Esther 8 (NET)

Esther 8:1¹On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 2:7Esth 2:15Prov 13:22Job 27:16-17Ps 39:6Esth 7:6Luke 12:20Eccl 2:18-19Esth 1:14Prov 28:8

Esther 8:2²The king then removed his signet ring (the very one he had taken back from Haman) and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman’s estate.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 3:10Dan 2:48Gen 41:42Luke 15:22Ps 37:342 Sam 9:7-10Eccl 2:18-26Eccl 5:13-14Isa 22:19-22

Esther 8:3³Then Esther again spoke with the king, falling at his feet. She wept and begged him for mercy, that he might nullify the evil of Haman the Agagite and the plot that he had intended against the Jews.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:242 Kgs 4:27Esth 3:8-15Esth 7:4Heb 5:7Hos 12:4Isa 38:2

Esther 8:4⁴When the king extended to Esther the gold scepter, she arose and stood before the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 5:2Esth 4:11

Esther 8:5⁵She said, “If the king is so inclined, and if I have met with his approval, and if the matter is agreeable to the king, and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 7:3Esth 3:12-13Esth 5:81 Sam 20:29Esth 2:17Esth 2:4Exod 33:13Exod 33:16

Esther 8:6⁶For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 7:4Rom 10:1Rom 9:2-3Esth 9:1Gen 44:34Jer 4:19Jer 9:1Luke 19:41-42Neh 2:3

Esther 8:7⁷King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have already given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action against the Jews.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 7:10-8:1Gal 3:13Prov 13:22

Esther 8:8⁸Now write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 1:19Esth 3:121 Kgs 21:8Dan 6:12-15Dan 6:8Esth 8:5Heb 6:17-182 Tim 2:19Esth 8:10

Esther 8:9⁹The king’s scribes were quickly summoned—in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia —127 provinces in all—to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 1:22Esth 1:11 Cor 14:9-112 Kgs 18:26Dan 4:1Dan 6:1Esth 3:12-13

Esther 8:10¹⁰Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring. He then sent letters by couriers, who rode royal horses that were very swift.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 4:1Eccl 8:4Isa 60:6Isa 66:20Jer 2:23Jer 51:211 Kgs 21:81 Kgs 4:282 Chr 30:6Esth 3:12-13

Esther 8:11¹¹The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves—to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, and to confiscate their property.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 3:13Ps 37:14-15Ezek 39:10Ps 146:6-9Esth 9:2-16Ps 137:8Ps 68:3Isa 10:6

Esther 8:12¹²This was to take place on a certain day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus—namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 9:1Esth 3:13-15Exod 15:9-10Judg 1:6-7

Esther 8:13¹³A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Esth 3:14Rev 6:10Judg 16:28Luke 18:7Ps 149:6-9Ps 37:14-15Ps 68:23Ps 92:10-11

Esther 8:14¹⁴The couriers who were riding the royal horses went forth with the king’s edict without delay. And the law was presented in Susa the citadel as well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 8:2Esth 3:15Eccl 9:10Esth 2:31 Sam 21:8Esth 1:2Neh 1:1

Esther 8:15¹⁵Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in blue and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 16:19Esth 1:6Esth 3:15Esth 5:1Esth 6:8Gen 41:42Matt 6:29Prov 29:2Esth 6:11Matt 11:8

Esther 8:16¹⁶For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:10Ps 97:11Ps 18:28Esth 4:1-3Ps 30:5-11Esth 9:17Isa 35:10Ps 112:4Esth 4:16Isa 30:29-30

Esther 8:17¹⁷Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king’s edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 11:25Esth 9:191 Sam 25:8Esth 9:2Ps 18:43Zech 8:20-23Deut 2:25Esth 9:22Esth 9:27Exod 15:16