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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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_held out to Esther the golden sceptre_ Cp. Esther 4:11; Esther 5:2.
On this occasion, however, the king's action was not in order to
permit approach with a petition, but in token of the favourable
he...
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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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_THEN THE KING HELD OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE TOWARD ESTHER. SO ESTHER
AROSE, AND STOOD BEFORE THE KING,_
Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther - in token
that her request was accepted...
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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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THEN THE KING HELD OUT] This seems to imply that Esther had approached
the king unbidden: see Esther 4:11....
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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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THE KING HELD OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE. — See Note on Esther 4:11....
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וַ יֹּ֤ושֶׁט הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ
אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֵ֖ת
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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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Then the king held out the golden (d) sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
(d) Read (Esther 5:2)....
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_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...
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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 HELD OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE TOWARDS ESTHER,.... As a
token that she had not incurred his displeasure by coming into his
presence without leave, and that she was admitted to speak and mak...
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Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
Ver. 4. _Then the king held out the golden sceptre_] It appeareth by
this, that she once more put...
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_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...
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MORDECAI ADVANCED...
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Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther, to indicate
that he was ready to grant her request. SO ESTHER AROSE AND STOOD
BEFORE THE KING, in order to discuss ways and means of undoing th...
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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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THE KING HELD OUT THE GOLDEN SCEPTRE; in token that he accepted her
person and petition, and that she should stand upon her feet....
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Esther 8:4 king H4428 out H3447 (H8686) golden H2091 scepter H8275
Esther H635 Esther H635 arose H6965 ...
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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...
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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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_Besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman._
COUNTERACTING EVIL
It requires earnest and vigorous efforts on the part of the pious to
undo the evil wrought by the wicked, and left by t...
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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 8:3.] Haman was dead, but the edict which he had issued
remained in force: therefore Esther “wept and made supplication”
to Ahasuerus.
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Esthe...
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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...
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Esther 4:11; Esther 5:2...