Esther 8:1

1 Die illo dedit rex Assuerus Esther reginae domum Aman adversarii Iudaeorum, et Mardochaeus ingressus ante faciem regis. Confessa enim ei Esther quod esset patruus suus.

Esther 8:1 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 8:1

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, he gave to Esther, who would have been the sufferer, had his scheme taken place; so the Targum adds,

``and the men of his house, and all his treasures, and all his riches:''

and Mordecai came before the king;
was introduced into his presence, became one of his privy counsellors, one of those that saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom, ( Esther 1:14 )

for Esther had told what he was unto her;
what relation he stood in to her; her uncle, according to the Vulgate Latin version, and so Aben Ezra and Josephus, but wrongly, for she was his uncle's daughter; so that they were brother's children, or own cousins, see ( Esther 2:7 ) .

Esther 8:1 In-Context

1 Die illo dedit rex Assuerus Esther reginae domum Aman adversarii Iudaeorum, et Mardochaeus ingressus ante faciem regis. Confessa enim ei Esther quod esset patruus suus.

2 Tulitque rex annulum, quem ab Aman recipi iusserat, et tradidit Mardochaeo. Esther autem constituit Mardochaeum super domum suam.

3 Nec his contenta, procidit ad pedes regis, flevitque et locuta ad eum oravit ut malitiam Aman Agagitae, et machinationes eius pessimas, quas excogitaverat contra Iudaeos, iuberet irritas fieri.

4 At ille ex more sceptrum aureum protendit manu, quo signum clementiae monstrabatur: illaque consurgens stetit ante eum,

5 et ait: Si placet regi, et si inveni gratiam in oculis eius, et deprecatio mea non ei videtur esse contraria, obsecro, ut novis epistolis, veteres Aman litterae, insidiatoris et hostis Iudaeorum, quibus eos in cunctis regis provinciis perire praeceperat, corrigantur.