Esther 8:7

7 King Ahasuerus said to Esther the Queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given Haman's estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked^[a] the Jews.

Esther 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 8:7

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 that saw the king's face, ( Esther 8:1 ) ,

behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman;
(See Gill on Esther 8:1),

and him they have hanged upon the gallows;
which he had prepared for Mordecai, ( Esther 7:10 )

because he laid his hand upon the Jews;
intended to do so, and had prepared for it, and wrote letters, ordering their destruction on such a day. Now as the king had shown favour to Esther and Mordecai, and had punished Haman for contriving mischief against them and the Jews, which was publicly known, the people would be fearful of doing anything against them, lest they should incur the king's displeasure, and therefore might make themselves easy about this matter; but, however, to give them all the satisfaction he could, he directs them to do as follows.

Esther 8:7 In-Context

5 She said, "If it pleases the king, and I have found approval before him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let [a royal edict] be written. Let it revoke the documents the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews who [reside] in all the king's provinces.

6 For how could I bear to see the evil that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?"

7 King Ahasuerus said to Esther the Queen and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have given Haman's estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.

8 You may write in the king's name whatever pleases you concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. A document written in the king's name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked."

9 On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month Sivan), the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai ordered for the Jews, to the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush. [The edict was written] for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit stretched out his hand against