| Esther 12:6
| But Aman, the son of Amadathi, the Bugite, was in great honour with the king, and sought to hurt Mardochai and his people, because of the two eunuchs of the king who were put to death.
| Bugite, may refer to some town of Macedon, Esther 3:1. --- Honour. Yet he might be still more exalted, after the conspiracy was detected; (Houbigant) as the king little suspected that he was concerned in it. (Haydock) --- Death. It is thought that they wished to place Aman, or some Macedonian, on the throne, Esther 16:12, 14. (Calmet) --- This reason for the malevolence of Aman, might be unknown to Mardochai, Esther 13:12. (Houbigant) --- The former was either a favourer of traitors, or perhaps of the same conspiracy. (Worthington)
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