And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem 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 Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king`s provinces:
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To reverse. —Rather, to bring back, to recall. Esther shows considerable skill in wording her request. She avoids speakin…

And said, if it please the king, and if I have found favour in
his sight, and the thing seem right befor…

It was time to be earnest when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people.…
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Charles Ellicott
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