For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king."
King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is he-the man who has dared to do such a thing?"
Esther said, "An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!"
