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Esther 8:3

King James Version (KJV)

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Esther 8:3

Verse 3 of 17

Scripture focus

And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

Esther 8:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Esther 8:3

Theological / Devotional

Fell down at his feet. A gesture of complete submission, not worship, common in Oriental lands (see on ch. 3:2-5).

Besought him with tears. Esther’s approach was still that of emotion; she appealed to the king on the basis of his regard for her personally.

Put away the mischief. Or, “make void the evil plot.”

Though Mordecai was in possession of the royal signet, he would not dare to use it to give authority to a new decree that would countemiand one already issued by the king personally.

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