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Nicolai Levashov. Russian History Viewed through Distorted Mirrors. Vol. 1

and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

6. And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Ham-
an was afraid before the king and the queen.

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It is clear to everyone that “wicked” Haman was executed, but before we con-
tinue to analyze something so momentous for the Israelites history, we will clarify
several things.
Esther became the Persian queen, which means that, at least, she was not a slave
in the Persian Empire, because according to the laws existing in ancient times a slave
could not become a queen whatever charms she possessed. Certainly, even being a
slave-concubine, a woman could influence the events implicitly, using her sexual
magic. However, even in this case such a woman would remain a slave despite the
real power she had. Esther was not a slave, not a concubine, but Persian queen. Even
her husband, Persian king Artaxerxes (Ahasuerus) did not know the fact that she was
a Jew. He also did not know that the Jew Mordecai was queen Esther’s uncle and that
it was exactly he who “prepared” his niece for the role of the Persian queen and
through this got control of the country.

The Israelites have always used (and still use) the institution of Judaic fiancées
to achieve their aims. Haman, being one of the higher officials of the Persian king-
dom and the second man after the king, probably, disclosed Mordecai’s plot and pre-
pared his execution. The fact that he was hung on the tree, which he had prepared for
Mordecai, serves as a confirmation for this. Haman’s ten sons were executed too and
all his property was given to queen Esther.

The following fact is worthy of our attention: not a single Israelite had been exe-
cuted or killed, but the family of the noblest grandee of the Persian kingdom was
eliminated, because of Haman’s attempt to prevent the coup D'etat, right after the lat-
ter happened. Queen Esther invited Haman to the feast in order to entrap him and to
head off a possible counteraction to the revolution prepared by the Israelites. Here is
how the Book of Esther confirms this:

1. On that day did king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy
unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what
he was unto her.

2. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it
unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
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The king Artaxerxes gave his ring, taken from Haman, to Mordecai! But the
king’s ring is not simply expensive jewelry; it is a symbol of the king’s power.
When the king gives the ring to somebody, he thus, passes executive power in the

151 Old Testament, Esther, Chapter 7. King James Version.
152 Old Testament, Esther, Chapter 8. King James Version.

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