And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman! Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

When the righteous multiply, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

He makes water flow from his buckets, and his seed in many waters, his king is higher than Agag, and his kingdom is exalted.

He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

But Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hacked Agag in pieces before Jehovah at Gilgal.

those closest to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who had access to the king's presence, and who sat first in the kingdom):

You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.

And when all the land of Egypt was hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.

And whereas you are being sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, with regard to the Law of your God which is in your hand;

And over them were three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, so that the satraps might give account to them, and that the king should have no loss.