Esther 3:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ Then the ·royal officers [ministers; officials] at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why don’t you obey the king’s command?” ⁴ And they said this to him every day. When he did not listen to them, they told Haman. They wanted to see if Haman would ·accept [tolerate; ^Llet stand] Mordecai’s behavior because Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.

⁵ When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him or ·honor [pay homage to] him, he became ·very angry [enraged].