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Esther 8:1-3
International Standard Version
Esther 8:1-3
International Standard Version
The Promotion of Mordecai
8 That day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the property[a] of Haman, the enemy of the Jewish people, and Mordecai came into the king’s presence because Esther had told him how Mordecai[b] was related to her. 2 The king took off his signet ring that he had taken from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther then put Mordecai in charge of Haman’s property.[c]
Esther Asks that the Jewish People be Spared
3 Then Esther spoke to the king again and fell at his feet. She wept and pleaded with him for mercy to overturn the evil plan devised[d] by Haman the Agagite and his plot against the Jewish people.
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- Esther 8:1 Lit. house
- Esther 8:1 Lit. he
- Esther 8:2 Lit. house
- Esther 8:3 The Heb. lacks devised
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