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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....
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GIVE THE HOUSE OF HAMAN - Confiscation of goods accompanied public
execution in Persia as in other Oriental countries....
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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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ON THAT DAY. Contrast "On that night", Esther 6:1.
THE JEWS' ENEMY. See note on Esther 3:10....
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IX. Proclamation of Xerxes, Esther 8:1-17
A. Mordecai's Reward
TEXT: Esther 8:1-2
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On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews-'
enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai...
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_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...
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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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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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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....
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בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא נָתַ֞ן הַ
מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֹושׁ֙ לְ
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַ מַּלְכָּ֔ה אֶת...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
unackno...
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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...
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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_]...
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_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...
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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...
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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 ty...
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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 upo...
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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...
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Esther 8:1 day H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 gave H5414 (H8804)
Queen H4436 Esther H635 house H1004 Haman H2001 enemy H6887 (H8802)
Jews H3064 Mordecai H4782 came H935 (H8804) before H6440 king H442...
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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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_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 us...
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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.
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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 fol...
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EXPOSITION
HAMAN'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER, AND THE KING'S SIGNET MADE OVER.TO
MORDECAI (Esther 8:1, Esther 8:2). Two consequences followed
immediately on Haman's execution. His property escheating to t...
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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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Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:19; Esther 1:14; Esther 2:15; Esther
2:7; Job 27:16; Job 27:17; Luke 12:20; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8;...
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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...