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109 do under the Jewish law—but divine adoration he could not give him; and this the Persian kings in some sense expected; but this in no sense, as a true Jew, could Mordecai render. Haman therefore resolved to seek revenge for this affront by destroying the entire race. He represented them to the King as being a pernicious people, and he secured full power to kill them all, young and old, women and children, and to take possession of their property in the name of his government. There may have been a lingering hatred towards the Jews because of the ancient enmity between them and the people from whom he descended. It is altogether probable that Esther herself, though queen, was included in this terrible decree. The laws of the empire were such that the decree once issued should not be recalled. Eleven months, however, were given after the issuance of the decree before its execution. By his superstition in the casting of lots Haman chose this time, but God’s providence was