Cross references

Esther 3:1

After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

Esther 3:1 BSB

Esther 3:1 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Numbers 24:7 (8 votes) and Esther 5:11 (7 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 9 other books, from Genesis 41 to Daniel 6.

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Which verses does Esther 3:1 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

  2. Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

  3. Daniel 6:26 votes

    and over them three administrators, including Daniel, to whom these satraps were accountable so that the king would not suffer loss.

  4. But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

  5. So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

  6. You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”

  7. He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

  8. When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”

  9. Ezra 7:142 votes

    You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

  10. His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.

  11. Esther 7:62 votes

    Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

  12. Esther 8:32 votes
  13. Psalm 12:82 votes
  14. When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Which verses point to Esther 3:1?

The 10 strongest of 12.