Esther 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."
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- Numbers 24:7
"He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted."
Read in chapter → - Esther 5:11
"And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king."
Read in chapter → - Daniel 6:2
"And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 15:33
"And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal."
Read in chapter → - Esther 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."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 41:40
"Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 15:8
"And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 12:8
"The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 29:2
"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn."
Read in chapter → - Esther 1:14
"And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)"
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