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Ester 5:3

Listen to Ester 5:3
3 Entonces el rey le preguntó:
—¿Qué deseas, reina Ester? ¿Cuál es tu petición? ¡Te la daré, aun si fuera la mitad del reino!

Ester 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:3

Then said the king unto her, what wilt thou, Queen Esther?
&c.] He supposed she had some business with him, some suit to make to him, by her coming in this manner:

and what is thy request?
signifying he was ready to grant it, be it what it would:

it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom;
as it was usual with the Persian kings to give their wives cities for certain purposes, (See Gill on Esther 2:18), here Ahasuerus, out of his great affection to Esther, offers half of his dominions, his one hundred and twenty seven provinces; meaning that he would grant her anything, and everything that was reasonable, and even magnificent; it is an hyperbolical and courtly way of speaking, and which has been used in later times, and in other countries; see ( Mark 6:23 ) .

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Ester 5:3 In-Context

1 La petición de Ester al rey
Al tercer día del ayuno, Ester se puso las vestiduras reales y entró en el patio interior del palacio, que daba justo frente a la sala del rey. El rey estaba sentado en su trono real, mirando hacia la entrada.
2 Cuando vio a la reina Ester de pie en el patio interior, ella logró el favor del rey y él le extendió el cetro de oro. Entonces Ester se acercó y tocó la punta del cetro.
3 Entonces el rey le preguntó:
—¿Qué deseas, reina Ester? ¿Cuál es tu petición? ¡Te la daré, aun si fuera la mitad del reino!
4 Y Ester contestó:
—Si al rey le agrada, venga el rey con Amán hoy al banquete que preparé para el rey.
5 El rey se dirigió a sus asistentes y dijo: «Díganle a Amán que venga de prisa a un banquete, como lo ha solicitado Ester». Así que el rey y Amán fueron al banquete preparado por Ester.

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