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Medo-Persian Kingdom: Ruled By, Absolute Kings Esther 3:8, 11

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them. / “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”

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Medo-Persian Kingdom: Ruled By, Absolute Kings Esther 7:9

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

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