Matthew Poole and continuators on Esther 3:1

AFter these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite ▪ and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him .

i. e. An Amalekite of the royal seed of that nation, whose Kings were commonly and successively called Agag, as hath been observed before. It is true, he is called a Macedonia[illegible: 1+ letters] in the Apocryphal additions to this book, and so he might be by his birth or habitation in that place, though by his original he was of another people.

Gave him the first place and seat, which was next to the King. Compare 2 Kings 25. 28.

Marginal references: See Est. 3▪ 10.