5 So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?” 6 And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!” So Haman was terrified before the king and queen. read more
What happened to Haman in the Bible is that he got his just desserts, thanks to the persuasive skill of Queen Esther. He had sought to kill all the Jews and to hang Esther’s uncle Mordacai. Instead, Haman was hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordacai — Esther 7: 10: So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. read more
Haman’s goal was the genocide of the Jews, becoming the opponent of Esther and her people in the book of Esther. Haman was an Agagite and the son of Hammedatha. Haman was likely a descendent of Agag, king of the Amalekites, long-time enemies of the Jewish people. read more
Haman (also known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the evil המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a vizier in the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Xerxes I. read more