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 his eyes. "
the Jews. Some codices, with Aram, and Syriac, read "all the Jews".
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...
_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...
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 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...
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...
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...
וַ֠ תֹּאמֶר אִם ־עַל ־הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ טֹ֜וב
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...
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...
(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...
_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...
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 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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
DEVISED: _ Heb._ the device WHICH HE WROTE: Or, who wrote...
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...
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...
Esther 8:5 said H559 (H8799) pleases H2896 king H4428 found H4672 (H8804) favor H2580 sight H6440 thing...
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...
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...
_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...
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 8:5.] 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...
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 20:29; Esther 2:17; Esther 2:4; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13;...
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...