you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places.

“Don’t imagine that because you are part of the king’s household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father’s household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!”