Esther 8:2

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

Esther 8:2 in Other Translations

2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

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

2 The king took off his signet ring—which he had taken back from Haman—and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of Haman’s property.

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had taken back from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther appointed Mordecai over Haman's estate.

2 The king removed his signet ring he had recovered from Haman and gave it to Mordecai, and Esther put him in charge of Haman's estate.

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 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her.

2 The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

3 Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.

4 Then the king extended the gold scepter to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 24:22; S Genesis 41:42; Esther 3:10
• 2. S Genesis 41:41; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 14:35; Daniel 2:48