Esther 8:1–6

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told awhat he was unto her. 2 And the king took off bhis ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. 3 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 cAgagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 4 Then dthe king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing eseem 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 cAgagite, ||which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces: 6 For how can I †endure to see fthe evil that shall gcome unto my people? or how can I †endure to see the destruction of my kindred?