George Leo Haydock, on Esth 3:8

“And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king’s ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.”

“Another, as the ten tribes were from Juda, or rather (Haydock) they were scattered about the empire. (Calmet) — Hebrew, “and dispersed; and their laws are different from all other people’s; neither do they observe the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to tolerate them.” (Haydock) — These are the old calumnies repeated by Tacitus, (Hist. v.) and ably refuted by Josephus. (contra Apion) Almost all Israel still continued about Media. Few had taken advantage of the decree of Cyrus.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.