Esther 3:1

Haman Plots Against the Jews

¹ After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the _a Agagite, and _b advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

1. Cross References
   Numbers 24:7
   He shall pour water from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. "His king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
   1 Samuel 15:8
   He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
   
2. Cross References
   Esther 5:11
   Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.