Charles Ellicott Commentary Esther 6:10

"Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king`s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken." — Esther 6:10 (ASV)

The Jew. —Mordecai’s nationality would doubtless be given in the book of records. Thus Esther, in urging her petition eventually, has already on her side the king’s goodwill to one prominent member of the proscribed race.