6 And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away withA Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,d throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.e

7 In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,f the pur—that is, the lot—was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,g the month Adar.h