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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...
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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...
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IF IT PLEASE THE KING. Note the _Alternation_ in this verse: The king.
"If it please the king. "Esther. "And if. have found favour. "The
king. "And... before the king. "Esther. "And. be pleasing in hi...
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_If it please etc._ The long preface to the definite request shews
some doubt on Esther's part whether it will be granted.
_to reverse the letters devised by Haman … which he wrote_ She is
careful to...
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B. Monarch's Reparation
TEXT: Esther 8:3-8
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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...
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_AND SAID, IF IT PLEASE THE KING, AND IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN HIS
SIGHT, AND THE THING SEEM RIGHT BEFORE THE KING, AND I BE PLEASING IN
HIS EYES, LET IT BE WRITTEN TO REVERSE THE LETTERS DEVISED BY...
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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....
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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...
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TO REVERSE. — Rather, _to bring back, to recall._ Esther shows
considerable skill in wording her request. She avoids speaking of the
_king’s_ letters, but calls them “the letters, the device of
_Haman...
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וַ֠ תֹּאמֶר אִם ־עַל ־הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ
טֹ֜וב
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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...
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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...
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To him. Hebrew adds, "and I be pleasing in his eyes," which had been
expressed just before. Yet she might insist on this point, as it
shewed a greater regard for the king's pleasure. --- I beseech.
He...
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(5) And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in
his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised...
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_THE BOOK OF ESTHER_
‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days
… Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I
endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...
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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...
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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...
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AND SAID, IF IT PLEASE THE KING, AND IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN HIS
SIGHT, AND THE THING SEEM RIGHT BEFORE THE KING, AND I BE PLEASING IN
HIS EYES,.... This heap of phrases, which signify much the same...
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And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his
sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing
in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised...
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_Then the king held out the golden sceptre_ Esther had presumed to
come a second time into the king's presence without being called:
which he did not take ill, but by this token graciously invited her...
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and said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, her prudence, as
usual, causing her to be most modest in presenting her request, AND...
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MORDECAI ADVANCED...
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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...
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DEVISED:
_ Heb._ the device
WHICH HE WROTE:
Or, who wrote...
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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...
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She useth various expressions, that she might insinuate herself into
the king's favour, by such a full and repeated resignation and
submission of herself to the king's good pleasure. TO REVERSE THE
LE...
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Esther 1:1 ; ESTHER 8:4
I. Let us observe the outward stage of these events. In the books of
Ezra and Nehemiah, the Persian court forms, as it were, the background
of all the transactions of the histo...
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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...
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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...
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_For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people._
GREAT CHANGES
The world is full of changes. There are no elements of stability
belonging to it. When all appears fair and promis...
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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
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 8:5.] The introductory formula are in part similar to those
used before, but strengthened by the introduction of two new phrases.
LET IT BE WRITTEN TO REVERSE THE LETTERS] Per...
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EXPOSITION
HAMAN'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER, AND THE KING'S SIGNET MADE OVER.TO
MORDECAI (Esther 8:1,...
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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...
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1 Samuel 20:29; Esther 2:17; Esther 2:4; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13;...
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If &c. — She uses various expressions, that she might confirm the
king's favour, by such a full submission to his good pleasure. Haman
— She prudently takes off the hatefulness of the action from the...