Esther 8:3

3 And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

Esther 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 8:3

And Esther spake yet again before the king
Went into his presence, without being called for as before, with a new petition:

and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears;
the more to work upon his affections, and move him to grant her request; which she might be the more encouraged to hope for, through the success she already had:

to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he
had devised against the Jews;
to revoke, abolish, and make void a mischievous scheme Haman had devised against the Jews, to root out the whole nation of them in the Persian empire.

Esther 8:3 In-Context

1 And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.

2 And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochaeus: and Esther appointed Mardochaeus over all that had been Aman's.

3 And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

4 Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.

5 And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour , let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.