Haman said. Having got the month and the day (the thirteenth, see Est_3:13, compare App-10), he could go to the king,
There is a certain People. Would it have been necessary for Haman thus to have explained and described the Jews, if they had already received their emancipation? Impossible! We are asked to believe this according to the traditional teaching. But see note on Est_10:3, and App-67and App-58.
scattered abroad, &c. Compare 2Ch_36:23. Ezr_1:1-4. There is no reference to any emancipation here.