8 And Haʹman proceeded to say to King A·has·u·eʹrus: “There is one certain people scattered+ and separated among the peoples in all the jurisdictional districts of your realm;+ and their laws are different from all other people’s, and the king’s own laws they are not performing,+ and for the king it is not appropriate to let them alone.

2 Also, the chief priests and the scribes were seeking the effective way for them to get rid of him,+ for they were in fear of the people.+