Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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- Hammedatha Person
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Father of Haman, designated usually “the Agagite” ( Esther 3:1 , 10; 8:5).