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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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GALLOWS. See note on Esther 5:14....
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Ahasuerus says in effect, -I cannot reverse the decree. It is not, as
you suggest, merely Haman's. It has been promulgated with my
authority, and hence immutability attaches to it. But think of some
m...
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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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_FOR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE EVIL THAT SHALL COME UNTO MY PEOPLE?
OR HOW CAN I ENDURE TO SEE THE DESTRUCTION OF MY KINDRED?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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BECAME JEWS] i.e. proselytes.
BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN, etc.] The king mentions this to show that his
denial of her request to reverse the letters of Haman (href='190
8:5'>Est 8:5) was due not to lack of...
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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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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ
אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹשׁ֙ לְ אֶס
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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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_Durst. Hebrew, "laid." He had sufficiently manifested his intention
to destroy them, though he had not been able to injure any one.
(Haydock)_...
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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 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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THEN THE KING AHASUERUS SAID UNTO ESTHER THE QUEEN, AND TO MORDECAI
THE JEW,.... Who was present at the same time, either at the desire of
Esther, or by virtue of his office, being now one of those th...
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Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the
Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have
hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the...
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_Him they have hanged, because he laid his hand upon the Jews _ That
is, intended to destroy them all. By what the king had done to show
his resentment against Haman, they might easily believe he woul...
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THE DECREE OF AHASUERUS AND ITS EFFECT...
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Then the King Ahasuerus said unto Esther, the queen, and to Mordecai,
the Jew, in granting the request of Esther, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN
ESTHER THE HOUSE OF HAMAN, AND HIM THEY HAVE HANGED UPON THE GALL...
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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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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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You see how ready I have been to grant your requests, and I do not
repent of my favour to you, and am ready to grant your further
desires, as far as the law will permit me to do....
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Esther 8:7 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 (H8799) Queen H4436
Esther H635 Mordecai H4782 Jew H3064 given...
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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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_Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen._
A MONARCH’S IMBECILITY
Always distrust the man who is the victim of circumstances. Great men
make their circumstances and little men are made by...
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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 8:7.] The answer of Ahasuerus is a refusal, but one softened as
much as possible. He first dwells on the proofs he bad just given of
his friendly feeling towards the Jews; he t...
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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...