Esther 8:1–8

Esther Intervenes for the Jews

8That same day King Ahasuerus awarded Queen Esther the estate ^hof Haman, the enemy of the Jews. ⁱMordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed her relationship to Mordecai. ^j2The king removed his signet ring he had recovered from Haman ^kand gave it to Mordecai, and Esther put him in charge of Haman’s estate.

³Then Esther addressed the king again. ^lShe fell at his feet, wept, and begged ^mhim to revoke the evil of Haman the Agagite, ⁿand his plot he had devised against the Jews. ^o4The king extended the gold scepter ^ptoward Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

⁵She said, “If it pleases the king, and I have found approval before him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, ^qlet 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. ^r6For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? ^sHow could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?” ^t

⁷King Ahasuerus said to Esther the Queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, ^uand he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked ^vthe Jews. ^w8You may write in the king’s name whatever pleases you ^xconcerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. ^yA document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.” ^z