Esther 3:9

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If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

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Susa was the principal royal residence of the Persian Empire, located in ancient Elam in present-day southwestern Iran. In this palace setting, Haman offers the king silver to authorize the destruction of the Jews, showing how a courtly decree could threaten God’s covenant people throughout the empire.

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Esther 3:9 mentions Susa.

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