Est 8:1-6 | ESV | STEP | On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman , the enemy of the Jews . And Mordecai came before the king , for Esther had told what he was to her.

a[See ch. 7:6 above]

h[See ver. 3 above]

Esther 8:1-6

Esther Saves the Jews

1 On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, ^athe enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told ^bwhat he was to her. 2 ^cAnd the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

3 Then Esther spoke again to the king. She fell at his feet and wept and pleaded with him to avert the evil plan of Haman ^dthe Agagite and the plot that he had devised against the Jews. 4 ^eWhen the king held out the golden scepter to Esther, Esther rose and stood before the king. 5 And she said, “If it please the king, ^fand if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke ^gthe letters devised by Haman ^hthe Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king. 6 For how can I bear ⁱto see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”