Which king committed the act against Hamaan's anscestors and what did this king do to them?

Answer 1

Namaan was an Agagite, or a decendent of king Agag. Namaan was also the man that wanted to destroy the Israelites during the time of Esther.

Now there were two kings named Agag. They were both kings of the Amalekites. That name actually means " The People of Amal". The king that you are referring to is Agag II. He battled against King Saul. Saul was almost ready to spare his life when Samuel found out. Samuel then killed Agag II. (See I Samuel 15 )
Agag I was a comtemporary of Moses, four hundred years earlier. In fact Agag I led a battle against the Israelites as they were coming out of Egypt. This happened just after the Israelites crossed the Red Sea. Exodus 17 tells the story af the battle between the Amalekites and the Israelites. Numbers 24:7 tells us that Agag I was a great king.

An interesting note. In Egyptian history, the Middle Kingdom ended quite suddenly. The kingdom was overrun by a group we call the Hyksos. However that is a Greek name given to them many centuries later. Egyptians called them the "Amu". Their king was named "Apop I" . Four hundred years later "Apop II" ruled the "Amu". He was defeated by an alliance of Egyptians and another major king of that area. Unfortunately the name of that king has not survived. Many times he is referred to simply as "The Other King".

Now if we say that "Agag I" and "Apop I" were the same person, and four hundred years later "Agag II" and "Apop II" were the same person, and that the "Amal" and the "Amu" were both the same nation, then that is a starting point to tie Israelite and Egyptian histories together. Once that is done, the two histories unfold together for the next 1200 years, and go back about 400 years previously Many Bible characters become part of Egyptian history. It starts with Joseph.

This correlation is seldom given, because the Middle Kingdom was supposed to have ended about 600 years before the Exodus.

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Answer 2

Do you mean King Xerxes? Haman was the king's right hand man until he tried to kill the family of Mordecai, the guard who would not bow to Haaman and saved the kings life. Ester, who was the niece of Mordecai told the king of Haaman's plot and the king hung Haman on the gallows he had build for Mordecai. I can't read anything on what happened to his family.