Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Esther 8:1-17
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.
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.
CHAPTER VIII _Ahasuerus invests Mordecai with the offices and dignities_ _possessed by Haman_, 1, 2. _Esther begs that the decree of destruction gone out against the_ _Jews may be reversed_, 3-6....
GIVE THE HOUSE OF HAMAN - Confiscation of goods accompanied public execution in Persia as in other Oriental countries....
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...
ON THAT DAY. Contrast "On that night", Esther 6:1. THE JEWS' ENEMY. See note on Esther 3:10....
IX. Proclamation of Xerxes, Esther 8:1-17 A. Mordecai's Reward TEXT: Esther 8:1-2 1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews-' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai...
_ON THAT DAY DID THE KING AHASUERUS GIVE THE HOUSE OF HAMAN THE JEWS' ENEMY UNTO ESTHER THE QUEEN. AND MORDECAI CAME BEFORE THE KING; FOR ESTHER HAD TOLD WHAT HE WAS UNTO HER._ On that day did the ki...
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...
VIII. (1) DID ... GIVE THE HOUSE OF HAMAN. — Confiscation of goods necessarily followed on a sentence of death in the East. So, with ourselves, a convicted felon’s property is forfeited to the Crown....
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא נָתַ֞ן הַ...
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...
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai (a) came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] (b) unto her. (a) That is, w...
_House, and furniture. Septuagint, "all the possessions of Aman, the devil," (accuser, &c.; Haydock) which were confiscated for treason; and no one had a better title than the queen, whose life had be...
CONTENTS We have in this chapter, what might have been expected, as a sequel to the former; Haman's whole house involved in his ruin: Mordecai advanced: and the Jews delivered from the ruin which had...
(1) В¶ On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. (2) And the king t...
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...
ON THAT DAY DID THE KING, AHASUERUS, GIVE THE HOUSE OF HAMAN, THE JEWS' ENEMY, UNTO ESTHER THE QUEEN,.... That, and all the goods in it, and estate belonging to it; which being confiscated to the king...
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her. Ver. 1. _On that day_]...
_Did the king give the house of Haman unto Esther_ That is, he bestowed upon her the whole estate belonging to his family, his lands, his goods, his servants, his cattle, with all the money he had tre...
MORDECAI ADVANCED...
On that day did the King Ahasuerus give the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, unto Esther, the queen; his property having been confiscated, the king gave it to Esther as a kind of compensation for the...
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...
1,2 What Haman would have done mischief with, Esther will do good with. All the trust the king had reposed in Haman, he now placed in Mordecai: a happy change. See the vanity of laying up treasure up...
ESTHER CHAPTER 8 Mordecai is advanced over the house of Haman, ESTHER 8:1,2. Esther maketh a petition to the king to reverse Haman's letters, ESTHER 8:3. Ahasuerus granteth to Esther and Mordecai, EST...
Esther 8:1 day H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 gave H5414 (H8804) Queen H4436 Esther H635 house H1004 Haman...
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...
_On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen._ RIGHT USE OF WEALTH I. We see how, in the providence of God, the wealth which worldly men would use...
ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 8:1 AHASUERUS GAVE... ESTHER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN. The property of condemned criminals was forfeited to the crown. HIS SIGNET RING. See note on 3:10–11.
CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 8:1.] The Targums understand by “house” all the people in it, and the entire property belonging thereto.—_Lange_. The confiscation of the property of one publicly executed foll...
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...
Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Esther 1:14; Esther 2:15; E
The house — With all his goods and estate, which being justly forfeited to the king, he no less justly bestows it upon the queen, to compensate the danger to which Haman had exposed her. Came — Was by...