Esther 8:2

2 and the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mor'decai. And Esther set Mor'decai over the house of Haman.

Esther 8:2 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 8:2

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman,
and gave it unto Mordecai
which, with the Persians, was a token of the strongest affection and strictest friendship ^F26; the Targum calls it his signatory ring, that with which he signed laws, edicts, letters, patents and so hereby made him keeper of the seals:

and Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman;
appointed him her steward of the estate of Haman, the king had given her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 26. & l. 2. c. 19.

Esther 8:2 In-Context

1 On that day King Ahasu-e'rus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mor'decai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her;

2 and the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mor'decai. And Esther set Mor'decai over the house of Haman.

3 Then Esther spoke again to the king; she fell at his feet and besought him with tears to avert the evil design of Haman the Ag'agite and the plot which he had devised against the Jews.

4 And the king held out the golden scepter to Esther,

5 and Esther rose and stood before the king. And she said, "If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Ag'agite, the son of Hammeda'tha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.