transgressest°° thou°° the king's° commandment?°

 3:4 [Thus] they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Haman{gr.Aman} that Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} resisted the commands of the king: and Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} had shewn to them that he was a Jew.

 3:4 Now 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.°

 3:5 And when Haman{gr.Aman} understood that Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

 3:5 And when Haman° saw°° that° Mordecai° bowed°° not,° nor did him reverence,°° then was Haman° full°° of wrath.°

 3:6 and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

 3:6 And 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.°

 3:7 ¶ And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}: and the lot fell on the fourteenth [day] of the month which is Adar.

 3:7 ¶ In the first° month,° that° [is], the month° Nisan,° in the twelfth°° year° of king° Ahasuerus,° they cast°° Pur,° that° [is], the lot,° before° Haman° from day°° to day,° and from month°° to month,° [to] the twelfth°° [month], that° [is], the month° Adar.°

 3:8 ¶ And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

 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.

 3:9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

 3:9 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.°

 3:10 And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman{gr.Aman}, to seal the decrees against the Jews.

 3:10 And the king° took°°° his ring° from°° his hand,° and gave°° it unto Haman° the son° of Hammedatha° the Agagite,° the Jews'° enemy.°°

 3:11 And the king said to Haman{gr.Aman}, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.

 3:11 And the king° said°° unto Haman,° The silver° [is] given°° to thee, the people° also, to do°° with them as it seemeth° good° to thee.°

 3:12 So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth [day], and they wrote as Haman{gr.Aman} commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their [several] languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

 3:12 Then were the king's° scribes°° called°° on the thirteenth°° day° of the first° month,° and there was written°° according to all° that° Haman° had commanded°° unto° the king's° lieutenants,° and to° the governors° that° [were] over° every province,° and to° the rulers° of every people° of every province° according to the writing° thereof, and [to] every people° after their language;° in the name° of king° Ahasuerus° was it written,°° and sealed°° with the king's° ring.°

 3:13 And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under [him]. Ruling over many nations, and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded, (not elated by the confidence of power but ever conducting [myself] with great moderation and with gentleness,) to make the lives of [my] subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quite and orderly to [its] utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. But when I had enquired of my counsellors how this should be brought to pass, Haman{gr.Aman}, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and has obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their laws to every [other] nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation alone [of all others] is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; we have accordingly appointed those who are signified to you the letters written by Haman{gr.Aman}, who is set over [the public] affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed [to us] having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet [state of] affairs.

 3:13 And the letters° were sent°° by° posts°° into° all° the king's° provinces,° to destroy,°° to kill,°° and to cause to perish,°°° all° Jews,° both young°° and° old,° little children° and women,° in one° day,° [even] upon the thirteenth°° [day] of the twelfth°° month,° which° is the month° Adar,° and [to take] the spoil° of them for a prey.°°

 3:14 And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.

 3:14 The copy° of the writing° for a commandment° to be given°° in every° province° was published°° unto all° people,° that they should be° ready° against that° day.°

 3:15 And the business was hastened, and [that] at Shushan{gr.Susa}: and the king and Haman{gr.Aman} began to drink; but the city was troubled.

 3:15 The posts°° went out,°° being hastened°° by the king's° commandment,° and the decree° was given°° in Shushan° the palace.° And the king° and Haman° sat down°° to drink;°° but the city° Shushan° was perplexed.°°