²⁴ For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,^(A) the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur^(B) (that is, the lot^(C)) for their ruin and destruction.^(D)

²⁶ (Therefore these days were called Purim, from the word pur.^(A)) Because of everything written in this letter and because of what they had seen and what had happened to them,