Esther 8:1–8

ESTHER INTERVENES FOR THE JEWS

8That same day King Ahasuerus awarded Queen Esther the estate^af of Haman, the enemy of the Jews.^ag Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed her relationship to Mordecai.^{ah 2}The king removed his signet ring he had recovered from Haman^ai and gave it to Mordecai, and Esther put him in charge of Haman’s estate.

³Then Esther addressed the king again.^aj She fell at his feet, wept, and begged^ak him to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite^al and his plot he had devised against the Jews.^{am 4}The king extended the gold scepter^an toward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

⁵She said, “If it pleases the king and I have found favor with him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes,^ao let a royal edict be written. Let it revoke the documents the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.^{ap 6}For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people?^aq How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?”^ar

⁷King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther,^as and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked^A the Jews.^{at 8}Write in the king’s name whatever pleases you^a concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.^b A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”^c