Verse Esther 8:2. The king took off his ring] In the ring was the seal of the king. Giving the ring to Mordecai was tantamount to giving him the seal of the kingdom, and constituting him the same as lord chancellor among us.
HIS RING - i. e. the royal signet by which the decrees of the government were signed. OVER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN - Not only the building and the furniture, but the household - the vast train of attendan...
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...
GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI. Compare Esther 3:10. Note how God honoured godly Jews in foreign courts: Joseph next to Pharaoh; Moses the heir to the throne of Egypt; Daniel next to Darius in Babylon; Mordeca...
THE KING TOOK OFF HIS RING—AND GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI— That is, he made him the keeper of the royal signet, in the same manner as Haman had been before him....
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...
_AND THE KING TOOK OFF HIS RING, WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM HAMAN, AND GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI. AND ESTHER SET MORDECAI OVER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN._ The king took off his ring ... and gave it unto Mordecai -...
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....
TOOK OFF HIS RING, etc.] The bestowal of the ring implied that Mordecai was appointed to be a minister of State, since the ring was used for giving authority to royal decrees (see href='190 8:8'>Est 8...
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...
TOOK OFF HIS RING... AND GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI. — Constituting him thereby his Vizier, who would thus authenticate a royal decree, and by having, as it were, _carte blanche_ given him for the time, wo...
וַ יָּ֨סַר הַ מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת ־טַבַּעְתֹּ֗ו אֲשׁ
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...
_Aman. It seems the traitor had hitherto kept possession of it, and sealed the king's edicts, as Mardochai was now to do, ver. 8. --- House. Hebrew, &c., "of Aman," to whom it had belonged. (Calmet)_...
(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...
AND THE KING TOOK OFF HIS RING, WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM HAMAN, AND GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI,.... which, with the Persians, was a token of the strongest affection and strictest friendship z; the Targum ca...
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. Ver. 2. _And the king took off his ring_] As a sign of intim...
_The king took off his ring_ That ring which he had formerly given to Haman, but had resumed, he now gives to Mordecai, in token of his favour, and with it that power whereof this ring was a sign, mak...
And the king took off his ring, his seal-ring, which he had taken from Haman, AND GAVE IT UNTO MORDECAI, thereby promoting him to the position and the dignity which Haman had formerly held. AND ESTHER...
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...
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...
THE KING TOOK OFF HIS RING; that ring which he had formerly given to Haman for that present or any further use, ESTHER 3:10, he now gives to Mordecai, and with it that power and authority whereof this...
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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...
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...
2 Samuel 9:7; Daniel 2:48; Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19;...
Ring — That ring which he had formerly given to Haman he now gives to Mordecai, and with it that power whereof this ring was a sign, making him, as Haman had been, the keeper of his signet. Set — As h...