Esther 8:1–8

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. ²And 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. ³And 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. ⁴Then ^dthe king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, ⁵And 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: ⁶For 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? ⁷Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, ^hI have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. ⁸Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, ⁱin the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, ^kmay no man reverse.