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Esther 8:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Esther 8:5

Verse 5 of 17

Scripture focus

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king’s provinces:

Esther 8:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Esther 8:5

Theological / Devotional

If it please the king. In her petition Esther unites an appeal to the king’s sense of right and justice with an even more effective appeal to his regard for her personally. He would not refuse her request.

Reverse. Or, “revoke.”

By SdaBc