Esther 3:5
וַיַּרְא הָמָן כִּי ־ אֵין מָרְדֳּכַי כֹּרֵעַ וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לוֹ וַיִּמָּלֵא הָמָן חֵמָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 1:12וַתְּמָאֵן הַמַּלְכָּה וַשְׁתִּי לָבוֹא בִּדְבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר בְּיַד הַסָּרִיסִים וַיִּקְצֹף הַמֶּלֶךְ מְאֹד וַחֲמָתוֹ בָּעֲרָה בֽוֹ ׃
Esther 5:9וַיֵּצֵא הָמָן בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא שָׂמֵחַ וְטוֹב לֵב וְכִרְאוֹת הָמָן אֶֽת ־ מָרְדֳּכַי בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא ־ קָם וְלֹא ־ זָע מִמֶּנּוּ וַיִּמָּלֵא הָמָן עַֽל ־ מָרְדֳּכַי חֵמָֽה ׃
Psalms 37:12זֹמֵם רָשָׁע לַצַּדִּיק וְחֹרֵק עָלָיו שִׁנָּֽיו ׃
Proverbs 19:19גרל ־ חֵמָה נֹשֵׂא עֹנֶשׁ כִּי אִם ־ תַּצִּיל וְעוֹד תּוֹסִֽף ׃
Proverbs 27:3כֹּֽבֶד ־ אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחוֹל וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
Matthew Henry on Esther 3:2-7
Haman's Malignant Proposal. ( b. c. 510.) 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. 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 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? 4… Read the whole commentary →