If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to[a] the officials for deposit in the royal treasury.”(A)

10 The king removed his signet ring(B) from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.(C) 11 Then the king told Haman, “The money and people are given to you to do with as you see fit.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:9 Lit will weigh 10,000 silver talents on the hands of

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