Ahasuerus
: king of Persia after Darius
Haman
: son of Hammedatha; an Agagite; the Jews 'enemy during the exile
Jew
: the people descended from Israel
Mordecai
: a leader among those who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,son of Jair of Benjamin; cousin and guardian of Queen Esther
Bethlehem
: a town 8 km south of Jerusalem,a town of Zebulun 10 km west of Nazareth and 15 km SW of Cana SMM,a town of Judah 8 km south. of Jerusalem
Herod
: son of Antipater; king over Judea when Christ was born,a son of Herod the Great,a grandson of Herod the Great and son of Aristobulus and Berenice