Esther 8:15

With a great crown of gold Which the chief of the Persian princes were permitted to wear, but with sufficient distinction from the king's crown. For it must be observed, that the word royal is not added here, as in chap. Esther 6:8, nor is the horse mentioned, as there, because no extraordinary honours are here spoken of, but only that honour, and that habit, which immediately belonged to the keeper of the royal signet. Houb. The city of Shushan rejoiced Not only Jews, but the greatest number of the citizens, who by the law of nature abhorred bloody counsels, and had a complacency in acts of mercy.