Though Haman was dead, his work was not yet undone. The royal decree had gone forth, and, according to Persian notions, could not be directly recalled or reversed Esther 8:8. Mordecai did not dare, without express permission from the king, to take any steps even to stay execution. And Esther, being in favor, once more took the initiative.
MORDECAI'S EXALTATION AND THE SECOND PROCLAMATION CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Mordecai's exaltation (Esther 8:1)_ 2. Esther's second petition (Esther 8:3) 3. The second proclamation (Esther 8:9) 4. The joy of...
ESTHER 8. THE KING DECREES THAT THE JEWS MAY DEFEND THEMSELVES. We come now to one of the most important parts of the tale. Esther has seen Haman pass out to death not, be it noted, at her request. No...
MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. Same word as "evil", Esther 7:7. HAMAN THE AGAGITE. See notes on Esther 2:5 with Esther 3:1....
Esther 8:3-17. Arrangements for the deliverance of the Jews 3. _spake yet again before the king_ thus apparently taking the risk of again entering his presence unsummoned, but, under the new circumst...
B. Monarch's Reparation TEXT: Esther 8:3-8 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and hi...
_AND ESTHER SPAKE YET AGAIN BEFORE THE KING, AND FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET, AND BESOUGHT HIM WITH TEARS TO PUT AWAY THE MISCHIEF OF HAMAN THE AGAGITE, AND HIS DEVICE THAT HE HAD DEVISED AGAINST THE JEWS._...
THE JEWS ARE SAVED 1. Did.. of Haman] The property of Haman, after his execution, was confiscated to the use of the king, to be disposed of as he thought fit....
GOD IS IN CONTROL Book of Esther _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 That same day, King Xerxes gave to Esther all the property of Haman. (Haman had been the enemy of the *Jews.) And Mordecai came to see...
BESOUGHT HIM... TO PUT AWAY THE MISCHIEF. — Esther’s work was as yet only half done. She has seen the condemnation of the foe of her race, and the exaltation of her kinsman to his office. But the roya...
וַ תֹּ֣וסֶף אֶסְתֵּ֗ר וַ תְּדַבֵּר֙ לִ פְנֵ֣י
COURAGE REWARDED Esther 8:1 The ring symbolized royal power and authority; by this sign Mordecai was suddenly raised to the position formerly held by Haman. He also managed for Esther the large estat...
The deposition and death of Haman issued naturally in the promotion of Mordecai. However, the peril to his people was not yet averted. The royal proclamation had gone forth that on the thirteenth day...
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the (c) mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jew...
_Down. such reverence is due to God's representatives, whatever heretics may say. (Jude 8.)_...
(3) В¶ And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the...
The Good News I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week in our study of the book of Esther, we saw wicked Haman get what he deserved. 1. He had built the 75 ft. gallows for his enemy Mordecai, but ending up han...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10. The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and unacknow...
AND ESTHER SPAKE YET AGAIN BEFORE THE KING,.... Went into his presence, without being called for as before, with a new petition: AND FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET, AND BESOUGHT HIM WITH TEARS; the more to wo...
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews....
_Esther spake yet again before the king_ Haman, the chief enemy of the Jews, was hanged, Esther and Mordecai, their chief friends, were sufficiently protected; but many others there were in the king's...
And Esther spake yet again before the king and fell down at his feet, in an attitude of the most humble pleading, AND BESOUGHT HIM WITH TEARS, imploring him as she wept, TO PUT AWAY THE MISCHIEF OF HA...
MORDECAI ADVANCED...
A SECOND EDICT CONCERNING THE JEWS (vv. 1-17) In all of the history we have considered, we cannot but discern the working of God as will be the case in the Great Tribulation period.Mordecai is a typ...
AND BESOUGHT HIM WITH TEARS: _ Heb._ and she wept and besought him...
3-14 It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her o...
TO PUT AWAY THE MISCHIEF OF HAMAN; to repeal that cruel decree, of which see ESTHER 3:13....
Esther 8:3 Esther H635 spoke H1696 (H8762) again H3254 (H8686) to H6440 king H4428 down H5307 ...
CONTENTS: The vengeance order of Ahasuerus. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai. CONCLUSION: Let the odds be against God's people, they have but to include God in their faith and He will open wa...
Esther 8:1. _On that day did the king give._ The LXX read, “In that day king Artaxerxes gave to queen Esther all the substance of the diabolical Haman;” that is, all his estates, and servants, and cat...
_Besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman._ COUNTERACTING EVIL It requires earnest and vigorous efforts on the part of the pious to undo the evil wrought by the wicked, and left by t...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 8:3 Haman was dead, but the decree he had issued with the king’s authority was still in force, for AN EDICT... CANNOT BE REVOKED (v. Esther 8:8; compare
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 8:3.] Haman was dead, but the edict which he had issued remained in force: therefore Esther “wept and made supplication” to Ahasuerus. MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esthe...
EXPOSITION HAMAN'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER, AND THE KING'S SIGNET MADE OVER.TO MORDECAI (Esther 8:1,...
So on that day the king Ahasuerus did give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. [He gave the house to her.] And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to h...
1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Kings 4:27; Esther 3:8; Esther 7:4; Hebrews 5:7;...
To put — To repeal that cruel decree....